Ontario MP Chandra Arya, a long time ally of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is calling for his resignation. Arya told CBC News that a leadership change is vital. It is being reported that over 50 MPs in the Ontario Liberal caucus are reaching a consensus that Trudeau must step aside. Quebec MP […]
Amazon workers, led by the Teamsters union, have expanded their strike to seven delivery hubs across the U.S. They are demanding higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions. Around 200 union members demonstrated at an Amazon center in Queens last Friday. The Staten Island JFK8 warehouse joined the strike, marking the [&h...
Thousands gathered in the Syrian city of Idlib to attend a concert organized by Syria Relief, a London-based humanitarian organization. The concert featured renowned Syrian artist Yahya Hawwa with revolutionary and resistance-themed songs and anthems. Attendees waved Syrian flags across the venue and the concert concluded peacefu...
The U.S. last week imposed new sanctions on Pakistan’s National Defense Complex and three Karachi-based companies: Affiliates International, Akhtar and Sons Private Limited, and Rockside Enterprise. Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer raised concerns about Islamabad’s intentions, citing its development of advanced missile technology. ...
A U.S. Court of Appeals has partially revived a lawsuit alleging improper FBI surveillance of Southern California’s Muslim community. The case, Fazaga v. FBI, centers on “Operation Flex,” in which the FBI allegedly used an informant to gather intelligence in a counterterrorism effort. Plaintiffs claim unconstitutional searches and religio...
A 1,500-year-old stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold at Sotheby’s New York for $5.04 million. It has set a new record for biblical antiquities. Carved in Paleo-Hebrew script during the late Roman-Byzantine era, the tablet is the oldest surviving inscription of the commandments. Discovered in 1913 near Lydda, Israel, du...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Former US Representative Matt Gaetz violated state laws by engaging in sexual misconduct with a minor and using illegal drugs during his time in Congress, according to a final House Ethics Committee report. The 37-page report alleges that Gaetz paid women, including a 17-year-old girl, for inappropriate encounters and u...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – President Joe Biden has announced the commutation of 37 out of 40 federal death row sentences to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. “Today, I am commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole,” said Biden in...
DAMASCUS (AA) – After the fall of Syria’s 61-year-old Baath regime, Anadolu filmed a torture center in the Syrian capital, revealing the Assad family’s abuses. Located in Damascus’s Kafr Sousa district, the intelligence headquarters of the Bashar Assad regime, nestled among ministries and government buildings, conceals underg...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 3,104 Native American children died in boarding schools in the US between 1828 and 1970 — a figure three times higher than the government’s estimate, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The Post described the deaths in the schools, which were established to forcibly assimilate Indigenous children int...
