ANKARA (AA) – A top Iranian security official on Wednesday criticized the US government for lacking “coherence” for making political decisions at ongoing nuclear talks in Vienna. The remarks on Twitter by Ali Shamkhani, the head of the country’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), came shortly after a group of 33 ...
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday stressed the need for a diplomatic solution to the Russia-Ukraine crisis that has brought the nuclear superpowers perilously close to war. Sanders warned of the potentially catastrophic consequences of what could become the deadliest European conflict since World War II. The Chair of the Senate Budget Commi...
Families of the victims of last month’s fire in the Bronx have filed lawsuits against the building’s owners accusing them of “reckless disregard” for U.S. safety laws. Calls for accountability continue to grow over the January 9 blaze that killed 17 people. Eight of the victims were children, including a 2-year-old boy, two 5-year-old girls [&...
Islamophobia has led a Muslim mother in San Juan Island, Washington to make a life changing decision. The Washington Post revealed that the woman’s babysitter called the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, claiming that the Muslim woman’s baby had undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). The babysitter also invited a friend to examine the ...
Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson described one of the leaders of the extremist Oath Keepers organization implicated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot as “a devout Christian.” It’s highly unlikely Carlson would have offered a similar defense for a Muslim American. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Muslim Americans have experienced growing discrimination and...
Spotify Chief Executive Daniel Ek addressed Joe Rogan’s past use of racial slurs Sunday night. In a staff memo, Ek said that while he found the comments hurtful and inconsistent with company values, he did not believe in “silencing” the podcaster. Spotify faces an unprecedented crisis over Rogan’s comments on race and COVID-19. It has [&hellip...
The Islamic Center of Detroit or ICD is proposing renaming a local park to honor legendary boxer Muhammad Ali. Currently named the Belton-Mark Twain Park, ICD has plans to remodel and rename it “Muhammad Ali Park.” The city-owned green space is located at the intersection of Belton and Mark Twain streets, hence the name. It […]
Uyghurs in the U.S. protested in front of the White House Saturday against the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. They criticized the Chinese government and accused it of carrying out “genocide” in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. In 2019, Human Rights Watch confirmed that the Chinese government has committed, and continues to commit, crim...
College campuses have been the site of 141 shootings so far during the 2021-22 school year, according to Everytown for Gun Safety. A 19-year-old former student was shot and killed after a high school basketball game a week ago in Beloit, Wisconsin. Three teens were hospitalized after a shooting Monday outside Chaparral High School in [&hellip...
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis Saturday demanding justice in the fatal police shooting of a young Black man. Amir Locke was shot and killed by police who were executing a “no-knock” search warrant on an apartment last week. This allows law enforcement to enter private property without first alerting occupant...
