LONDON – A new report released Monday shows that fossil fuels still accounted for 82% of global energy consumption in 2022. While renewable energy consumption has increased by 13%, fossil fuels are still the main component of energy supply. The report, published by the Energy Institute, noted that despite increase in consumption of clean...
WASHINGTON – At least 29 U.S. states have enacted nearly 100 restrictive voting laws in the last 10 years. Activists believe that the states are taking advantage of a 2013 Supreme Court verdict that overturned a law requiring states to have changes to voting laws approved by the federal government. The provision of the landmark […...
CAIRO, Egypt – India and Egypt signed a strategic partnership treaty on Sunday committing to cooperate in various sectors of the economy. The treaty, signed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Cairo, also promises Indian investment in the Suez Canal Authority. Egypt has also established ...
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia – Millions of pilgrims dressed in the special ihram attire arrived at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah on Sunday. They completed the first Tawaf, or circumambulation of the Kaaba, to begin the six-day rituals of Hajj, according to Saudi official news agency. After the Tawaf, the pilgrims made […]
NEW DELHI, India: Two Muslim youths were reportedly lynched by a Hindu mob for carrying meat in their car in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. One of the two, 25-year-old Afan Abdul Majeed Ansari, succumbed to his injuries in hospital. The other, Ghulam Hussain Qureshi, remains in critical condition. According to local media reports, [...
WASHINGTON – Thousands of elderly Uyghurs have been detained in China’s Xinjiang region since 2016, according to Uyghur activists. They say that many of those detained have died in custody, often without their families being notified. Those who survived were subjected to forced labor, political indoctrination, and cultural oppress...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan criticizes the joint statement released after talks between U.S. President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pakistan Defense Minister Khwaja Asif called the reference to his country in the statement misleading and a violation of diplomatic norms. He said Pakistan is still paying the price for being a...
GENEVA (AA) – A study shows that the housing market in the Central European country of Austria is affected by racial discrimination. A study commissioned by the Ombud for Equal Treatment (GAW) found that Muslims are particularly affected by discrimination. The authors of the study responded to 157 housing advertisements in the Austrian c...
NEW YORK – A Palestinian diplomat and activists have criticized U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres for excluding Israel from the list of countries that kill and harm children. The annual report, “Children and Armed Conflict,” reportedly does not include Israel on the list of countries that seriously harm children. According t...
WASHINGTON – A declassified U.S. intelligence report has found no clear evidence linking the origin of the Covid virus to a Chinese laboratory in the city of Wuhan. However, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) report, released Friday, does not rule out the possibility. The report mentions that some researchers at t...
