Al Jazeera The Australian government will introduce tough new legislation in parliament next week to tackle terrorism, news media reports say, in the aftermath of the biggest crackdown in the country’s history. Tony Abbott, Australia’s prime minister, will seek sweeping counter-terrorism powers when the proposals go before the house […]
Tulsa World State Rep. John Bennett, R-Sallisaw, meeting Monday night with about 85 constituents at a Republican gathering at Western Sizzlin’ here, did not back down from statements he made earlier this month that were critical of Islam. Bennett has been at the center of a political maelstrom […]
Reuters The failed Scottish vote to pull out from the United Kingdom stirred secessionist hopes for some in the United States, where almost a quarter of people are open to their states leaving the union, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Some 23.9 percent of Americans polled from Aug. […]
RT France has conducted its first airstrike against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) militants in Iraq and destroyed their logistics depot, said authorities. The country became the first nation to join the US in military strikes against IS extremists. “This morning at 9:40, our Rafale planes carried out […]
Rotherham Advertiser BURGLARS have targeted a town centre mosque in an apparent hate attack. Raiders broke into Chapel Walk Mosque in the early hours of Tuesday morning. They ransacked offices, stole money from a collection box and damaged microphone equipment. They also threw copies of the Qur’an on […]