More detais are emerging in the killing of ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. Neighbors say they had no idea that he was the head of the terrorist group. When U.S. forces flew over the Syrian town of Atme, wherel-Qurashi was hiding, resident Mahmoud Shehadeh mistook the sound of helicopters for a storm. In the […]
US Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Thursday Russia could stage a fake attack by Ukrainian forces on Russian territory or people to justify its actions near Ukraine’s border. Veteran Associated Press reporter Matt Lee grilled a US State Department spokesperson over the U.S. government’s refusal to provide direct evidence. Invoking the ...
Munira Mirza, one of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top advisers, quit Thursday amid a row over a conspiracy theory the British leader spread. Mirza stepped down after Johnson did not apologize over the use of a discredited claim, that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute pedophile Jimmy Savile. She announced her resignation in [...
The Israeli municipality in Jerusalem has approved the construction of over 3,000 settlement units east of the city since the start of 2022, Anadolu Agency reports. The four settlement are planned on the Palestinian town of Isawiya. Plans include construction of 1,500 housing units, 200 protected rooms, and 500 student bedrooms on 150 acres,...
At least 13 militants and seven soldiers were killed in overnight clashes in southwestern Pakistan, the army said Thursday. The Pakistani military said militants tried to storm security camps in the Panjgur and Naushki areas of Balochistan province Wednesday night. However, the troops foiled their attempt. The militants were later killed in ...
Weary of the civil war at home, a Yemeni family attempted to cross into Europe through Greece to a tragic end. But one family member was lost at sea after Greek coast guard units threw him into the Mediterranean Sea. The family — husband and wife, Mahgdi Kalla and Fatima Mahmud, along with their cousin, […]
Britain’s largest Muslim group on Thursday called on everyone involved in the Beijing Winter Olympics to raise awareness about the plight of the Uyghur people. About three million Uyghurs have been forcibly detained at internment camps and subjected to torture, rape, mass sterilization, and forced labour, the Muslim Council of Britain said. Th...
Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, who killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014 with 16 shots, was released from prison Thursday. Van Dyke served little more than three years of a nearly seven-year prison sentence for killing the Black teenager. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office confirmed the release to CNN Thursday. Van Dyke’...
U.S. officials and international human rights groups are concerned for the safety of Olympic athletes in China. A Chinese government official warned about “punishment” for competitors if they speak out on political issues at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Yang Shu, deputy director of international relations for the Beijing organizing commit...
Israel’s highest-ranking Arab Muslim police officer has resigned, according to a statement Monday. The resignation comes a week after a video emerged showing the officer tripping over the body of a stabbing victim when leaving the scene of a crime in 2020. Maj. Gen. Gamal Hakroosh, 64, was appointed deputy commissioner in 2016 to lead [&hellip...
