Anti-Islam Banner Suggests Muslims Endanger Americans
A man has defended posting an anti-Islam banner outside of his southern California home by echoing the message of President Donald Trump, saying “We need to take care of America first.” The banner outside a house in the town of Ontario featured symbols for Christianity and Judaism and the word “Islam” crossed out in the […]
Russia’s new game in Afghanistan
A resurgent Russia is making new inroads into Afghanistan, not in the way the former USSR did, but by aligning itself with some of the very extremists whose leaders were involved in the defeat of the Soviet Union’s decade-long invasion of Afghanistan. In December 2016, Moscow disclosed its contacts with the Taliban, the group that […]
Officials: Pakistani Religious Schools Increasingly Linked to Afghan Taliban
When Afghan intelligence officials, assisted by international investigators, probed a terror attack last month that killed five Emirati diplomats in Kandahar, they traced the suspects to a conservative religious seminary in Pakistan. “The attack was planned in Mawlawi Ahmad Madrassa in Chaman, Quetta,” said Sediq Seddiqi, a spokesperson for the Afghan Ministry of Interior. The […]
UN Official: Human Rights at Risk from “Political Profiteers”
U.N. Human Rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein has warned world peace and stability based on fundamental human rights are under threat by so-called reckless political profiteers. The high commissioner told delegates attending the opening session Monday of the month-long meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council many of the achievements that have been made in […]
9th Circuit Court denies DOJ request to put travel ban appeal on hold
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the Department of Justice’s request to pause proceedings on an appeal of President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The court in a filing on Monday said its schedule over the federal government’s appeal of a lower court’s halt on Trump’s travel ban will proceed, with the first […]
Iraqi Forces Control Key Mosul Bridge
Iraqi forces on Monday seized control of a key bridge in the city of Mosul, as they push forward with their week-old offensive to clear Islamic State militants from the western side of the city. Officials said pro-government forces were in control of what is known as the fourth bridge, or the southernmost bridge across […]
Saudi state oil company takes significant stake in Malaysia refinery
Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Saudi Aramco is to invest $7 billion (6.6 billion euros) in an oil refinery and petrochemical project in southern Malaysia. The deal was signed during a visit by King Salman Abdulaziz Al Saud. Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak said it is the single largest investment in the project which is […]
Abbas: Defend two-state-solution for a Palestine state
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has called on the international community to defend the two-state-solution in an address at the opening of the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR). Abbas warned member states delivered on Monday that Israel was moving towards an “apartheid solution” in Palestine in light of a new […]
’10 attacks a day’ against refugees, shelters in 2016
More than 2,500 refugees in Germany were attacked last year, according to a report by the interior ministry, raising fears over the safety of those who have fled war and persecution. In a statement on Sunday, the interior minister citing police figures said that Germany recorded more than 3,500 attacks in total against refugees, migrants […]
Trump Is Our Own Worst Enemy
The jihadis shoot their propaganda across the internet in search of the Western world’s frightened and dispossessed. On Twitter and Facebook, from YouTube to Google Play, the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) traffics in lies, bombarding Western Muslims seeking adventure, compatriots or an outlet for their religious fervor. The message is stark, terrifying: Your countries […]