–Scholars say under 14th Amendment, no one may hold high public office who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the Constitution. WASHINGTON – Two conservative legal scholars argued that former President Donald Trump cannot hold the presidential office again under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. William Baude of the Un...
-Resolution sought support of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s bill to establish State Department office to monitor Islamophobia. WASHINGTON – The largest association of lawyers in the U.S. has condemned Islamophobia and called on the U.N. and the American Congress to take action to combat anti-Muslim sentiments. A resolution passed by t...
-Authorities have appealed to people to stay indoors and avoid landslide-prone areas NEW DELHI, India – Heavy rains have killed at least 33 people and injured many others in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. In the state capital Shimla, a landslide at a temple killed at least nine people. According to the state […]
RAMALLAH (AA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Jordanian King Abdullah II are scheduled to meet on Sunday in order to discuss regional and international issues. Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt Diab Allouh said in a statement that the leaders will discuss regional, international and Arab world ...
LONDON – An international coalition of more than 35 civil rights groups has called on British global news service Reuters to end its partnership with India’s Asia News International (ANI). They accuse ANI of being complicit in Islamophobic reporting and spreading propaganda unleashed by Hindu nationalists. In a letter to Reuters and its ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh – A boat with Rohingya people on board, reportedly en route to Malaysia, has sunk in the Bay of Bengal near Myanmar’s Rakhine state. According to media reports, 45 of the 55 people on board are still missing. The government-backed Rakhine Daily News reported that the boat carrying Rohingya had left Rathedaung town [&hel...
ANKARA (AA) – Kuwait’s Information Ministry has banned the film Barbie in order to protect “public ethics and traditions,” state media said on Thursday. Lafi al-Subaie, head of the ministry’s film censorship committee, said the movie which has topped $1 billion at the global box office, promulgates “ideas and beli...
NEW DELHI, India – The Supreme Court of India on Thursday observed that the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir became part of India after its ruler gave nod to accession in 1947. Chief Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud made oral remarks while hearing petitions challenging the Hindu nationalist government’s revocation of spec...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s political parties are in the process of nominating a caretaker government after President Arif Alvi dissolved Parliament on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The constitution requires that a caretaker government be formed three months before general elections. Sharif and opposition leader...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has introduced a bill that would prohibit the inclusion of medical debt on credit or consumer reports. The bill is a response to the fact that medical debt is a major problem in the U.S., affecting more than 100 million people. A 2019 study estimated that 66.5% of all […]
