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US Democratic Party’s presidential candidate calls Netanyahu a ‘racist’
New York, April 9: A candidate for US Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, Beto O’Rourke, has weigh in on Israel election, describing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a racist and obstacle to peace in the Middle East. “The US-Israel relationship is one of the most important relationships that we have on the planet,” O’Rourke said…
UN condemns attack on Yemen’s capital, killing 11 civilians
United Nations, April 9: United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, Lise Grande, has expressed her outrage at the ‘terrible, senseless deaths’ of 11 civilians in an air attack on Sana’a Sunday, in which scores were also injured. For more than four years, the country has been grappling with a brutal conflict between supporters of Yemeni…
Ilhan Omar prompt warnings of ‘normalized hate speech’ on threats targeting US Muslim lawmaker
United Nations, April 8, 2019: American advocacy group and politicians have accused President Donald Trump of stoking Islamophobia after a supporter was arrested for ‘threatening to kill’ one of the first Muslim women to be elected to the US Congress. Patrick Carlineo, from Addison, New York, was arrested on Friday and charged with making a…
Man arrested for death threats against Muslim US lawmaker: media reports
New York, April 6, 2019: A New York man is in custody after U.S, federal authorities allege he made death threats against Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a Democrat who is among the first of two Muslim women to serve in Congress. Patrick Carlineo, 55, of Addison, was arrested Friday and charged by criminal complaint with threatening…
Myanmar military target civilians in deadly helicopter attack, UN rights office
United Nations, April 6, 2019: Intensifying clashes between the Myanmar military and armed separatists that reportedly involved a deadly helicopter bombing raid on civilians earlier this week in the restive Rakhine state, has been condemned by the UN human rights office, OHCHR. “The Myanmar military is again carrying out attacks against its own civilians; attacks…