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 ...
Vogue France has been criticized after publishing a social media post many users branded as offensive to Muslim women. It shared a photo on Instagram on Friday of actress and model Julia Fox wearing a piece of fabric wrapped around her head with the caption “yes to the headscarf.” Since then, the caption has been […]
Mali on Monday gave the French ambassador 72 hours to leave the West African country after “hostile” remarks by French authorities about its transitional government. Joel Meyer, the French ambassador to Bamako, was summoned by Mali’s minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation. Meyer was notified of the decision urging him to lea...
Israel forced two Palestinian families in occupied East Jerusalem to demolish their own homes on Monday. The Sukeyrat family said an Israeli court issued a final decision Sunday ordering their homes be razed. To avoid the cost of the demolition, homeowners and brothers Mahmud and Davud Sukeyrat and their families began clearing out their homes...
On Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary Sunday, the Hindu Mahasabha paid tribute to his assassin Nathuram Godse and co-accused Narayan Apte. The right-wing group observed “Godse-Apte Smriti Diwas” in Madhya Pradesh’s city of Gwalior. Leaders sought to express anger over the duo’s arrest on Jan. 30, 1948.The group also bestowed the “Godse-Apte Bh...
A new book about Mahatma Gandhi’s killer, titled “Gandhi’s Assassin,” reveals that Ramachandra Vinayak Godse was a member of the RSS Hindu nationalist group. Gandhi, who led a nonviolent movement for India’s independence and advocated for Hindu-Muslim unity, was assassinated on Jan. 30, 1948 by Godse. Godse was a member of the Rastriya Swayams...
