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Law Enforcement

FBI: Shooter at Pensacola base coordinated with al-Qaida

May 18, 2020 Eric Tucker  

(AP) The gunman who killed three U.S. sailors at a military base in Florida last year communicated with al-Qaida operatives about planning and tactics in the months leading up to the attack, U.S. officials said Monday, as they lashed out at Apple […]

Children & Teens

German court rejects Iraqi’s appeal over killing of teen

May 12, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) A German federal court said Tuesday it has thrown out a rejected Iraqi asylum-seeker’s appeal against his conviction for raping and murdering a 14-year-old local girl. Ali Bashar was sentenced to life in prison by the Wiesbaden state court in July […]

Immigration

Rescued migrants stranded at sea, not allowed to any EU port

May 4, 2020 Samy Magdy  

(AP) At least 78 migrants fleeing war-torn Libya for Europe remain stuck at sea without a designated port to dock, the U.N. migration agency said Monday. Libya has emerged as a major transit point for African and Arab migrants fleeing conflict and […]

Demographics

Hard-to-count Arab Americans urged to prioritize census

May 3, 2020 Jeff Karoub and Mike Householder  

(AP) At a Michigan gas station, the message is obvious — at least to Arabic speakers: Be counted in the 2020 census. “Provide your community with more/additional opportunities,” the ad on the pump handle reads in Arabic. In the fine print, next […]

Books

Palestinian-Danish poet who criticized Muslims dies

April 30, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) A Danish poet of Palestinian descent who made headlines as a teenager in 2013 for a book that was critical of Muslims has died, his publishing house said Thursday. Yahya Hassan was 24. His editor at Gyldendal, Simon Paternak, called Hassan’s […]

Law Enforcement

Man wanted in Germany for alleged IS terror plot arrested

April 30, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) A 24-year-old man wanted in Germany for allegedly belonging to a cell that planned attacks on behalf of the Islamic State group has been arrested in Albania, police said Thursday. Albanian police said the suspect, a citizen of Tajikistan identified only […]

Government & Politics

Hungary seen wrongly holding asylum seekers in transit zones

April 23, 2020 Pablo Gorondi  

(AP) Hungary’s practice of keeping asylum seekers in a closed transit zone on the border with Serbia qualifies as “unlawful detention,” according to [a] nonbinding opinion issued Thursday by a senior official at the European Union’s highest court. Over the past few […]

Law Enforcement

Spain probes how ex-rapper IS fighter slipped into Europe

April 23, 2020 Aritz Parra  

(AP) Spanish police who this week arrested a former London rapper allegedly turned Islamic State fighter in Syria say they have no evidence he was planning an attack in Europe, but his illegal, undocumented entry into Spain raises suspicions about his motivation. […]

Law Enforcement

Spain arrests ex-rapper as Islamic State fighter in Syria

April 21, 2020 Aritz Parra and Serge Cartwright  

(AP) A former London rapper who stopped making music not long after his father’s extradition to face terror charges in the bombings of two U.S. embassies was arrested Monday in southern Spain on suspicion of joining Islamic State fighters in Syria. Two […]

Legal

Syria refugees to face their torturers in German court

April 21, 2020 Frank Jordans  

(AP) Six years ago Wassim Mukdad fled Syria, demoralized and fearing for his life as the country spiraled ever deeper into all-out war. This week, the 34-year-old will come face-to-face with the man accused of running a government detention center where Mukdad […]

Health & Medicine

Aid group MSF splits with partner over migrant rescues

April 17, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) Aid group Doctors without Borders said Friday it is ending its cooperation with partner SOS Mediterranee amid disagreement over the continued rescue of migrants. Doctors without Borders, which is also known by its French acronym MSF, said it wants to continue […]

Law Enforcement

Germany arrests 4 IS suspects planning attack on US bases

April 15, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) German authorities say police have arrested four suspected members of the Islamic State group alleged to be planning an attack on American military facilities. Federal prosecutors said the suspects were arrested by tactical police units early Wednesday at various locations in […]

