A retired US Army officer is suing Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and former Trump White House staffers, alleging they conspired against him. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on the National Security Council, was a star witness against then-President Donald Trump during the 2019 Ukraine impeachment. Vindman said Trump’s family, his lawy...
U.S. President Joe Biden is sending thousands of troops to Eastern Europe this week amid tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday the U.S. stands shoulder-to-shoulder with its NATO allies. He said the situation along Ukraine’s border demands Washington reinforce “the deterrent and defensive posture” on ...
US President Joe Biden said Thursday that the leader of ISIS had been killed during a raid by American forces in northwest Syria. A senior US official said Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi had blown himself up during the operation on Wednesday evening. It was the biggest raid in Syria since the one that killed previous […]
As the world turns its attention to Beijing for the Winter Olympics, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kongers and Chinese human rights advocates are calling for governments to boycott the Games. Exiled Uyghur Muslims remain cut off from their families five years after China began its campaign of mass incarceration, forced labor, and cultural genocide. ...
The 2022 Olympic Winter Games began yesterday in Beijing under the cloud of a U.S.-led diplomatic boycott and the coronavirus pandemic. The opening ceremony is Friday and the Games continue through Feb. 20. The United States, Canada, the UK, and Australia have each announced a diplomatic boycott of the games, over concerns about China’s ...
The Taliban’s acting minister for higher education announced Monday that some public universities in Afghanistan will reopen today. Shaikh Abdul Baqi Haqqani said in a news release that state universities in warmer regions of the country will resume classes while those in colder regions will reopen Feb. 26. Haqqani said exams will be held thre...
Protesters in Burma closed businesses and stayed off the streets in a nationwide “silent strike” against military rule Tuesday. February 1 marked one year since the military coup in the country. That deposed the Southeast Asian country’s democratically elected government led by Aung Suu Kyi AUNG SAN SUU CHI.
Greece’s Turkish community on Tuesday condemned a provocative Islamophobic poster placed near a mosque in the northern part of the country. According to media reports the poster read: “Islamization of Evros (region) should be stopped now.” It was placed near the historic Chelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque near the Turkish-Greek border. The Friendshi...
For several weeks, a group of Muslim women at a college in India’s southern state of Karnataka has been barred from attending classes while wearing headscarves. Activists and experts said barring students from wearing hijab is an attack on the “symbols of faith.” The move comes as students globally marked World Hijab Day on Tuesday. […]...
Nahiem Pettiford robbed two men at gunpoint after he was unable to get into the donation box at a Jersey City mosque on Jan. 20, police said. Pettiford was taken into custody by Jersey City police on Jan. 26 in Newark. Police searched his car and found more than 300 bags of heroin, a handgun, […]
