GAZA, Palestine – A Palestinian coffee store owner in the Gaza Strip is turning coffee grounds into organic fertilizer. 32-year-old Abdullah al-Safadi, who runs coffee shops in the region, started this environment friendly initiative during the COVID-19 pandemic. He said the fertilizer made from the coffee grounds “provides the soi...
TORANTO, Canada – Canadian police have arrested a 28-year-old man who drove his car toward worshippers at two mosques in Toronto on April 5. According to police, the man allegedly drove his car into the parking lot and tried to hit the worshippers and other vehicles. The driver then sped away, drove to another mosque, […]
KAZAN, Tatarstan – Russia is hosting a Halal Expo on the sidelines of the 14th International Economic Summit, which has begun in Kazan, the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan. The summit opened Thursday to strengthen social and cultural ties between Russia and the Muslim world. Halal products and services will be presented at [...
JERUSALEM, Palestine – Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday. Türkiye’s Anadolu news agency reported that the settlers stormed into Al-Aqsa Mosque in groups from Al-Mughrabi Gate, accompanied by Israeli forces. Among the settlers who entered the mosque, he said, was right...
HELENA, Montana – Governor Greg Gianforte has signed a law banning TikTok in Montana, the western U.S. state. This is the first law of its kind that prohibits residents from using the Chinese app. On Twitter, the governor said he banned TikTok in Montana to protect residents’ personal and private data from the Chinese Communist [&h...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of social media companies Facebook, Google, and Twitter, rejecting accusations that they aided and abetted terrorist groups. The case involved the 2017 attack on the Reina nightclub in Turkish metropolis Istanbul claimed by Daesh/ISIS, which killed 39 people. The family of Na...
WASHINGTON – A new research has found that Black Americans have experienced 1.63 million more deaths than whites over the past 22 years. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently found higher mortality rates among Black Americans. Compared with white Americans, they lost more than 80 million additiona...
AUSTIN, Texas – An eight-year-old migrant girl died Wednesday in the custody of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The child and her family were being held at a U.S. Border Patrol station. CBP confirmed the girl’s death in a statement. They said the girl had suffered a medical emergency and was pronounced dead […...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. government has not kept the promise to pay Afghan families whose relatives were killed in a mistaken drone strike. 10 civilians, including seven children, were killed in the last U.S. drone strike in Kabul before the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in 2021. The Biden administration had promised financ...
U.S. Congress: U.S. Representatives Andre Carson (D-IL), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) are all projected to win their respective races. U.S. Senate: The race for Pennsylvania U.S. Senator between Dr. Mehmet Cengiz Oz (R) and John Fetterman (D) is too early to call at the time of this release. Colorado: Incumbent, first-term Stat...