Car plows into crowd outside London Muslim center in possible hate crime

September 21st, 20180 LONDON — On September 19, two people were hospitalized after a car reportedly hit pedestrians near a Muslim community center in northwest London in an incident police said was being investigated as a possible hate crime. There were reports people in the car had made Islamophobic comments before leaving the scene in the borough of...

Amman ranked most expensive Arab city, 28th worldwide

June 5th, 20180 AMMAN — Amman was ranked the most expensive city in the Arab world and 28th worldwide, exceeding some of the main Gulf, European and North American cities such as Abu Dhabi, Dubai, London, Rome, Washington D.C. and San Francisco, according to a recent report by The Economist. Titled "Worldwide Cost of Living Survey", the study was...

Destroyed by ISIS, ancient winged bull rises again in London

March 28th, 20180 LONDON — An ancient Assyrian winged bull sculpture destroyed by ISIS fighters in 2015 and subsequently recast in recycled Middle Eastern food packaging went on display in London’s Trafalgar Square on Wednesday. The work by American artist Michael Rakowitz is the latest of 11 to be commissioned to occupy the square’s fourth...

Van rams Muslim worshipers in London

June 19th, 20170 LONDON ― A van plowed into worshipers near a London mosque in the early hours of Monday, injuring 10 people, two of them seriously, in what Prime Minister Theresa May said was a sickening, terrorist attack on Muslims. The vehicle swerved into a group of mainly North and West African people shortly after midnight as they left...

ISIS claims responsibility for UK parliament attack by British man

March 23rd, 20170 LONDON ― The attacker who killed three people near parliament in London before being shot dead was named on Thursday as British-born Khalid Masood, who was once investigated by MI5 intelligence officers over concerns about violent extremism. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement issued by its Amaq news agency,...

Assailant shot, at least a dozen injured in incident at UK parliament

March 22nd, 20170 LONDON-  An assailant was shot outside the British parliament by armed police, the leader of the House of Commons said on Wednesday after loud bangs were heard and a Reuters photographer saw at least a dozen injured people on a nearby bridge. A parliamentary official earlier said two people had been shot outside parliament and the...