PARIS – Reporters Without Borders, a global nongovernmental organization that advocates for the right to freedom of information, has called on search engines and advertisers to slow the spread of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated news websites. In a statement the organization said the AI-generated sites were siphoning off advertising reve...
TULSA, Oklahoma – A recently released book authored by Viola Fletcher — the oldest known survivor of the Tulsa race massacre – has revived the memories of one of the worst racial riots of American history. The massacre of the Black population in Tulsa, Oklahoma took place on May 31, 1921, and lasted two days. […]
DAMASCUS – A photo of Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad picking roses in Damascus caused outrage on social media. The photo, circulated by the French news agency AFP, was seen as an attempt to whitewash the Syrian government’s abuses. The post was also seen as normalizing the regime of Bashar al Asad and ignoring the […]
KABUL – Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has held talks with Taliban Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhunzada. According to an Al-Jazeera report, these talks took place on May 12 in the southern city of Kandahar. Citing the state-run Qatar News Agency, Al-Jazeera reported that the visit took place in the context of fac...
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has criticized the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for interfering in the country’s internal affairs. Junior Minister for Finance and Revenue Aisha Ghaus Pasha called the statement by IMF mission chief in Pakistan Nathan Porter on the political situation in the country “extraordinary.” She said Pakistan...
ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates has withdrawn from a U.S.-led combined maritime task force. According to state news agency WAM, the decision was made two months ago after an assessment of security cooperation with all partners. The 34-nation, U.S.-led maritime task force is based in Bahrain and is designed to combat terrorism and [&...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A Pakistani neuroscientist imprisoned in the U.S. met her younger sister, Dr. Fauzia Siddiqui, after 20 years on Wednesday. Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is serving sentence in a maximum-security prison in U.S. on suspicion of terrorism. She was arrested in 2003 and sentenced to 86 years in prison for trying to kill U.S. [&he...
PRISTINA, Kosovo – NATO deployed additional troops to Kosovo on Tuesday after peacekeepers were injured in clashes with Serb protesters. In a tweet Tuesday afternoon, Allied Force Command Naples said NATO was sending Operational Reserve Forces (ORF) to Kosovo. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in Oslo that 700 additi...
TEL AVIV, Israel – Israeli justice minister Yariv Levin said Sunday Jews are not ready to live with Arabs in Israel. According to the Middle East Eye news website, the Israeli minister said that the purchase of homes by Arabs was causing Jews to leave the areas. He told Israel’s public broadcaster Kan that the […]
DUBAI – Known for luxury shopping Dubai, a city in the UAE will soon become a hub for the halal food trade. The International Islamic Food Processors Association (IFPA) has moved its global headquarters from Astana in Kazakhstan to Dubai. IFPA is an affiliate of the International Organization for Islamic Food Safety (IOFS). The organizat...
