GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization on Wednesday renewed its appeal to rich countries to stump up $16 billion for its program to give lower- and middle-income nations equal access to vaccines, treatments, and personal protective equipment. Under the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, an initiative to overcome vast global inequ...
UNKNOWN LOCATION, BELARUS – FEBRUARY 08: Russia and Belarus will start a joint military exercise on Thursday amid tension around the Ukraine border. According to the Belarusian Ministry of Defense, the joint military exercise “Allied Resolve 2022” will take place till February 20. The military units of the Russian Armed Force...
ANKARA (AA) – A top Iranian security official on Wednesday criticized the US government for lacking “coherence” for making political decisions at ongoing nuclear talks in Vienna. The remarks on Twitter by Ali Shamkhani, the head of the country’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), came shortly after a group of 33 ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least four people were killed and six others injured in mortar attacks in southern Somalia on Wednesday. Several mortar rockets were fired at different places in Barawe while voting for Somalia’s parliamentary elections was underway in the town, which is the capital of Somalia’s South West State. Barawe’s sole voti...
A video showing a hijab-wearing Muslim student being heckled by a Hindu far-right mob in the state of Karnataka has caused outrage in India. Muskan Khan was surrounded by men wearing saffron scarves as she arrived at her college in the city of Mandya. Khan said that as she confronted the protestors, she found that […]
A video of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan making Dua at singer Lata Mangeshkar’s funeral on Sunday went viral stirring controversy. He is being accused by Islamophobes of ‘spitting Jihad’. Khan was seen at the funeral raising his hands to offer a prayer before blowing in the wind. Two Hindutva politicians claimed Khan “spat” on […...
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday stressed the need for a diplomatic solution to the Russia-Ukraine crisis that has brought the nuclear superpowers perilously close to war. Sanders warned of the potentially catastrophic consequences of what could become the deadliest European conflict since World War II. The Chair of the Senate Budget Commi...
Families of the victims of last month’s fire in the Bronx have filed lawsuits against the building’s owners accusing them of “reckless disregard” for U.S. safety laws. Calls for accountability continue to grow over the January 9 blaze that killed 17 people. Eight of the victims were children, including a 2-year-old boy, two 5-year-old girls [&...
Islamophobia has led a Muslim mother in San Juan Island, Washington to make a life changing decision. The Washington Post revealed that the woman’s babysitter called the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, claiming that the Muslim woman’s baby had undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). The babysitter also invited a friend to examine the ...
Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson described one of the leaders of the extremist Oath Keepers organization implicated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot as “a devout Christian.” It’s highly unlikely Carlson would have offered a similar defense for a Muslim American. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Muslim Americans have experienced growing discrimination and...
