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Israeli plans to build new settler homes in east Jerusalem is likely to escalate into needless violence, a senior Palestinian official warned on Monday. “Such unilateral acts will lead to an explosion”, Jibril Rajoub, a senior member in Fatah, said at a press conference in Ramallah. Rajoub said that such a move might further inflame tensions in the city, which …

Journalist and author Glenn Greenwald, the award winning journalist who published Edward Snowden’s US government surveillance programs, on Thursday said that Canada cannot be surprised by the recent violence in the country. “Canadians shouldn’t allow this week’s violent attacks in Ottawa and St-Jean-sur-Richelieu to scare them into giving up more freedoms and privacy to the government in the name of …

A car bomb exploded on an army checkpoint in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Friday, killing 17 and injuring 22 Egyptian soldiers. The attack took place near El-Arish, the biggest town in the Sinai province. The military sometimes operates in plain view in north Sinai, often setting up impromptu checkpoints. Extremists in Sinai have killed several soldiers and policemen since the …

Ottawa: Corporal, gunman confirmed dead in shooting spree; police on lookout for at least one more suspect Canada’s capital city Ottawa was the scene of multiple shootings on Wednesday, with Ottawa police confirming firings at two locations as life ground to a halt in the city. The police have confirmed that shootings took place at Parliament Hill and the National …

Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund on Monday said that had bought 19.9% stake in Hong Kong-based retail chain Lifestyle International Holdings for $600 million. According to the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) said that the acquisition was a part of its strategy in “diversifying” its investment and “expanding into new markets in Asia”, the official QNA news agency reported. Under the deal, …

Twenty-seven year old Bosnian Muslim immigrant Aida Hadzialic has become Sweden’s new minister of education. Hadzialic was appointed earlier in the month by Stefan Löfven in his new cabinet as the Upper Secondary School and Adult Education Initiative in Sweden. She studied law at the University of Lund before she became the deputy mayor of Halmstad when she was 23 …

India has the second-largest Muslim population in the world, with approximately 176 million Muslims, making up 14.4% of the country and 11% of the total Muslim population in the world. However, there is little mention of the country in Western media, thanks largely to the fact that most of India’s Muslim population in un-radicalized. According to an Economist editorial, “a …

Bill Hemmer, co-host of Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom”, on Monday became visibly angry with guests who took issue to comedian Bill Maher’s stance on Islam. “Real Time” host Maher had on Friday argued that Islam “is the only religion that acts like the mafia” and said that the “vast numbers of Muslims want humans to die for holding a different …

Despite a general consensus among the scientific community that current research is not enough to produce a “cure” for Ebola, startups and scientists all over the world are seemingly racing against one another to find marketable medication for the disease. San Diego-based Mapp Biopharmaceuticals has been ramping up production of now well-known ZMAPP, the drug administered to at least two …

Several acid attacks on women in the historic city of Isfahan has raised alarm and prompted rumors that the women were being targeted for not being properly covered. The Iranian police have declined to comment on the issue, but say that many suspects have been arrested and that an investigation is currently ongoing, General Hossein Ashtari was quoted saying by …