Legal

Swiss prosecutors indict alleged IS member arrested in 2017

April 14, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) An Iraqi citizen suspected of being a “high-ranking” member of the Islamic State group has been indicted for allegedly violating a Swiss ban on extremist groups and accused of plotting attacks in Switzerland and Lebanon, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The Swiss […]

Government & Politics

Greece airs concern over asylum-seekers seen on Turkey coast

April 13, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) Authorities in Greece expressed concern Monday that migrants and refugees are gathering on Turkey’s coast with plans to cross the Aegean Sea to Greek islands despite movement restrictions in both countries to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Daily clashes between […]

Children & Teens

Germany, Luxembourg to take in migrant children from Greece

April 7, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) Germany plans to take in up to 50 unaccompanied minors staying at overcrowded refugee camps in Greece, while Luxembourg has agreed to accept 12, government officials said Tuesday. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer will propose to the Cabinet on Wednesday a plan […]

Clerics & Preachers

High court declines case of 60s black militant H. Rap Brown

April 6, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) The Supreme Court is declining to take the case of a 1960s black militant formerly known as H. Rap Brown who is in prison for killing a Georgia sheriff’s deputy in 2000. As is usual, the justices didn’t comment Monday in […]

Crime

Assailant with ax, machete wounds man in southern Germany

March 31, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) An assailant armed with an ax and a machete threatened a woman and wounded a man who came to her help in southern Germany on Tuesday, police said. The suspect, a 27-year-old Tunisian citizen who lives in Augsburg, first broke the […]

Children & Teens

Greece: Man arrested for transporting 12 teenage migrants

March 26, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) Greek authorities arrested a Syrian man after finding 12 Egyptian teenagers hidden in his van following a car chase through the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki early Thursday, police said. Police said they arrested the 22-year-old who had allegedly picked up […]

Law Enforcement

Pakistani doctor arrested in Minnesota on terrorism charge

March 19, 2020 Amy Forliti  

(AP) A Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic research coordinator was arrested Thursday in Minnesota on a terrorism charge, after prosecutors say he told paid FBI informants that he had pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State group and wanted to carry […]

Immigration

Greek police use tear gas on migrants at Turkish border

March 18, 2020 Costas Kantouris  

(AP) Clashes broke out on Greece’s border with Turkey before dawn Wednesday, after about 500 migrants attempted to break down a border fence and enter Greece. Greek police said they used tear gas to repel the push south of the Kastanies border […]

Government & Politics

Greece transferring 450 migrants to facility near Athens

March 15, 2020 Costas Kantouris and Demetris Nellas  

(AP) Greece is transferring 450 migrants recently detained for trying to reach the island of Lesbos illegally to a facility near Athens, authorities said Sunday. A ship with the migrants landed at a port near Athens and the migrants will be transferred […]

Government & Politics

Cyprus unveils new measures to curtail migrant influx

March 10, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) Cyprus is more than doubling the number of officials vetting asylum applications, shortening application deadlines and fast-tracking deportations as part of a new string of measures aimed at tackling a spike in migrant arrivals, the country’s interior minister said Tuesday. Unveiling […]

Legal

Lebanese man pleads guilty to violating U.S. export laws

March 10, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) A Lebanese national charged with conspiring to export drone parts and technology from the U.S. to Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws. Issam Hamade pleaded guilty Monday in federal […]

Immigration

Greek villagers enlisted to catch migrants at Turkey border

March 7, 2020 Costas Kantouris  

(AP) Over the years, villagers who live near Greece’s border with Turkey got used to seeing small groups of people enter their country illegally. The Greek residents often offered the just-arrived newcomers a bite to eat and directed them to the nearest […]

Government & Politics

Asylum-seekers, coronavirus collide with complicated results

March 6, 2020 Pablo Gorondi  

(AP) No entry, says Hungary. Not all at once, says Greece. Watch out, says Croatia: They might have the coronavirus. This week, thousands of asylum-seekers sit at the intersection of a pair of fast-moving news stories — a spike in migration in […]

