UNITED NATIONS (AA) – ISIS has significantly increased its use of unmanned aerial systems or drones in the past year, the UN has warned. The UN’s top official for counter-terrorism informed the Security Council that despite its territorial defeats and subsequent leadership losses, ISIS continues to pose a threat to international peace and secu...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union welcomed on Monday the truce between Israel and the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad following three days of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. “The European Union welcomes the announced cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which should bring an end to the violence in and around Gaza,” t...
LONDON, (AA) – Over 600 children — 58% of them Black — were subjected to “intrusive and traumatic” strip searches by the UK’s Metropolitan Police over a period of two years, a report from the Children’s Commissioner of England revealed on Monday. From 2018 to 2020, police stopped and conducted strip searches on 65...
Soweto, South Africa – (AFP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off a three-nation African trip Sunday paying tribute to the Soweto Uprising, a student protest whose tragic ending galvanized the world against the apartheid regime. His visit comes as Washington scales up diplomacy to counter Russian influence on the continent an...
LONDON, UK (AA) – A museum in the UK has announced that it is planning to return 72 African artifacts looted during the colonial period of the British Empire. The Horniman Museum in South London agreed to return the stolen and famed artifacts, including some known as the Benin bronzes, to Nigeria following a request […]
ANKARA (AA) – President Joe Biden has condemned the killing of four Muslim men in the southern state of New Mexico. “I am angered and saddened by the horrific killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque,” Biden tweeted. Noting that a full investigation on the matter is underway, he underlined that his administration strongly s...
ANKARA (AA) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad. Guterres also commended Egypt for its efforts carried out in close coordination with the UN to help restore calm, his office said in a statement. He also extended his condolences over [...
The U.S. Senate on Sunday barely passed a $430 billion bill intended to fight climate change, lower drug prices, and raise some corporate taxes. The 51-50 party-line vote needed Vice President Kamala Harris to cast the tie-breaking ballot. Thanks to Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), there was a huge, last-minute win for the private equity and hed...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The United Nations’ Humanitarian Coordinator in the occupied Palestinian territories, Lynn Hastings, has called for an immediate halt of violence in the Gaza Strip amid Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian territory. In a statement, Hastings said Gaza’s humanitarian situation “is already dire and c...
Muhammad Afzaal Hussain came to Albuquerque in 2017 to study in the University of New Mexico. He made a mark early on and was elected President of the Graduate Professional Students Association. He had a deep interest in politics and joined the campaign of Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury to get recognition in the political circles. As [&hell...
