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, […]
Women from 150 countries celebrated and observed the 10th World Hijab Day on Tuesday. The Michigan Senate passed a resolution last Friday recognizing the day statewide. The state is home to an estimated 300,000 Muslims. State Sen. Stephanie Chang introduced the resolution to the House. She worked with Asian Pacific Islander American Vote-MI’s...
The United States National Archives on Monday issued a rare statement confirming that the White House turned over records including paper documents previously ripped up by former president Donald Trump. White House records management officials during the Trump Administration recovered and taped together some of the torn-up records, the archive...
U.S. federal prisons were under lockdown on Tuesday after two inmates were killed during a fight at a Texas prison. In a statement to Anadolu Agency, the US Bureau of Prisons or BOP said it is securing its facilities in an abundance of caution and as a temporary measure to ensure order. Multiple inmates were […]
Over four million people in the U.S. quit their jobs in December, according to figures released Tuesday by the United States Department of Labor. That represents a decline of 200,000 from November, data showed. Job openings rose slightly by 150,000 to reach 10.9 million in December, up from 10.7 million in November. The market expectation [&h...
Police in Israel on Tuesday admitted using the Pegasus spyware to monitor the phones of Israeli citizens. They said they found evidence of the unauthorized use of the sophisticated spyware by its own investigators on Israelis’ phones. The statement was released during a secondary investigation uncovering additional findings. Pegasus, developed...
Israeli forces detained 35 Palestinians in overnight raids across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, sources said Tuesday. Twenty Palestinians were detained in Ramallah’s Al-Amarai camp, while another eight were detained in Bethlehem in the southern West Bank. The Israeli army has not released any information on the arrests. Israeli so...
Amnesty International on Tuesday called for holding Israel accountable for committing “apartheid” against Palestinians in the occupied territories. At a news conference, Amnesty released the findings of a comprehensive report about Israeli apartheid practices in the region. It documents massive seizures of Palestinian land and property, unlawf...
Saudi Islamic Minister Sheikh Abdullatif Al-Asheikh on Sunday appointed Leila bint Hamad Al-Kassem as undersecretary for planning and digital transformation. Al-Kassem is the first female undersecretary in the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance. Al-Asheikh entrusted Al-Kassem with the governance of his office as part of developin...
Anglican clergymen in Tanzania’s Indian Ocean Zanzibar archipelago have condemned the slave trade as “the worst crime” ever committed by humans against other humans. The Christ Church Anglican Cathedral, perched at the heart of Stone Town, is a symbol of remembrance to the men, women and children sold into slavery. The massive cathedral built ...