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– Over 300 Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa complex in East Jerusalem to celebrate Yom Kippur holiday By Laith Al-Jnaidi AMMAN, Jordan (AA): Jordan on Sunday termed Israeli Jewish settlers incursions into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in East Jerusalem as a “violation” of international law. More than 300 Israeli settlers forced their way into the […]

22nd May 2023

Palestine: Israeli minister’s storming of Al-Aqsa complex in Jerusalem condemned

By Anadolu staff ANKARA (AA) : Jordan, Qatar, Turkiye, Iran and Egypt on Sunday condemned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem. The far-right minister had forced his way into the flashpoint site early Sunday under Israeli police protection, in the second such tour since he joined […]

6th Jul 2018

UN urges Jordan to open its border to thousands of Syrian refugees

By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA): The UN on Thursday called on Jordan to open its border and provide temporary shelter to tens of thousands of Syrian people fleeing airstrikes in southwestern Syria. “I am gravely concerned for the civilian population caught in the crossfire in South West Syria, including airstrikes and heavy shelling. An […]

5th Nov 2016

Jordan: US military trainers killed near Jordan airbase

By Leith al-Juneidi AMMAN/WASHINGTON (AA): Three U.S. military trainers were killed in a shooting Friday outside a military airbase in southern Jordan, the Pentagon said. It was first reported by Petra News Agency, Jordan’s national outlet, that quoted a Jordanian military source who said two soldiers were killed while “trying to drive their vehicle […]

23rd Sep 2016

Jordan: Brotherhood-linked bloc wins seats in assembly

By Mohamed Akil AMMAN (AA): The National Alliance for Reform list — which includes candidates from Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood — clinched at least 13 out of 130 seats in parliament according to preliminary results of polls conducted Tuesday. “After a hiatus of more than two parliamentary rounds [8 years], Islamists are set to return […]

14th Apr 2016

Jordan: Police storm Muslim Brotherhood HQ in Amman

By Laith al-Junaidi AMMAN, (AA) – Security forces on Wednesday raided the Amman headquarters of the Jordanian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood movement. Group spokesman Moath al-Khawaldah told Anadolu Agency that the move — for which he did not know the reason — had come on the orders of the Amman governor. Last month, […]

18th Mar 2016

Jordan: 16 Palestinians killed in bus crash on way to Umrah

By Anees Bargouthi RAMALLAH, (AA): At least sixteen Palestinian Umrah pilgrims were killed and dozens were injured in a bus accident in southern Jordan, Palestinian and Jordanian officials said. “At least 16 Palestinian Umrah pilgrims were killed and 33 others were injured after a bus overturned near the Jordanian-Saudi borders,” Farid al-Sahre, spokesman for […]

28th Oct 2015

Yemen: Saudi-led coalition airstrikes hit hospital

Human Rights Watch: The airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition on a hospital in northern Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontiers, MSF) on October 26, 2015, was in apparent violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said today. The attack with a half-dozen bombs destroyed Haydan Hospital, the only medical facility […]

25th Oct 2015

Israel, Jordan agree deal for Al-Aqsa Mosque

AMMAN, (AA): Jordan and Israel have agreed to install 24-hour surveillance in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a bid to reduce recent tensions over Islam’s third holiest site, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced in Jordanian capital Amman on Saturday. ” I am also very pleased to announce today that [Israeli] Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu has agreed […]

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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 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.