Government & Politics

Turkey: Elite police going to stop Greece’s migrant pushback

March 5, 2020 Suzan Fraser  

(AP) Turkey is sending elite special operations police to the border to stop Greek officers from driving back people who try to cross over to Europe, Turkish authorities said Thursday. Thousands of refugees and other asylum-seekers have tried to enter Greece from […]

Health & Medicine

Judge: Man accused of truck attack plot isn’t fit for trial

March 4, 2020 Michael Kunzelman  

(AP) A federal judge has ruled there is ample evidence that a man accused of planning an attack inspired by the Islamic State group at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., isn’t mentally competent to stand trial. U.S. District Judge […]

Legal

Defense contractor charged with giving up military secrets

March 4, 2020 Eric Tucker  

(AP) A linguist working for the U.S. military who kept a list of secret informants hidden under her mattress was charged with sharing the names with a romantic interest linked to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Mariam […]

Law Enforcement

Man gets 5 1/2 years for lying to FBI in probe of Texas attack

March 3, 2020 Jacques Billeaud  

(AP) A witness in the investigation of a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in suburban Dallas was sentenced Tuesday to 5 1/2 years in prison for making a false statement to FBI agents and tampering with a witness. Authorities […]

Legal

Mom of California terrorist to plead to destroying evidence

March 3, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) The mother of a terrorist who killed 14 people in a 2015 attack on a Christmas party in California has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence by shredding a map her son may have used to plan the massacre, prosecutors […]

Government & Politics

Turkey moves ahead with its threats to send refugees to EU

February 28, 2020 Elena Becatoros  

(AP) Hundreds of refugees and migrants in Turkey have begun heading for the country’s land and sea borders with Greece, buoyed by Turkish officials’ statements indicating they will not be hindered from crossing the frontier to head into Europe. The move comes […]

Clerics & Preachers

Former Prague Muslim leader sentenced on terror charges

February 28, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) A Czech court on Friday convicted a former Prague Muslim leader of being part of a terror group and financing terrorism, sentencing him to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors said imam Samer Shehadeh helped his brother Omar and later his brother’s […]

Arts & Entertainment

France dissolves group run by rapper for defending terrorism

February 26, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered a small, little-known organization run by a rapper dissolved for alleged hate speech and defending terrorism. A statement from the Interior Ministry said the association called “Killuminateam — soldiers on the path of Allah” […]

Demonstrations

Greek island protesters vow to stop new migrant camps

February 24, 2020 Michael Varaklas and Costas Kantouris  

(AP) Protest groups on three eastern Greek islands on Monday begun setting up blockades aimed at stopping the government from building new migrant detention centers. The groups on Lesbos, Chios, and Samos have received broad support on the islands, including from municipal […]

Government & Politics

Commissioner: Officials overzealous in Iranian border stops

February 11, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan said Tuesday that border officials in Washington state “got a little overzealous” when they detained Iranian and Iranian-American travelers at the U.S.-Canada border last month. As many as 200 people of Iranian […]

Employment

More US firms are boosting faith-based support for employees

February 11, 2020 David Crary  

(AP) It has become standard practice for U.S. corporations to assure employees of support regardless of their race, gender or sexual orientation. There’s now an intensifying push to ensure that companies are similarly supportive and inclusive when it comes to employees’ religious […]

Government & Politics

US speeds cases of translators, others blocked by travel ban

February 10, 2020 Gene Johnson  

(AP) President Donald Trump’s administration has agreed to speed up the cases of some former interpreters for the U.S. military in Iraq and hundreds of other refugees whose efforts to move to the United States have been in limbo since he announced […]

Citizenship

Judge strips terrorist of citizenship at government request

February 5, 2020 Andrew Welsh-Huggins  

(AP) A federal judge has stripped a terrorist of his naturalized U.S. citizenship, siding with the government in the case of a Pakistan-born man convicted more than 15 years ago of plotting to destroy New York’s Brooklyn Bridge. Defendant Iyman Faris, once […]

