The advocacy group Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn) has warned New York State and City officials that it is prepared to pursue legal action to block further purchases of Israel Bonds. In a statement shared with Middle East…
The European Union has designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, ending years of internal disagreement among member states. The decision was accompanied by new sanctions on 15 Iranian officials and six entities accused of involvement…
Palantir Technologies has drawn scrutiny over its role in supporting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations that track and arrest undocumented immigrants using data drawn from government databases, according to a 28 January report by Fortune. ICE uses a Palantir-developed…
Five-year-old Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos, a US citizen born in Austin, Texas, was deported to Honduras on 11 January alongside her mother, Karen Guadalupe Gutiérrez Castellanos, despite having never lived outside the United States. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents acted…
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent attempted to enter Ecuador’s consulate in Minneapolis on Tuesday but was stopped by consular staff, prompting Ecuador to file a formal complaint with the United States embassy in Quito, according to the country’s foreign…
Meta is facing intensified legal and political scrutiny after court filings revealed that Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg approved allowing minors to access AI chatbot companions despite internal warnings that the systems could enable sexual or romantic interactions. The disclosures come…
UpScrolled, a short form video social media application developed by Pales-tinian Australian software developer Issam Hijazi, recorded a sharp rise in user registrations over a 24 hour period, with more than 100,000 new accounts created, according to figures shared by…
Equality Labs’ 2025 report Manufactured Hate: The Muslim Invasion Conspiracy examines the rise of Islamophobic narratives online across the United States during 2025, focusing in particular on the “Muslim invasion” conspiracy theory. The study tracked how anti-Muslim content increased in…
Iran has announced an official death toll of 3,117 from the foreign-backed riots that began in late December, triggered by a worsening economy due to Western sanctions and the collapse of the national currency. The state-run Martyrs Foundation said 2,427…
