Nerdeen Kiswani is a Palestinian‑American pro‑Palestinian activist and organiser who recently found herself at the centre of an alleged assassination plot that was stopped by US law enforcement.Kiswani is the co‑founder and chair of Within Our Lifetime, a pro‑Palestinian activist group based in New York City. She has been an outspoken organiser of protests and […]
The Empire State recorded 8,314 UFO sightings since 1974, or one for every 1,003 residents. Delaware holds the top spot.New York has climbed two places to rank third among the most likely states in the United States for alien abductions, according to Casino.ca’s annual ranking published to mark National Alien Abduction Day on 20 March. […]
The crescent moon was sighted on the evening of March 19 over Mecca, and by midnight the messages had already begun moving. From palace communications offices and city hall press rooms, from foreign ministries and mosque podiums, the words went out in Arabic and English and Turkish and Urdu: Eid Mubarak. Blessed festival. The month […]
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani reacted to the barrage of hate that he received after he hosted his first iftar at New York City Hall. Mamdani was called the enemy inside and in reply, the first Muslim mayor of NYC said there should be similar outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry. […]
A 32-year-old man from Binghamton, New York has been charged in federal court after authorities said he posted online threats against US President Donald Trump, immigration officers and supporters of the administration.Jeffrey Scott Hamm Jr. appeared in federal court in Binghamton on February 27 for an initial hearing on a charge of making threats to […]
One of the accused in the case involving explosive devices thrown near Gracie Mansion flashed a salute honouring ISIS as he was led in shackles from a police precinct on Monday.Emir Balat, 18, was seen holding up his right index finger and grinning at the press while being led by a police officer and an […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation had arrested two people over hurling an IED at New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Gracie Mansion during a rowdy weekend protest. Both arrested individuals are children of immigrants. New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters on Saturday that an anti-Islam protest was organised by people associated with […]
An Afghan national has been arrested and charged after Watervliet (County in New York) police said he attacked his neighbour as a hate crime because of the victim’s Pakistani background.Police identified the suspect as 18-year-old Hossein G. Haidar and said the incident began with an argument between the two men over political and military tensions […]
The death of a nearly blind Rohingya refugee from Myanmar, Nurul Amin Shah Alam, in New York has triggered a major row as border patrol agents left him near a coffee shop, did not inform his family and he was found dead. The 56-year-old Alam spoke little English and was nearly blind. He was in […]
In big cities, housing disputes can take unusual turns. The case, centred on a Manhattan hotel room, has drawn attention for years. A man who reportedly managed to live rent-free in a well-known hotel for nearly 5 years. What began as a single overnight stay gradually evolved into a complicated legal saga involving tenant laws, […]
