The attack late last week on a mosque in Minnesota, which the FBI is now reviewing as a hate crime, is the latest in a state that is seeing a proliferation of such crimes. The incident occurred Thursday when two people broke into the Islamic Center of …
Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrives from Scotland to London
Grey skies and rain greeted Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin as it was taken to Buckingham Palace after arriving in London on a military transport plane on Tuesday, before Britain says a final farewell to its longest-serving monarch. The giant C-17 Globemas…
Nearly 100 killed in Armenia-Azerbaijan border clashes
Armenia and Azerbaijan reported nearly 100 troop deaths Tuesday in their worst fighting since a 2020 war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The defence ministry in Baku said “50 Azerbaijani servicemen died as a result of Armenia’s large-scale p…
Jordan: Two dead, 14 injured in Amman building collapse
The bodies of two people were recovered after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Jordan’s capital Tuesday, authorities said, adding that 14 more were rescued but others remained trapped. Security spokesman Amer al-Sartawy told state televi…
Morocco’s King to attend Arab Summit in Algeria: report
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI will reportedly attend the Arab summit in Algeria next November for the first time in more than a decade, reported Jeune Afrique Magazine Citing “well-informed sources”, the pan-African news magazine said Monday that several …
Indian court to hear Hindu plea for worship in contested mosque
An Indian court on Monday agreed to hear a petition by a group of Hindu women for the right to worship in a mosque they believe was the site of a Hindu temple, rejecting a Muslim plea to throw out the petition. The Gyanvapi mosque in the northern Hindu…
Speculation over surprise Trump DC trip ends at golf course
For much of Monday, Twitter was buzzing over former President Donald Trump’s apparent surprise visit to Washington, DC. Following a diligent tracking job by a YouTuber called Penguinsix, the public was able to see a grainy video of Trump disembarking i…
US CENTCOM urges nations to bring IS relatives home from Syria
The head of the US armed forces’ Central Command on Monday urged countries from around the world to repatriate their nationals from a northeast Syrian camp in al-Hol, housing jihadists’ wives and children. Al-Hol camp holds around 56,000 people — most…
Taliban have harassed Afghan female employees, says UN
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has accused Taliban authorities of harassing its Afghan female employees, urging local officials to respect all its staff in a statement Monday. “There has been an emerging pattern of harassment of Afghan U.N. …
Four bodies with ‘torture signs’ in recaptured village: Kyiv
Four bodies of civilians with “signs of torture” have been found in a village retaken from Russian forces in a key eastern region, Ukrainian authorities said on Monday. Ukraine has recently claimed sweeping successes in its lightning counter-offensive …