WASHINGTON (AA) – More than 3,000 people gathered Saturday near the White House to protest against Israel’s war on Gaza and bombing in Lebanon. The rally at Lafayette Park later turned into a march through the streets of the US capital with protesters demanding an end to the genocide against Palestinians and urging the American […...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided Saturday to expedite his return from Washington to Tel Aviv after a missile attack on Golan Heights’ Majdal Shams town killed 11 people. Earlier, he was scheduled to return on Sunday evening. Earlier in the day, the Israeli authorities said that 11 people were killed and ...
Wildfires across California, Oregon, Arizona, Washington and Canada have caused significant smoke and haze, prompting air quality alerts. As of Wednesday, 79 major fires had scorched more than 1.4 million acres in the US and Canada. In Oregon, the Durkee Fire near the Idaho border remains uncontained, burning nearly 400 square miles. Californi...
Free Palestine supporters staged a protest demonstration on Monday outside the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, where Secretary of State Antony Blinken participated in a conversation on US foreign policy. Protesters carrying Palestinian flags and banners chanted as Blinken left. A female demonstrator, wearing a mask depicting Blinken a...
Thousands of low-wage workers gathered in Washington, DC, on Saturday. They were demanding more attention be given to issues relating to poverty, and claimed to have mobilized 15 million low-income voters for the upcoming election. The Mass Poor People’s and Low Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington, DC, and to the ...
A 17-year-old Muslim boy was fatally shot by an off-duty security guard while attempting to return a malfunctioning toy gun at a Big 5 store in Renton, Washington. The guard, Aaron Myers, faces a second-degree murder charge. The teenager, Hazrat Ali Rohani, had come to the store to return a replica gun. Myers claims Rohani […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – A protest demonstration was held Wednesday outside the headquarters of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington, D.C. one day after the group concluded its annual policy conference. The protestors, some of whom wore Palestinian keffiyehs carried Palestinian flags as well as banners with message...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A protest calling for a cease-fire in Gaza was held in front of the Israeli ambassador’s residence in Washington D. C. on Tuesday. Protesters carried Palestinian flags and banners reading “Free Palestine,” and “End All US Funding of Israeli Apartheid.” They also chanted slogans, including “Free PalestineR...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Tens of thousands of people gathered Saturday in Washington DC for a march to demand a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and an end to US military aid to Israel. The rally, organized by the American Muslim Task Force on Palestine, ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and Racism), started with […]
TORONTO (AA) – A bomb threat was made against Mohammed Mosque (Masjid Muhammad) in Washington, DC, as worshipers were performing Friday prayers. Police responded and evacuated the congregation during prayers but determined the threat was baseless. A Metropolitan Police officer told Anadolu that officials went to the mosque as quickly as ...
