A report by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse reveals that the Trump administration shielded Brett Kavanaugh from a comprehensive FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations during his 2018 Supreme Court confirmation. The inquiry found that both the White House and the FBI misled the public and Senate about the investigation’s thoroughness. Not...
ANKARA (AA) – Police in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in India have registered a case against a Hindu priest Yati Narsinghanand for his offensive remarks against the sacred personalities of Islam. “Taking cognizance of the viral video, a case has been promptly registered under relevant sections…and further legal action is being ensured,”...
A Colorado county clerk has been sentenced to nine years in prison for spearheading a data breach scheme in the 2020 presidential election. District Judge Matthew Barrett issued the order Thursday, saying that former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters continued to push discredited claims about rigged voting machines. He says Peters did not take he...
Special counsel Jack Smith has laid out the pathway for his election interference case against former President Donald Trump. This is in the wake of the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, which describes Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election results as a “private criminal effort.” Smith’s 165-page filing was unsealed on Wednesday. It ...
The Senate has passed a resolution recognizing the murder of six-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi as a hate crime due to his Muslim and Palestinian identity. Wadee was stabbed to death on October 14 at his home in Plainfield, Illinois. His mother Hanaan Shahin was also attacked but survived. During the attack, the suspect, Joseph Czuba, who […...
HOUSTON, US (AA) – The Missouri Supreme Court and governor declined Monday to halt the execution of death row inmate Imam Marcellus Khalifah Williams. “Mr. Williams has exhausted due process and every judicial avenue, including over 15 hearings attempting to argue his innocence and overturn his conviction,” said Gov. Mike Parson in...
BERLIN (AA) – An apartment fire that claimed the lives of a Turkish Muslim mother and her 4-year-old son was deliberately set, German authorities say. “We do not believe that there was a technical defect, but rather that the fire was caused intentionally,” Ingo Kechichian, a spokesman for public prosecutors, told public broad...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Venezuela has arrested a fourth US citizen linked to an alleged plot to kill President Nicolas Maduro, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello confirmed Tuesday. The American was photographing strategic installations, according to Cabello. “We had been following him. He was captured here in (the capital) Caracas, takin...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – A Turkish-Canadian family-owned restaurant in Quebec’s Oka village was the target of two arson attacks in just over two weeks. Pizza Mozza, owned by three brothers of Turkish origin, was first hit on the night of August 31, resulting in minor damage. Berat Saymadi, one of the owners, told local media […]
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AA) – A military court in DR Congo has sentenced to death 37 people, including three US citizens, for their role in a failed coup earlier this year. The convicts were charged with criminal association, attack, terrorism as well as financing terrorism. Three more foreigners – one each from the UK, Belgium […]