New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is searching for the state’s first director of Muslim affairs. The position was created to strengthen ties with the state’s Muslims, following denouncements of rising Islamophobia in the wake of Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza. The appointed director will advise the governor on community needs and policy impacts. The m...
A majority of Americans now disapprove of Israel’s military actions in Gaza, according to a Gallup poll released on Wednesday. Results from the survey conducted earlier this month show approval for Israel’s war has dropped from 50% to 36% since November, while 55% of Americans polled currently disapprove of it. As many as 74% of [&hellip...
Former President Donald Trump has said Israel needs to be careful in its ongoing war on Gaza. He admits that Israel is losing a lot of the world’s support. Speaking to the Israeli daily newspaper Hayom, Trump said Israel had to finish its war on Gaza, engage in a peace plan, and restore normal life […]
The U.N. Security Council has adopted a resolution urging an immediate cease-fire in Gaza after five months of Israel’s war there. Introduced by Algeria, the resolution calls for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire during Ramadan that is to be “respected by all parties leading to a lasting sustainable cease-fire.” Despite Israeli objection...
MOSCOW (AA) – The death toll from a shooting at the Crocus City concert hall in Moscow region rose to 133 as more bodies were pulled from under the debris, the Russian Investigative Committee said on Saturday. The committee said in a statement that the terrorist attack took the lives of three children, noting that […]
Quetta, Pakistan – AFP Security forces killed at least seven militants on Wednesday as they tried to storm the offices of a Pakistan port considered a cornerstone of China’s investment in the nation, officials said. Pakistan has for decades battled a simmering insurgency in southwestern Balochistan province, where separatists hosti...
HOUSTON, US (AA) – President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump made a clean sweep of the presidential primaries that took place on Tuesday in the states of Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Ohio, according to media outlets. Biden received 89% of the vote in Arizona’s Democratic primary while Trump secured 76% of the ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Pakistani military aircraft struck homes in two provinces of Afghanistan in pre-dawn attacks on Monday, interim Afghan spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said. Kabul said its forces retaliated against the airstrikes by hitting Pakistani military installations. Condemning the attacks, Mujahid said eight people, three children an...
Washington, United States – AFP The White House said Friday it wanted to see Israel’s plan for an operation in Gaza’s Rafah that protects civilians, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the military’s proposal for an offensive. “We haven’t seen it. We certainly would welcome the opportunity to se...
Washington, United States – AFP Protecting and aiding civilians must be “job number one” for Israel in the war-battered Gaza Strip, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. “Where there is a will, there is a way,” Blinken told reporters after a virtual meeting with ministers on a new maritime corridor ...
