Riots

Political Leader of the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) Watson Duke yesterday called on Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly Farley Augustine to make peace. In a press conference held at the Port Mall, Scarborough, Tobago, Duke said that he had e-mailed a letter to Augustine on Sunday calling…

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John Fisher/Getty ImagesNew England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones "had a good offseason and has had a really good camp" in the eyes of head coach Bill Belichick. "He understands the offense—how it works, how to get his teammates involved, how to help them be productive," Belichick told reporters Monday. "So…

Barbados Royals successfully chased 221 runs to complete a remarkable eight-wicket win over the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) last night. St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and chose to bat first, and they reaped the rewards as Andre Fletcher…

BAGHDAD: Iraq declared on Saturday a curfew in the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq after clashes involving Kurds, Arabs and Turkmens. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani, who also leads the Iraqi armed forces, ordered the curfew and initiated search operations in areas that had witnessed riots.…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for rough measures, including immediate deportation, to be taken against Eritreans who rioted in the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday, he said at a ministerial task force on Sunday the asylum seekers' riot. Hundreds of police officers and refugees were injured as protests in…

(September 1, 2023 / JNS) Elliot Resnick received an email on Monday from the Jewish dating site SawYouAtSinai stating, “Dear Elliot. We are unable to service you. We have refunded your membership in full. Our best wishes.” When Resnick, who is single, tried to log into his account on the…

(September 1, 2023 / JNS) The Republican Jewish Coalition has endorsed Reps. David Kustoff (R-Tenn.), Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Max Miller (R-Ohio) for re-election in 2024. The three are “patriots, who have been stalwart supporters of strengthening the U.S.-Israel alliance and leaders in the fight against rising antisemitism,” stated Norm…

A Texas man pleaded guilty to threatening Georgia officials in the wake of the 2020 election, the Justice Department announced on Thursday. Prosecutors say Chad Christopher Stark, 55, of Leander, Texas, wrote a message on Craigslist with the title of “Georgia Patriots it’s time to kill the Chinese agent -…

Joe Biggs of Proud Boys — AFP/fileJoe Biggs, a prominent figure within the far-right group Proud Boys, has been handed a 17-year prison sentence, marking one of the lengthiest penalties issued in connection with the US Capitol riot.  Prosecutors asserted that Joe Biggs, a 38-year-old US Army veteran, played a…