ANKARA (AA) – US supermodel Bella Hadid’s defense of Palestinian rights has brought her under fire from Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. In an interview with an Israeli channel on Wednesday, Ben-Gvir had said the safety and mobility rights of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank held more weight than those o...
SpaceX accused of discouraging asylees, refugees from applying, refusing to hire WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Justice Department said Thursday it filed a lawsuit against tech billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX company on allegations of discriminatory hiring practices. “The lawsuit alleges that, from at least September 2018 to May 202...
Petitioners allege that policy discriminates against Asian American students based on race WASHINGTON – A group of parents and students have filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the admissions policy of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST). The petitioners allege that the policy discriminat...
ANKARA (AA) – Migrants held in the detention centers of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) experienced “negligent” medical care, “unsafe and filthy” conditions, and racist abuse, a report said. Inspectors, assigned by the Department of Civil Rights and Freedoms of the Ministry of Homeland Security to...
-Research shows that Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has more than 250 brains, mostly from people of color. WASHINGTON – A recent media investigation has brought to light a disturbing revelation about the Washington-based Smithsonian Institute. According to a report published by the Washington Post, the institute i...
LONDON – The former British ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Sherard Cowper-Coles, has been accused of racism. Cowper-Coles, who now holds a senior position at HSBC, is alleged to have commented to Oxford students that the “Arab mind is empty.” The former diplomat made his comments in an impromptu speech welcoming students to the ...
LONDON (AA) – The British health secretary has said that asylum seekers, who were moved from the Bibby Stockholm after traces of Legionella bacteria were found, should be put back on the floating barge. “It’s important that we both maintain safety standards, but also reflect the pressure on the taxpayer position in terms of that [&hellip...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia and Libya announced Thursday they had agreed to share responsibility for providing shelter for hundreds of migrants stranded at their border, many of them for over a month. The migrants, primarily from sub-Saharan African countries, had been driven to the desert area of Ras Jedir by Tunisian authorities and left t...
JACKSON, Mississippi – Six former Mississippi police officers have pleaded guilty to assaulting two Black men. The officers, all white, entered a home without a warrant and assaulted the men with a sex toy and firearms. One victim was shot at and wounded in a “mock execution” that went wrong. Officers then conspired to plant ...
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – Illinois will be the first state in the U.S. to recognize Arab Americans as a race. This is considered a major victory for those who come from the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. The new law was passed by the Illinois legislature and signed by Governor JB Pritzker last Friday. […]
