About 100 Israeli soldiers broke into the Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern West Bank city of Hebron Monday, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs criticized the military intrusion into the site, calling it a serious indication of “Israeli occupation authorities’ intention to impose total control o...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – The director of Tunisian President Kais Saied’s office resigned on Monday. Citing “fundamental differences,” Nadia Okasha said on Facebook that she had tendered her resignation. She gave no further details about the reasons for her stepping down. There was no comment from Tunisian authorities on the news. On July 25...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US forces stationed at a base near Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), used multiple Patriot missile batteries to intercept missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the military confirmed on Monday. The Houthi attack was the second in a week as a Saudi-led coalition, of which the UAE [&hellip...
“I don’t want kebabs in every village in France,” far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour told supporters at a recent rally in Cannes. His speech focused on his core issues of crime, Islam, and immigration. Zemmour is an Algerian Jewish immigrant himself. With his Islamophobic messages Zemmour is chipping away supporter...
The president of Burkina Faso was arrested on Monday and detained by soldiers along with members of his cabinet, security sources said. This was one day after troops staged a mutiny. Soldiers rose up at several army bases across the West African country on Sunday. They demanded the sacking of the military top brass and […]
Investigators released a new video Friday in hopes of identifying a man seen driving the van that a Columbus mosque leader was later found dead in. Central Ohio Crime stoppers is offering an additional $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in last month’s killing of Imam Mohamed Hassan Adam. According to Columbus Police [&hell...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Justice Ayesha Malik on Monday took oath as a Supreme Court judge in Pakistan, becoming the first woman in the country’s history to reach the top court. She was sworn in by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed at a ceremony broadcast live by state media. Malik’s elevation to the apex court, though historic, […]
ANKARA (AA) – The US State Department has ordered families of its embassy staff in Ukraine to start leaving the country as soon as Monday, according to media reports. Fox News, citing US officials, said the State Department is also expected to encourage US citizens to begin evacuating Ukraine next week by commercial flights while […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Amid ongoing political tensions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said that no one in the region is interested in war. In an interview with Pink TV on Saturday night, Vucic said neither Bosniaks, Croats, nor Serbs want war. “We must work together to protect the peace. No one wants [&hel...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – After darkness suddenly enveloped the life of Ashraf Wani, 30, in 2016, when pellets fired by Indian police to disperse protesters hit his eyes, he found a way to bring light to his life by helping other victims. Living with over 600 small lead pellets in his body which […]
