USA: 1st Muslim female judge found dead in river
The first black Muslim woman to be appointed to the state’s highest court was found dead in New York’s Hudson river on Wednesday. Sheila Abdus-Salaam was…
Human Rights
Kurdistan Region: Yezidi mass graves discovered so far contain 1,646 people – Photo
Special teams that search for mass graves of Yezidi people massacred by the ISIS have so far found 31 mass graves, containing 1,646 people, including…
After unbearable suffering woman rescued from Arab husband
The anti-assimilation group Yad L’Achim has reported a significant increase in the number of requests for assistance in the weeks before the Passover holiday. One…
Iranian man sentenced to death for “insulting Islam”
A 21-year-old Iranian man has been sentenced to death for insulting Islam and the Quran on the smartphone messaging app, LINE. Sina Dehghan, who was 19…
Trump’s policy in the Middle East is bombing people
You know, if I hadn’t been convinced by very smart people that Hillary Rodham Clinton was the warmonger in last year’s presidential campaign, and by…
Jerusalem: Israeli police kills 49-year-old Palestinian woman
Israel has been criticized by several human rights bodies and even the United Nations for its systematic extrajudicial killings of alleged attackers. A 49-year-old Palestinian…
White House plans to approve a multibillion-dollar sale of fighter jets to Bahrain without human rights conditions
The Trump administration has told Congress it plans to approve a multibillion-dollar sale of F-16 fighter jets to Bahrain without the human rights conditions imposed…
USA killed 200 civilians in airstrike on Iraq
Amid the aftermath of a terrorist attack on the UK’s Parliament, which killed four people including a police officer, another mass casualty further afield has…
Mosul massacre
The US-led “coalition” has admitted that its forces carried out the March 17 air strike in Mosul—ostensibly against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)…
Arab women can shape own futures now
The scene is changing in the Arab world for women who are moving beyond traditional societal trends, studying hard and taking on more senior roles…