Saudi Arabia Executes More Than 150 After Sentencing Them To Death In Secret Courts
More than 150 executions were carried out in Saudi Arabia in 2016. At least 153 people, including some juveniles and some non-violent drug offenders, have been killed so far, according to data collected and published Monday by the human rights organization Reprieve. “Saudi Arabia’s 2016 execution total is fast approaching last year’s shocking high, with […]
Hate Crimes Against Muslims On The Rise
A homeless man who accused a Muslim woman of being a “terrorist” before throwing hot coffee on her was arrested Sunday. Police said the man who verbally and physically attacked the 21-year-old woman inside of a New York City Dunkin Donuts was charged with assault as a hate crime. Witnesses said 34-year-old Nathan Gray came […]
Critics warn US could adopt ‘pro-settler agenda’
Jerusalem – Donald Trump’s nomination of David Friedman as the United States ambassador to Israel provoked widespread consternation over the weekend, amid heightened speculation that the president-elect’s selection would move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In a statement accepting the nomination, 57-year-old Friedman welcomed the chance to work ” from the US […]
Extraordinary Moments in Electoral College History
The U.S. Electoral College is expected to formalize the election of Republicans Donald Trump and Mike Pence as the next president and vice president of the United States on Monday, nearly six weeks after the pair faced off against Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine in the general election. But with Electoral College meetings under way […]
What We Know About Russian Involvement in the US Election
What we know about Russian involvement in the U.S. election June 2016: WikiLeaks, founded by Julian Assange, releases thousands of emails belonging to the Democratic National Committee, resulting in the resignation of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida as DNC chair. The leak is believed to have been orchestrated by the Russian intelligence services. September […]
Mauritanian Blogger Faces Execution for Apostasy
In the dusty Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott, thousands of protesters armed with loudspeakers gathered outside the country’s Supreme Court on November 15. Demonstrators held messages of protests on paper, some worn around their heads to keep their hands free, and demanded the court uphold the death sentence against Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir, a Mauritanian […]
Nepali girl dies due to banned menstruation practice
A 15-year-old girl has died in Nepal’s western Achram district after she was banished to a shed because she was menstruating, under an ancient Hindu practice that has been banned for over a decade, police said. “We are investigating the case. We suspect that she died of suffocation from the smoke of a fire she […]
A Belgian woman explains why she joined ISIS, and why she came back
When three women were arrested recently in Paris for an attempted car bombing in the heart of the city, attention turned to female jihadists and the apparently growing number of Western women who sympathize with ISIS. Laura Passoni is among at least 550 women known to have traveled to Syria and Iraq to join ISIS, […]
Russian Ambassador to Turkey Assassinated in Ankara
A gunman believed to be an off-duty policeman shot and killed Russia’s ambassador to Turkey Monday night in Ankara. Ambassador Andrey Karlov was making a speech at the opening of an art exhibition when a man dressed in a suit approached the podium and opened fire. The entire scene was captured on video. Ambassador Andrey […]
Will Trump File a Financial Disclosure in 2017?
After refusing to make public his tax returns during the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump may break with another presidential transparency tradition—filing personal financial disclosure documents during the first year in office. Legally, the president-elect is not required to file the annual disclosure until 2018, but the past several presidents have filed in the spring after […]