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By Bekir Aydogan ERBIL, Iraq (AA): At least 100 people died in a fire at a wedding celebration in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province, local authorities said Wednesday. Another 500 people were injured in the fire, which broke out at Al Haytham Wedding Hall in Al-Hamdaniya district, local media reported, citing Ahmed Hamdani, deputy director of […]

25th Sep 2021

Iranian boy hailed as ‘national hero’ after tragic death in fire rescue

By Syed Zafar Mehdi TEHRAN, Iran (AA): A teenage Iranian boy from Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province has caught the imagination of the country for a heroic act that cost him his life. Ali Landi, 15, was laid to rest on Friday with full state honors after succumbing to third-degree burns he sustained while saving […]

19th Jun 2020

Iraq: 3,000 civilians evacuated in massive Karbala fire

By Ali Jawad BAGHDAD (AA): At least 3,000 civilians were evacuated from 600 homes as a massive fire broke out in Iraq’s southern Karbala province on Thursday, an authority said. “The Civil Defense teams made strenuous efforts for eight consecutive hours in order to evacuate 3,000 citizens from the Ain Tamr area in Karbala […]

28th Feb 2019

Egypt: Fire kills 25 at Cairo’s main train station

CAIRO (AA): At least 25 people were killed and 43 injured Wednesday when a fire tore through the main train station in Egypt’s capital, according to the Health Ministry. The fire broke out when a fuel tank exploded after a train collided with a safety barrier at Cairo’s Ramses Railway Station, according media reports. Photos […]

21st Feb 2019

Bangladesh: Fire kills at least 70 in Dhaka

By Ahmet Salih Alacaci and Md. Kamruzzaman ANKARA/DHAKA (AA): At least 70 people were killed Wednesday when a massive fire spread through several apartment buildings in Bangladesh’s capital. Fire Service and Civil Defense Director Maj. AKM Shakil Nawaz confirmed to Anadolu Agency early Thursday that 70 people have died in the blaze in the […]

25th Jul 2018

Philippines: Fire destroys 3,000 homes in Muslim majority Sulu province

By Maecy Alviar ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (AA): A fire broke out Tuesday and destroyed more than 3000 homes in the town of Jolo, the capital of predominantly Muslim Sulu province in the southern Philippines. 5,000 families have lost homes in the fire in in Barangay Bus-bus and Barangay Walled City in Mindanao state. No casualties […]

10th Jul 2017

UK: Massive fire engulfs Camden Lock Market in north London

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): More than 70 firefighters responded to a huge fire at the famous Camden Market early Monday morning, the city’s fire brigade said. The fire has been brought under control. London Fire Brigade asked public to avoid the area and roads are closed. Metropolitan Police said firefighters were already […]

10th Aug 2016

Iraq: Hospital fire kills 11 babies in Baghdad

By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD (AA): Eleven newborn babies were killed on Wednesday in a fire that broke out at a hospital in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the Iraqi Health Ministry said. Ministry spokesman Ahmed al-Redini said the fire at the maternity wing of Yarmouk hospital was caused by electric fault. “Twenty-eight women and seven […]

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The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.