Monk-led mob attacks Rohingya refugees in Sri Lanka
Radical Buddhist monks stormed a United Nations safe house for Rohingya refugees near Sri Lanka’s capital Tuesday and forced authorities to relocate the group, officials said. Saffron-robed Buddhist monks led a mob that broke down gates and entered the walled multi-storied compound at the Mount Lavinia suburb of Colombo as frightened refugees huddled together in […]
HRW: Saudi Arabia hate speech still targets minorities
A leading rights group says some state religious scholars and institutions in Saudi Arabia incite hatred and discrimination against religious minorities, including the country’s Shia Muslim minority. A report by the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) titled They are not our brothers: Hate Speech by Saudi Officials, released on Tuesday, says Saudi Arabia has […]
Prolific Fake News Writer Paul Horner Dead at 38
One of America’s most prolific writers of fake news, Paul Horner, has died aged 38. Horner rose to prominence during the 2016 election as mainstream media became concerned with the success of false stories and pages that aped conventional news sites. But Horner had already made a name for himself long before many in America […]
Muslim Women More Likely to Skip Mammograms
Breast cancer screening with mammography is a controversial issue, but it can uncover a tumor at an early stage when it’s easiest to treat. Currently, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends annual mammograms for women between the ages of 50 and 74, with screening under 50 being an “individual” decision. But many women don’t […]
While NFL players kneel, local activists pray for peace | Di Ionno
While the cameras were fixated on kneeling football players over the weekend, the Newark Anti-Violence Coalition was planning its part in Monday’s “National Day of Remembrance” for murder victims. Early that evening, while the national media was still kicking around the Trump vs. NFL political football, about 30 people gathered at the corner of Clinton […]
White Nationalism As Much Of A Threat As ISIS
The threat of white nationalist violence in the U.S. is at least as big a threat as that posed by terror groups such as ISIS, the FBI revealed Wednesday. Director Chris Wray told the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee that there are currently 1,000 open investigations into domestic terror groups and another 1,000 […]
UN-listed Terror Group Found Collecting Donations for Rohingya in Pakistan
A Pakistan-based group listed as a terrorist outfit by the United Nations and the United States has been openly collecting donations in the name of helping Rohingya Muslims. People in Rawalpindi received leaflets inside some newspapers Monday requesting donations for the “oppressed Muslims of Burma,” an older name for Myanmar. People in parts of Pakistan’s […]
Isis Leader Abu Bakr Al-baghdadi Speaks in New Audio
The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has released a new audio message delivered by its elusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who had not spoken since November 2016, in which he mentions North Korea’s “nuclear threat to the U.S.” The audio suggests he remains alive despite speculation over his fate. “The North Koreans have begun threatening […]
Islamic State’s Hacking Skills Are ‘Garbage,’ Says Senior Security Researcher
Islamic State group hackers hinder the group because of their poor coding abilities, according to security researchers. Kyle Wilhoit, a senior security researcher at DomainTools, said ISIS creates easily crackable encryption programs. The United Cyber Caliphate (UCC) was created when 17 different hacker groups pledged allegiance to ISIS. The group’s coding skills are “garbage,” Wilhoit […]
Fake News Tweets Outnumbered Real Ones Before Election
Twitter users in swing states got more fake news than real news in the days leading up to the 2016 presidential election—and the misinformation helped Donald Trump win, a new study reveals. In all, voters in 27 states—including 11 of the 16 swing states in the election—were inundated with higher concentrations of tweeted links to […]