NEW DELHI (AA) – At least 74 Rohingya migrants were arrested in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Those arrested included 55 men, 14 women and five children who were living in six districts of the state. A statewide campaign was recently launched against the Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim community driven out from Myanmar. Hundreds...
ROME (AA) – The EU and Tunisia have signed a €1 billion deal to cooperate on stemming the flow of migrants to Europe. The agreement has drawn criticism from human rights groups, as it could lead to serious rights violations. Under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) – signed after a crucial meeting between EU Commission […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – A far-right Danish Islamophobic group burned the Quran on Tuesday outside the Turkish and Egyptian embassies in Copenhagen. The Danske Patrioter was behind the despicable act that has drawn condemnation from across the Muslim world. Denmark has condemned the burning incident and called it a “shameful act” that ...
NEW YORK – A new study has warned of the risk of a pandemic in the U.S. due to high-risk human-animal contact. The study, conducted by Harvard Law School and New York University says that there is a lack of a comprehensive strategy to address the dangers posed by the animal industry. The research found […]
WASHINGTON – The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has joined a Palestinian call to boycott Israeli academic institutions that support the apartheid regime. The largest academic association in the U.S., with 12,000 members, had put the motion to a vote from June 15 to July 14. 71% of members supported the boycott call. The motio...
ANKARA (AA) – NASA data has shown that global sea level rise poses a significant threat to coastal regions and ecosystems. The rise in water level is due to the melting of ice sheets, glaciers, as well as the warming of seawater. NASA’s comprehensive satellite-derived analysis states that global sea levels have been gradually risin...
WASHINGTON (AA) – House Speaker McCarthy has said that Republicans will continue to pursue their inquiries against President Biden and may lead to an impeachment. He hinted that he will elevate ongoing investigations into Biden and his family into a formal impeachment inquiry. “We’ve only followed where the information has ta...
KHARTUM, Sudan – The ongoing conflict in Sudan is having a devastating impact on the lives of children. According to UNICEF, 435 children have lost their lives and more than 2,000 have been injured since the conflict began in April. UNICEF’s Ted Chaiban expressed shock at the scale of the impact during his visit to […]
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian authorities are continuing rack down on companies and individuals that violate hijab law. According to reports, the administrative offices of Digikala, a well-known Iranian online retailer, were recently closed. Its female employees were seen in a post circulated on social media without their mandatory hijab. In a...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The historical Hagia Sophia in Istanbul marked the third anniversary of its reopening as a mosque on Monday. Ali Erbas, the head of the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), led the morning prayer at the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque. Calling the reopening of Hagia Sophia as a mosque as “one of […]
