HOUSTON, US (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense is accused of chanting “Kill all Muslims” in a drunken rage at a Veterans group event in 2015, in addition to allegations of sexual impropriety and personal misconduct during a separate incident in 2017, according to the New Yorker ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Several of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and administration appointees were targeted in “violent” threats late Tuesday and early Wednesday, said a spokesperson for the president-elect. Karoline Leavitt said the attacks ranged from bomb threats to swatting. “In response, law enforcement and other a...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant plans to travel to Washington despite an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over war crimes in Gaza, according to Israeli media. Israel’s Army Radio said Gallant will hold talks with US security officials during his visit. No date was gi...
LONDON (AA) – A third of Muslims in the UK say the recent far-right riots have led them to consider leaving the country. A survey, conducted by Survation on behalf of Tell Mama, an NGO that tracks hate crimes targeting Muslims, revealed rising concerns within British Muslim communities following the violent unrest that swept across […]...
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, a close ally of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been charged with orchestrating a $250 million bribery scheme in the United States. Charges were filed in New York. Adani and his senior executives are accused of paying bribes to Indian officials to secure lucrative contracts for his renewable energy fi...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least 11 people, including three women, have been killed and several others injured in a gun attack on passenger vans in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, according to police. Gunmen fired on a convoy of passengers in the Lower Kurram area, killing at least 11 passengers and injuring many [&hel...
WASHINGTON (AA) – An Illinois woman has been charged following an alleged altercation at a restaurant involving a man wearing a sweatshirt with “Palestine” written on it, authorities said Monday. Alexandra Szustakiewicz of Darien, Illinois, was charged with two felony counts of a hate crime and one count of misdemeanor disord...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Two people were killed, and a third injured critically, when an apparently homeless suspect went on a “random” stabbing spree in New York City, authorities said Monday. The stabbings, which unfolded over the course of two and a half hours across three different locations in Manhattan, began at 8:22 am local ...
Legal experts are sounding the alarm as President-elect Donald Trump considers pardoning those involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. They warn that such actions could undermine the U.S. Constitution, sending a dangerous message that the president has unchecked power over criminal laws. Trump, who has yet to concede his 2020 loss, has cal...
The family of Malcolm X has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the FBI, CIA, and New York Police Department (NYPD), accusing them of involvement in his 1965 assassination. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing the family, claims the agencies conspired to assassinate the activist. The lawsuit alleges that a corrupt relationship betwee...