Supporters of Iraqi Shia Muslim leader Muqtada al-Sadr protest against what they say is US presence and violations in Iraq [Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters] Thousands march in Baghdad, heeding to call by Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr for an anti-US demonstration. Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, after Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr

Facebook / CAIR Halimo Sisse, mother of one of the victims, speaks at a press conference Wednesday during which the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced the settlement. The teens feared for their lives after an officer pulled a gun on them at a park in Minneapolis in 2018. The families of

In ordering Myanmar on Thursday to take immediate measures to prevent atrocities against its Muslim Rohingya minority, the International Court of Justice in The Hague was handing down a binding ruling with no possibility of appeal – and no means of enforcement. It was exercising its power to ordain provisional measures – a restraining order

Photo Credit Reuters Somalian President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has offered to take in Swedish-Somalian Islamic State members, stating that he will accept them if European countries will not take them. Kurdish authorities have said that around half of the Swedish woman in the al-Hol prison camp have a Somalian background, a number estimated to be

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud expressed full support for the Greek Cypriot administration amid ongoing tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean following a meeting with Greek Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday. Greek Cypriot daily Politis cited a statement by the Saudi foreign minister which said, “Saudi Arabia carefully follows ongoing

Photo Credit Reuters Two UN officials will report on Wednesday that there is enough evidence suggesting that Saudi Arabia had hacked Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos’ phone and both the kingdom and the United States should investigate, a person familiar with the matter said. The United Nations’ officials plan a public statement asserting that they

Over 250 workers stranded in Dubai with no job, pay, food Image Credit: Twitter Indian consulate steps in, staff confirms the company closed in September Speaking to Gulf News, some workers of the company said that for the last seven months they have not been paid salaries. In addition, for the the past four months,

Libya’s Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj Al-Sarraj said he will not sit with Haftar again, hoping ‘his supporters would review their decisions’ Libya’s Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj has said in an interview with Al-Jazeera that he will not sit with Gen. Khalifa Haftar again, hoping that his supporters would review their decisions. Within part of the

Members of medical team head to Mogadishu to bring back those injured in suicide car bombing Members of the National Medical Rescue Team departed for Somalia’s capital Tuesday to bring those wounded in a suicide car bombing over the weekend back to Turkey. At least three people were killed and 20 others injured, including several

The U.S. flag flies over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) President Donald Trump’s defense team and the prosecutors of his impeachment are laying out their arguments over whether his conduct toward Ukraine warrants his removal from office. Trump’s lawyers on Sunday previewed their impeachment defense with the