Habib Siddiqui

  What would you do with US$2.2 billion? Some help with the maths: that's close to Guinea-Bissau's entire annual economy . The number may sound familiar. It is how much money US President Donald Trump made in 2025, his first year back in the White House. The largest single source of that income – US$1.4 billion – came from cryptocurrency ventures, including decentralised finance (DeFi) , tokens and meme coins. Trump at the Congressional picnic in May 2026 (Photo: White House) Trump released this information in late June as a legally required financial disclosure report . The scale of the figure has shocked many and raised serious questions about an unprecedented conflict of interest for a US president.    Rules are not the same for everybody  The US has relied almost entirely on historical and cultural norms – rather than laws or enforceable rules – to curb executive conflicts of interest. In the 1970s, then-US President Jimmy Carter put his peanut farm in a blind tr...

  The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the reported neo-Nazi vandalism targeting a synagogue in Lakewood , New Jersey, in what authorities are investigating as an antisemitic bias incident. Nazi swastikas were discovered inside the synagogue, prompting an investigation by law enforcement. CAIR-NJ welcomed a thorough investigation into the incident and urged authorities to hold those responsible fully accountable. In a statement, CAIR-NJ Public Affairs Director Naureen Akhter said: “We strongly condemn this hateful act targeting a house of worship and stand in solidarity with the Jewish community in Lakewood and across New Jersey. Nazi swastikas are symbols of terror and genocide, and their use to intimidate worshippers is an attack not only on one faith community but on our shared values of religious freedom and human dignity. We urge law enforcement to con...

  CAIR Maryland Condemns ICE Arrest of Johns Hopkins Researcher at BWI Airport, Seeks Due Process and Immediate Release The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the arrest and detention of a Johns Hopkins University public health researcher by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. According to media reports, Dr. Fatima Ameaka, a researcher employed by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, was detained and taken into custody by ICE on July 28 while preparing to board a domestic flight for a personal trip. The Department of Homeland Security reportedly claims that Dr. Ameaka entered the United States in 2023 on a visa that has since expired. She is being held in ICE custody while awaiting an immigration court hearing. Johns Hopkins University has affirmed Dr. Ameaka as a resp...

  The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, today called welcomed a hate crime charge for an alleged bias-motivated assault targeting Muslim woman in Vermont . 52-year-old Jonathan Strippe of Burlington is facing charges of simple assault, unlawful mischief and hate-motivated crimes after he allegedly assaulted a woman wearing an Islamic head scarf, or hijab, on Tuesday and made derogatory comments to her. Strippe allegedly “assaulted the victim, damaged her cellphone and made several derogatory statements about her perceived race, religion and country of origin.” SEE: Man charged with hate-motivated assault of woman wearing hijab in South Burlington In a statement, CAIR Research and Advocacy Director Corey Saylor said: “We welcome the decision to pursue a hate crime charge in this disturbing alleged bias-motivated assault. No one should be targeted because they wear religious attire or because of their faith or ...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Li7erGp46k   “YOU’RE The Evil Monster!” Mohammad Marandi vs Alan Dershowitz on Iran | Plus Netanyahu Spokesman

  KATHMANDU, July 31 (Reuters) - Several towns in southeastern Nepal remained under curfew on Friday as the region grappled with lingering ​tensions after days of sectarian violence that erupted on ‌Sunday and left at least three people dead, authorities said. Twenty-five people were injured in a late-night clash on Sunday between Hindus and Muslims in ​Diwanganj, a town in Nepal's Sunsari district bordering India, ​with officials saying the violence was triggered by a ⁠dispute over loud music and religious flags during a Hindu ​event. Two men were shot and killed in Sunsari on Sunday ​and a third death was reported in neighbouring Siraha district on Thursday as sporadic clashes continued in the area. Police spokesperson Abi Narayan Kafle said ​the incidents were under investigation. There was no violence on Friday, ​police said, but an indefinite curfew was in place in several towns ‌to ⁠prevent any recurrence. Nepal's Gen Z-backed Prime Minister Balendra Shah urged people on ...

  Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah has called for calm after clashes between Hindu and Muslim groups in the country’s south have left three people dead. Shah, who has rarely appeared in public since taking office in March, broke that silence on Thursday with his first major address to the nation. He urged citizens to act responsibly and help “remove the clouds of unrest”. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Now in power, Nepal’s rapper-politician Balen Shah faces new challenge list 2 of 3 Nepal’s new PM gives message to nation in rap, ahead of swearing in list 3 of 3 Supporters of the Cockroach People’s Party hold protest in New Delhi end of list The violence began Sunday in a village in Sunsari district, near the Indian border, after a dispute between some Hindus and Muslims over loud music and religious flags during a Hindu procession, officials said. Police opened fire to disperse the crowd, killing two men, according to police spokesman Abi Narayan Kafle. A thi...

  An Indian parliamentary committee has called for a diplomatic reset with Bangladesh, urging deeper engagement with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s administration while addressing concerns over China’s growing footprint. The Committee on External Affairs, chaired by Shashi Tharoor, presented its 15th Action Taken Report to the Lok Sabha on Jul 30, recommending a “robust engagement” with Dhaka after the return of an elected government. The panel welcomed India’s high-level representation at the swearing-in ceremony of the new administration, saying the political transition offered an opportunity to build a stable and mutually beneficial partnership rooted in the shared legacy of 1971. A major focus of the report was Bangladesh’s growing economic alignment with China. The committee flagged Beijing’s expanding presence in Bangladesh, including a $370 million expansion project at Mongla Port, and warned of possible trade distortions for India if Chinese goods enter its market through ...

US special envoy Sergio Gor visits Rohingya camps. Photo: Collected A high-level United States delegation led by Special Envoy for South and Central Asia Sergio Gor visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar on Friday to assess the condition of displaced people from Myanmar living in the camps. The 14-member delegation, which includes US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen, arrived at Cox's Bazar Airport at around 12:00pm before travelling directly to the Rohingya camps in Ukhiya. According to officials of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission (RRRC), the delegation first visited World Food Programme (WFP) projects at Rohingya Camp 4 to observe ongoing humanitarian assistance. The delegation is also scheduled to visit Extension 8W camp and Camp 6 to inspect the living conditions of the displaced Rohingya and review relief operations. Following the camp visits, the US delegation is expected to hold a meeting with the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissi...

  My classmate, Cadet Arshad Jamal , is one of the few survivors of the horrific massacre of the Bihari community in Shantahar on April 17–18, 1971 , during the War of Liberation. His father (Abdul Ahad) — shown seated at the center in the photograph — had passed away three months before the turmoil engulfed East Pakistan, spared from witnessing the unspeakable violence that would soon claim so many lives. Arshad himself — shown standing in the picture — survived only because one of our cadetmates, Ruhul Rabban (Baten) , risked everything to save him. Ruhul Rabban sheltered Arshad and his immediate younger brother Kokab (not shown in the picture below) for two months (in his village home, 80 km from Naogaon/Shantahar) , protecting them until in May when Pakistan military sheltered them. He and Kokab later lived with close relatives in Dhaka. Then after the fall of Dhaka, they took shelter in Dhaka Cantonment, managed by Indian Army and were taken as POWs — part of a group that inc...

  Israel dragged America into another war, then sat back on the spectator bench and watched U.S. taxpayers foot the bill. Borrowed money burned into bombs. Billions more bled out at gas stations and in inflation, all to reopen a strait that was open before Donald was duped into fighting Benjamin’s war. Now Benjamin Netanyahu watches from a safe distance, gloating as missiles fly between the U.S. forces and Iran in a war he spent years pushing Washington to fight. At home, flag-draped caskets of American soldiers arriving home from a war Israel instigated and American soldiers carried out. In Congress, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stood before the Senate requesting more money to keep the war running. Lawmakers asked to sign the check for a war they never voted to authorize, fought for aims Washington did not set, with no accounting of when — or how— it ends. In occupied Palestine, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich tells a settler conference that “Israel has no interest in ...