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Two Americans, two Canadians kidnapped in Nigeria

Lagos - Muslimchronicle

Two Americans and two Canadians have been kidnapped in an ambush in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, police said on Wednesday, in the latest abduction targeting foreigners. State police spokesman Mukhtar Aliyu said “unknown armed men” seized the four on the road to Abuja at 7:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Tuesday. “They engaged in a fierce gun battle with the twoRead more

Time to pursue the Palestinian cause intelligently

Mohammed Nosseir

The US administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel was a disappointing notion for the Arab and Muslim worlds, but it should not have surprised us. The US has been clearly and explicitly supporting the state of Israel for decades, using very precise political and economic means. The Arab world’s repeated calls for theRead more

American Univeristy in Cairo retracts on-campus niqab ban

Cairo - Muslimchronicle

The American University in Cairo (AUC) retracted a decision banning women form wearing the niqab, a full face veil, on its campus premises after students and faculty members voiced their concerns. Less than a week ago, the AUC announced that it will prevent female students, faculty members and workers from donning the face veil on campus and inside lecture halls,Read more

CIA releases vast Bin Laden archive seized in compound

Washington - Muslimchronicle

The CIA on Wednesday released a vast archive of intimate Al-Qaeda documents, including Osama Bin-Laden's handwritten diary, seized in the deadly 2011 raid on his Pakistani compound. The huge trove includes images of diary pages left by the Saudi-born global extremist leader and a wedding video that includes the first public images of his son Hamza as an adult. Controversially,Read more

American who ‘regretted’ joining ISIS gets 20 year sentence

Virginia - Muslimchronicle

A 27-year-old American who joined the ISIS group in Syria and later claimed he escaped and fled into the hands of Kurdish troops after a “bad decision” was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday. Mohamad Jamal Khweis left his job driving a bus for disabled people in northern Virginia in December 2015 to travel to ISIS’s stronghold of Raqa.Read more

US wages fail to rise despite 'widespread' labor scarcity

Washington - Muslimchronicle

Wages for American workers remain stubbornly low despite "widespread" labor shortages, according to a US Federal Reserve survey published Wednesday. Growth in the world's largest economy also continued between September and early October at a pace "split between modest and moderate" while temporary disruptions from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma persisted, according to the periodic Fed survey known as the BeigeRead more

US wages fail to rise despite 'widespread' labor scarcity: Fed

Washington - Muslimchronicle

Weinstein: the Svengali who demanded a high price for Oscar glory

Paris - Muslimchronicle

Small European films like "Shakespeare in Love", "Amelie" and "Cinema Paradiso" might never have become huge worldwide hits without Harvey Weinstein, the powerful Hollywood producer now at the centre of an escalating scandal over his alleged sexual assaults on a string of actresses. But almost always there was a price to pay, industry insiders told AFP. With his brother Bob,Read more

Pakistan army describes freeing US-Canadian couple from Taliban

Islamabad - Muslimchronicle

American Caitlan Coleman and her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle, who were kidnapped while backpacking in Afghanistan in 2012 and had all three of their children in captivity, have left Pakistan after being freed, according to a US official. Pakistan, which has long been accused of having links to groups such as the notorious Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network, has faced increased pressureRead more

Bahrain-US military cooperation discussed

Manama - Muslimchronicle

Commander-in-Chief of Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received today a delegation of cadets from the US National Defence University who are taking part in Capstone session. They were headed by Retired General Douglas Fraser. The meeting was held in the presence of Defence Minister Lieutenant General Yussef bin Ahmed Al Jalahma and ChiefRead more