ISTANBUL (AA) — More than 952,000 Afghan refugees have returned home over the last year from neighboring countries, the interim Taliban administration said Wednesday. According to the interim Ministry of Refugee and Repatriations, 952,589 Afghan refugees returned to Afghanistan from Iran, Pakistan and other countries over the past year, state ...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been denied bail by a high court in the capital Islamabad. However, the court agreed to hear his appeal against the conviction in a few days. Khan was sentenced last month to three years in prison for corruption. Khan’s lawyers appealed his conviction. “This is [&...
COLOGNE, Germany (AA) – Mosques across Germany are facing an increase in vandalism, harassment and threats, Muslim community leaders told Anadolu on Wednesday. Kemal Ergun, president of the Turkish-Muslim group IGMG, said more mosques have received threatening letters in recent weeks, signed with the neo-Nazi alias “NSU 2.0.” “We will not get ...
A U.S. Supreme Court judge has raised the issue of misconduct for enjoying 38 vacations organized by billionaires. Justice Clarence Thomas also allegedly received lavish gifts from wealthy patrons, including flights on private jets, cruises on yachts and expensive sports tickets. In an investigative report, ProPublica, an American nonprofit ne...
NEW DELHI, India – India’s Supreme Court observed that a referendum comparable to Brexit is not possible in the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir. The court was considering petitions against the repeal of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which had granted special status to the disputed region. The provision was struck down...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) chief on Wednesday highlighted the significance of religious respect and communal unity during a gathering with diverse religious leaders in the Thai capital Bangkok. In an effort to promote understanding and unity among various religious and cultural groups, OIC Secretary General H...
JACKSON, Mississippi – Six former Mississippi police officers have pleaded guilty to assaulting two Black men. The officers, all white, entered a home without a warrant and assaulted the men with a sex toy and firearms. One victim was shot at and wounded in a “mock execution” that went wrong. Officers then conspired to plant ...
TORONTO (AA) – Washington, DC Councilman Trayon White called Tuesday for an emergency to be declared and the National Guard to step in to curb the rapidly rising crime and violence in the nation’s capital. In a press statement on the deaths of three people in a gunfight on Aug. 6, White said that anarchy […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Prisoners in Guantanamo Bay are detained unlawfully by the US government which denies them the right to fair trial, and fails to protect them from sexual, physical and psychological abuse, a lawyer said. Lawyer Anas Mustapha, who is in charge of the Guantanamo project of CAGE, a London-based non-governmental organization (NGO) ...
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – Illinois will be the first state in the U.S. to recognize Arab Americans as a race. This is considered a major victory for those who come from the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. The new law was passed by the Illinois legislature and signed by Governor JB Pritzker last Friday. […]
