AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas woman has been arrested for threatening to kill the federal judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington, DC. Abigail Jo Shry allegedly threatened to kill U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan and longtime Democratic Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. She called ...
– Pascale Ferrier also mailed ricin-laced letters to 8 Texas law enforcement officials HOUSTON (AA) – A dual Canadian and French national was sentenced Thursday to nearly 22 years in prison for mailing ricin-laced letters to then-President Donald Trump and law enforcement officials, the US Attorney’s office in Washington, D.C...
– Police receiving condemnation after raiding small Kansas newspaper TORONTO (AA) – Items that were seized have been returned and are set to be assessed by a forensic analyst amid days of nationwide controversy regarding the raid on a newspaper’s office and the publisher’s residence, according to the co-owner and publis...
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 ...