Military

Al-Qaida in Yemen claims deadly Florida naval base shooting

February 2, 2020 Samy Magdy  

(AP) Al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen claimed responsibility Sunday for last year’s deadly shooting at the Naval Air Station Pensacola by an aviation student from Saudi Arabia. The shooter, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, was a member of the Saudi Air Force in […]

Government & Politics

Rights group criticizes Greek sea barrier plan for migrants

January 30, 2020 Elena Becatoros  

(AP) Amnesty International on Thursday criticized Greece’s plans to deploy a floating barrier as a way to prevent migrants from reaching the Greek islands from nearby Turkey. The international rights group’s research director for Europe, Massimo Moratti, described the plan as “an […]

Christians

Minnesota priest apologizes for calling Muslims a ‘threat’

January 29, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) A Minnesota Roman Catholic priest apologized Wednesday for saying in a sermon that Islam was “the greatest threat in the world” to the United States and Christianity. The Rev. Nick VanDenBroeke apologized in a statement issued by the St. Paul-Minnesota Catholic […]

Government & Politics

Court hears request to proceed with Trump travel ban cases

January 28, 2020 Denise Lavoie  

(AP) A federal appeals court appeared skeptical Tuesday as civil rights groups sought to allow legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim countries to move forward despite a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the ban. The […]

Government & Politics

Three years later, Trump travel ban heads back to court

January 26, 2020 Denise Lavoie  

(AP) After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from several predominantly Muslim countries in 2018, the ruling appeared to shut down legal challenges that claimed the policy was rooted in anti-Muslim bias. But a federal appeals court […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

US fines Delta $50,000 for booting off 3 Muslim passengers

January 24, 2020 David Koenig  

(AP) Delta Air Lines is being fined $50,000 for ordering three Muslim passengers off planes even after the airline’s own security officials cleared them to travel. Delta denied that it discriminated against the passengers in two separate incidents but agreed it could […]

Law Enforcement

Convicted NYC bomber gets life term for New Jersey shootout

January 24, 2020 David Porter  

(AP) An Afghan-born U.S. citizen already serving life in prison for a bombing in New York City was sentenced Friday to an additional life term for a shootout with police in New Jersey as he attempted to avoid arrest in 2016. State […]

Children & Teens

French govt defends teen girl bullied for anti-Islam posts

January 24, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) The cyber-bullying must stop. That was the message forcefully delivered by France’s equality minister in an impassioned appeal Friday on behalf of a 16-year-old who has been hounded online after posting comments critical of Islam. The girl has faced a deluge […]

Demonstrations

Greece: Island mayors in Athens to protest migrant situation

January 23, 2020 Elena Becatoros  

(AP) The “anxiety and indignation” of Greek island residents living at the forefront of a migration crisis are justified, Greece’s migration and asylum minister said Thursday, and vowed to address dramatic overcrowding on island camps and the increasing number of new arrivals. […]

Government & Politics

Rep. Ilhan Omar launches reelection bid with big advantages

January 23, 2020 Steve Karnowski  

(AP) Rep. Ilhan Omar’s congressional career got off to a rocky start just a year ago, with her provocative remarks on Israel and Jews stirring anger across the country and raising speculation that some other Minnesota Democrat might step forward to challenge […]

Military

Pentagon gives conditional OK to resume Saudi training in US

January 21, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) The Pentagon has given the Navy and other military services conditional approval to resume training of Saudi Arabian nationals in the U.S. Operational training, such as flying and other non-classroom work, for the approximately 850 Saudis at multiple U.S. bases was […]

Health & Medicine

Man accused of terror plot may be mentally unfit for trial

January 21, 2020 Michael Kunzelman  

(AP) A psychologist who examined a man accused of planning an attack inspired by the Islamic State group at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., found “ample evidence” that he is mentally unfit to assist in his defense, a court […]

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