SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – The government of Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir has sacked two university professors and two officials, accusing them of their involvement in “secessionist” activities against the Indian occupation. A government statement said activities of the sacked persons “had come to the adver...
ANKARA (AA) – The US National Security Adviser has said that the attack on author Salman Rushdie is “appalling”. “We’re all praying for his speedy recovery,” Jake Sullivan wrote on Twitter. “And we’re thankful to good citizens and first responders for helping him so swiftly.” Rushdie’s agent told the N...
Erie, United States (AFP): The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie at a literary event pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges on Saturday, as the severely injured author appeared to show signs of improvement in hospital. Hadi Matar, 24, was arraigned in court in New York state, with prosecutors outlining how Rushdie had been [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – Author Salman Rushdie, popular in the West but hated in the Muslim world, is on ventilator after being attacked Friday on stage in the state of New York. The author’s agent, Andrew Wylie, said in an email update to the New York Times that Rushdie is on a ventilator and cannot speak, […]
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...
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...
JERUSALEM (AA) –An Israeli government committee has approved in principle a fresh plan to construct settlement units in the southern part of occupied East Jerusalem, an Israeli NGO said on Tuesday. The plan includes the construction of 1,446 settlement homes in the Lower Aqueduct settlement in the Palestinian town of Sur Baher, and between the...
BETHLEHEM CITY, Palestine (AA) – US President Joe Biden on Friday voiced pessimism about the two-state solution to the conflict between Palestinians and Israel. “I know the goal of the two states seems so far away while indignities like restrictions on movement and travel or the daily worry of your children’s safety are real and [&hellip...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights chief has urged the Taliban to protect the rights of women in Afghanistan, who face hunger and food insecurity, growing domestic violence and harassment, unemployment, lack of access to education. Michelle Bachelet told the Human Rights Council in Geneva that since the Taliban have assumed power, women and [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA): An Egyptian criminal court sentenced 10 convicts from the Muslim Brotherhood group to death Tuesday for carrying out attacks against police and facilities in the case known as the Helwan Brigades. The court was headed by Mohammed Shireen Fahmy and included a sentence in absentia for Yahya Moussa, a leader in the Muslim […...
