ANKARA, Turkiye – Extreme temperatures, heat waves, and forest fires are wreaking havoc in various parts of Turkey, particularly in Eskişehir province, where the mercury has risen to a record 49.5 degrees Celsius (121.1 degrees Fahrenheit). Turkiye’s Minister of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change, Mehmet Oezhaseki, has c...
TEHRAN, Iran – A prominent human rights organization has accused Iranian authorities of targeting Sunni sectarian leaders for speaking out against the use of state violence. A report published by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) claims that Iran is violating both Iranian law and international law by targeting Sunni religious le...
LONDON – British Muslims are complaining that their bank accounts are being disproportionately closed without explanation. Anas Altikriti, head of the Cordoba Foundation, a British think tank, said his personal HSBC account and those of his family members were closed in 2014. His organization aims to bridge the gap between the Muslim wor...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday alleged that its late leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee died due to lack of medical treatment in jail, while police booked over 5,000 Jamaat supporters for violence. Jamaat-e-Islami’s vice-president, Delawar Sayedee who was convicted of crimes against humanity during...
ANKARA (AA) – Afghanistan’s interim Taliban government Wednesday said no political party is allowed to work in the war-torn country. Presenting his ministry’s one-year performance report in the capital Kabul on Wednesday, Taliban’s Justice Minister Abdul Hakim Sharie said political parties are completely banned in Afghanistan as th...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. consumer protection agency has unveiled plans to regulate the sale of personal data collected by companies. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra announced the initiative as part of a broader effort to improve the security of personal data and address risks associated with artificial inte...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The U.S. said Wednesday it is “deeply concerned” after two churches in Pakistan were targeted after the holy Quran was allegedly desecrated. State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters that the US supports the “peaceful” freedom of expression but “incidents of religiously ...
ATLANTA, Georgia – Former U.S. President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants indicted by a Georgia grand jury will be housed at the Fulton County jail. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office announced that the Fulton County Jail is being prepared to house the former president. The defendants have until Aug. 25 to turn themselves in to [&...
WASHINGTON – With U.S. federal student loan payments about to resume, 62% of students say they are likely to boycott repayments. According to a survey conducted by intelligent.com, nearly half of the 1,000 borrowers surveyed believe a boycott could result in all of their student debt being forgiven. Loan payments are expected to resume i...
WASHINGTON – Democratic U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna, currently traveling through India, has come under fire for a meeting with far-right Hindutva ideologue Abhijeet Iyer-Mitra. Iyer-Mitra has been accused of spreading an Islamophobic narrative and calling Khanna’s Muslim colleague, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a “jihadi.” K...
