No Worries: Rotherham Man Explodes on Street, Determined to Be a ‘Household Accident’

No Worries: Rotherham Man Explodes on Street, Determined to Be a ‘Household Accident’

Rotherham, England, in Yorkshire, seems like one of the picture-postcard British places that the lovely Labour minister insists never existed. You know – the Britain of black labs, warm ale, and pubs. The city of a little over a quarter million people has what looks like a quintessential center, but it quickly gives way to parks and open spaces that roll out into rural farmland beyond.

The city sits at the confluence of two rivers and has been a bustling settlement site since the early Iron Age and into the Roman occupation. It earned its Market Charter, or the legal right to hold markets or fairs, from King John in 1207.

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Sunny Islam who raped women and girls to ‘teach them a lesson for being out late at night’ wins move to open prison

Sunny Islam who raped women and girls to ‘teach them a lesson for being out late at night’ wins move to open prison

A rapist who violently attacked women and a teenage girl to ‘teach them a lesson’ for being out late at night is set to be moved to an open prison.

Sunny Islam, 38, who told his trial jury he was a practising Muslim, was handed an indefinite prison sentence for attacking three women and the teenager in a three-month reign of terror in London in 2010.

Now, at a parole board hearing held in private because the thought of a public hearing caused Islam ‘anxiety’, it was recommended that he should be moved to an open prison.

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John Goddard: Mississauga ISIS supporters tried to slaughter entire family who knew too much

John Goddard: Mississauga ISIS supporters tried to slaughter entire family who knew too much

He had reddish-brown hair, unusual for a Pakistani, and freckles around his eyes and nose. In other ways, he conformed to one of the stereotypical profiles of the South Asian Muslim male. He was bearded, with a thin, almost non-existent moustache and a squarish, heavy-looking face. His body, even in his twenties, was taking on the pudgy shapelessness that would become characteristic as he grew older. He projected not exactly charisma but enough confidence and charm to hold sway over others, especially those younger and less emotionally mature than himself.

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Jewish teachers file human rights complaints amid persistent antisemitism

Jewish teachers file human rights complaints amid persistent antisemitism

A dozen Jewish teachers have filed human rights complaints against four Ontario school boards and two teachers’ unions, alleging they were discriminated against amid persistent incidents of antisemitism.

The group named in their complaint the Toronto District School Board, York Region District School Board, Simcoe County District School Board, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation.

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UK-Iranian dual national arrested over RAF Fairford incident, police say

UK-Iranian dual national arrested over RAF Fairford incident, police say

A UK-Iranian dual national has been arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts in connection with the incident at RAF Fairford, counter-terror police have said.

The 27-year-old man was arrested in Westminster, London. A second man, a 26-year-old UK national, has also been questioned under caution, and two properties in the area have been searched.

Five men in their twenties who were arrested near the Gloucestershire airbase on Sunday remain on police bail. All five were UK nationals from London.

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Too early to say if Iran involved in Dubai-Tel Aviv flight attack, Israeli PM says

Too early to say if Iran involved in Dubai-Tel Aviv flight attack, Israeli PM says

It is too early to say if Iran had any involvement in an attack by a pilot who stabbed another pilot and tried to take over a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, Israel’s prime minister has said.

The Flydubai plane plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m) two hours into its journey on Wednesday, before passengers and crew overpowered the attacker and retook control to land safely.

The stabbed pilot, Indian national Captain Smit Machchhar, is in hospital in a stable condition, and has been hailed a “true hero” by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Sharia law ‘religious divorce’ fails to fly with Immigration and Refugee Board

Sharia law ‘religious divorce’ fails to fly with Immigration and Refugee Board

A Canadian Muslim who tried to sponsor his Ethiopian wife for a permanent resident visa is out of luck because her “religious divorce” from her first husband under Sharia law isn’t recognized here.

Fetno Umer Kemo appealed a visa officer’s decision to deny Rahama Adem Abdi the document that allows foreign nationals to live, work and study anywhere in Canada indefinitely to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. But the panel concluded that Kemo failed to establish that Abdi was “free to marry” when they wed in 2021.

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Andy Burnham says there are ‘strong indications’ Iran is involved in RAF Fairford ‘terror plot’

Andy Burnham says there are ‘strong indications’ Iran is involved in RAF Fairford ‘terror plot’

Andy Burnham today claimed there are ‘strong indications’ that Iran was involved in the suspected terror plot near an RAF base used by the US.

Five men were arrested on suspicion of explosives offences and terrorism after the incident close to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Sunday before being bailed.

The base has been used in recent months by US bombers to launch air strikes against Iran, a fact which has been at the centre of speculation about whether it was involved in the drama, including by tasking proxies to carry out crimes on their behalf on UK soil.


I wish they would be honest for a change.

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‘Jihadist’ pilot stabbed co-pilot and tried to crash Flydubai plane before hero crew and passenger broke into cockpit and overpowered him, preventing ‘Israeli 9/11’

‘Jihadist’ pilot stabbed co-pilot and tried to crash Flydubai plane before hero crew and passenger broke into cockpit and overpowered him, preventing ‘Israeli 9/11’

A flight bound for Israel was forced into an emergency landing after one pilot allegedly attacked another in a suspected hijacking attempt before being overpowered by passengers.

Flydubai flight FZ1073 was travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv when the cockpit brawl broke out, with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claiming the attacker was trying to crash the plane after stabbing the other pilot.

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‘So much uncertainty’: Michigan’s Arab American businesses navigate Trump’s Canada trade war

‘So much uncertainty’: Michigan’s Arab American businesses navigate Trump’s Canada trade war

In Dearborn, Michigan, home to the largest community of Arab Americans in the US, one industry has risen above all others in recent years: Yemeni cafes.

At the forefront is Qahwah House, a powerhouse in the burgeoning Yemeni cafe world with 32 branches open across the country. Three of those are here in Dearborn, with more on the way, and they attract people from near and far.

“We estimate that around 10% of our Dearborn business comes from Canadian customers,” says Mohamed Ahmed, marketing director at Qahwah House.

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Iranian singer’s 74 lashes for performing without a hijab ‘a form of torture’, say rights groups

Iranian singer’s 74 lashes for performing without a hijab ‘a form of torture’, say rights groups

An Iranian court’s decision to uphold a sentence of 74 lashes against the popular singer Parastoo Ahmadi for performing without a hijab has sparked outrage among rights groups, who described it as “a form of torture”.

In June, Ahmadi, 29, and eight members of her production team, including musicians, were sentenced by a court in the city of Qom over a concert that was streamed online in 2024, which went viral and racked up millions of views. The court said the group had violated the country’s “legal and cultural norms” and called the performance “obscene and vulgar”.

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UK: Virgin Mary wore a hijab, according to council Islamophobia training session

UK: Virgin Mary wore a hijab, according to council Islamophobia training session

The Virgin Mary “wore a hijab”, staff at a council have been told.

In a talk about Islamophobia, North Yorkshire council staff who handle anti-terror work were taught that Islam’s attitude to women did not conflict with Western values.

An example used was that “Mother Mary wore a hijab”.

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Germany: Turkish national went from working in supermarket to buying purple Lamborghini and gold watches through €11 million healthcare fraud scheme

Germany: Turkish national went from working in supermarket to buying purple Lamborghini and gold watches through €11 million healthcare fraud scheme

German authorities have frozen €5.9 million ($6.5 million) in assets of an operator of a fast-growing intensive-care nursing service. She is now in custody over allegations that the company billed public health insurers for services that were never fully provided or were performed by unqualified staff, causing an estimated €11 million in damage.

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