The administration of US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said it will contribute roughly $308 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. But the newly announced aid falls far short of the war-torn country’s immediate needs. Millions of Afghans are on the brink of starvation and at risk of freezing to death in the aftermath of […]
Mali’s military ruler said on Monday he is open to talks with West Africa’s economic bloc ECOWAS about returning the nation to civilian rule. President Assimi Goita asked the group to reconsider sanctions imposed on Mali over his refusal to hold elections next month. Goita said in a statement broadcast on state television “we’re asking [&helli...
Sukuk issuance surged Tuesday by 36% year-on-year to hit $252.3 billion in 2021, according to Fitch Ratings. A sukuk is an Islamic financial certificate, similar to a bond in Western finance, that complies with Islamic religious law, or sharia. Central banks, governments, and multilateral institutions dominated sukuk issuances, the global rati...
Aviation regulators briefly halted flights from U.S. airports on the West Coast as a precaution Monday, after North Korea launched a high-speed missile test. The ground stop paused departures from an unspecified number of airports for less than 15 minutes. North Korea’s hypersonic missile flew at nearly 10 times the speed of sound into waters ...
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of a woman who left Alabama to join ISIS, but then decided she wanted to return home. The justices declined to consider the appeal without comment Monday. Twenty-seven-year-old Hoda Muthana was born in New Jersey and grew up near Birmingham.
Virginia state senator Amanda Chase was criticized by Muslim and Jewish groups for comments against ending mask mandates. In a Facebook post on her personal page, Chase attempted to draw parallels between masks and the niqab – a face veil worn by some Muslim women. In her post, Chase claimed that the Muslim face-covering was […]
In an opinion piece published on the 20th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay prison this week, U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar called for its closure. She urged younger Americans to make it “a day to reflect, and to act”, as well as to put pressure on President Joe Biden to close the prison. The […]
Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin, a Pakistani American Muslim, led a team of U.S. surgeons that implanted a genetically modified pig heart into a human being. It was a medical first that could help solve the chronic shortage of organ donations. About 110,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant, and more than 6,000 patients die each […]
President Joe Biden took a major political gamble Tuesday, calling for an end to the Senate’s supermajority rule. The aim is to allow Democrats to override Republican opposition to voting rights reforms, that Biden called crucial to saving U.S. democracy. Biden called the Capitol riot by supporters of Donald Trump last year an “attempted...
The United States set a record Tuesday for the number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus, shattering a previous high set in January 2021. Nationwide over 145,000 people were hospitalized with the virus, according to the US Health and Human Services Department. Cases have been spiking across the country as the omicron variant has led ...
