The chant in Arabic blasted from rooftop loudspeakers, drowning out both the growl of traffic from nearby interstates and the chatter and clinking glasses on the patio of the dive bar that shares a wall with Minneapolis’ oldest Somali mosque. Dozens of…
‘Major confrontation’ with Hezbollah ahead, says Lebanon Christian politician
The Christian Lebanese Forces party will veto as prime minister anyone aligned with the armed Shia movement Hezbollah and stick to its boycott of government if a new consensus cabinet is formed, the party’s leader said on Wednesday. Lebanon is in the t…
Sweden, Finland to meet Turkey at NATO in new bid for progress
NATO said Wednesday it will hold talks involving Turkey, Finland and Sweden in hopes of ending Ankara’s opposition to the Nordic nations joining the alliance ahead of a summit this month. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he would convene senior …
McDonald’s staff deliberately served US Muslim family bacon
Workers at a McDonald’s restaurant in Massachusetts intentionally put bacon on a fish sandwich that a Muslim woman had ordered for one of her children, a civil rights organisation said on Wednesday. The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a dis…
Players on Saudi golf series face disciplinary action: PGA
Players joining a new Saudi-backed golf series will face disciplinary action, the PGA Tour warned on Wednesday in the wake of Dustin Johnson’s shock decision to join the money-spinning new venture. In a brief statement, the PGA Tour said that any playe…
Yemen truce hangs in balance as extension talks falter
A fragile UN-brokered truce between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels hung in the balance Wednesday as talks on renewing it hit trouble, threatening the humanitarian gains of the past two months. Aid agencies and Western governments have urged Ye…
Syria: Rocket attack in Tel Abyad kills at least three
A rocket struck a residential area in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed opposition fighters on Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding others, opposition activists said. Some activists said that the rocket was fired on Te…
Historic first in Australia as two Muslims become ministers
Two Australian parliamentarians became the country’s first-ever Muslim ministers on Wednesday. Anne Aly and Ed Husic were sworn into government 11 days after new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese led the centre-left Labor Party to an election victory ove…
Palestinian teen killed by Israeli forces was ‘no threat’
A Palestinian teenager who was shot dead by Israeli forces late last week posed no danger when he was killed while on his way to his grandmother’s house, witnesses say. Zayd Mohammed Ghouneim, 14, was shot in the neck on Friday in the Al-Khader distric…
WHO chief meets with Syria’s sanctioned health minister
The World Health Organisation’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met with Syria’s sanctioned health minister, he revealed in a tweet on Tuesday. Syria Health Minister Hassan Ghabbash is part of a regime that has detained tens of thousands of…