Thousands of people, chanting “Ali” are lining the streets of the hometown of the “most famous American Muslim ever” Friday to say goodbye to boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who died last Friday at the age of 74. Ali’s cherry-red casket, draped in an Islamic shroud, was placed in a hearse that is taking the body […]
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—The U.S. drone attack that killed the Afghan Taliban’s leader last month in Pakistan damaged “mutual trust” between Islamabad and Washington, intensified hostilities in Afghanistan and seriously set back peace efforts for that war-ravaged country, a Pakistani authority said on the eve of new talks. As senior U.S. officials and their Pakistani counterparts prepare […]
President Barack Obama has endorsed Hillary Clinton, just two days after his former secretary of state became the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for president. “I want to congratulate Hillary Clinton on making history as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States,” Obama said Thursday in a video released on Clinton’s campaign website. “Look, […]
Hundreds of students hunkered down in buildings following a shooting incident at California’s UCLA on Wednesday where two people are reported dead. The campus was put on lockdown and residents were urged to avoid going to the campus as authorities investigated the scene at the university. At approximately 10 am, student and faculty cellphones sprang […]