terrorists Archives - The Muslim NewsThe Muslim News

By Aamir Latif KARACHI Pakistan (AA): At least 13 people, including six Pakistani army troops and as many suspected attackers, were killed during a night-long battle after a group of militants stormed a military compound and held families hostage, the military said on Saturday . The heavily armed militants stormed a compound of Frontier Corps, […]

28th Dec 2021

Iraq: Terrorist attack in Salahuddin leaves 3 dead, 4 wounded

By Ali Makram Ghareeb KIRKUK, Iraq (AA): Members of the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group attacked a police checkpoint Tuesday in Iraq’s Salahuddin province, killing three people and wounding four others. According to a statement by the Ministry of Defense Security Media Network, terrorists using automatic rifles sprayed the checkpoint with bullets and fled the scene. […]

9th Oct 2021

Afghanistan: Mosque blast during Friday prayers kills 55, injures 143 Hazara Muslims

By S.K. Khan and Ahmet Gencturk ISLAMABAD, Pakistan/ANKARA, Turkey (AA): A suicide bomb attack on worshippers at a Shia Muslim mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz killed at least 55 people, injured 143 others on Friday, officials said. Witnesses told Anadolu Agency that the blast rocked the Seyedabad Grand Mosque at around 1.30 […]

27th Aug 2021

Afghanistan: US will ‘hunt down terrorists,’ said Biden as 90 people killed in terror attack

By Jeyhun Aliyev, Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat, Kasim Ileri KABUL, Afghanistan/ WASHINGTON / ANKARA (AA): US President Joe Biden confirmed Thursday that attacks outside Kabul airport in Afghanistan which killed at least 13 American soldiers were carried out by the ISIS-Khurasan terrorist group, the Afghan affiliate of Daesh/ISIS, and promised to respond with “force and precision.” Multiple […]

26th Aug 2021

Niger: 16 soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack in southern Niger

By James Tasamba KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Sixteen soldiers were killed and nine wounded when hundreds of Boko Haram terror group members attacked a military post in southern Niger overnight, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. The attack was in the commune of Bosso, the Diffa region bordering Nigeria, where Boko Haram is active along with […]

10th Aug 2021

Mali: Suspected terrorists kill 51 civilians in N Mali

By James Tasamba and Fatma Esma Arslan KIGALI, Rwanda /DAKAR, Senegal (AA): More than 51 people were killed over the weekend when armed assailants launched three simultaneous attacks in areas of northern Mali near the border with Niger, authorities said Monday. “More than 40 civilians were killed by terrorists on Sunday in the villages […]

10th Feb 2021

UN vindicates Pakistan’s stance on terrorism from Afghanistan

By Islamuddin Sajid ISLAMABAD (AA): A new UN report on Daesh/ISIS and al-Qaeda vindicates Pakistan’s longstanding position on the threat of Afghan-based terrorist groups, according to Islamabad. Pakistan has long drawn the international community’s attention to how hostile intelligence agencies are helping Tehreek e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a major terrorist group, and its affiliates based […]

3rd Jan 2021

Pakistan: 11 Hazara miners killed in armed attack in Balochistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least 11 Hazara Shia Muslim coal miners were kidnapped and later killed in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, officials said. The incident took place in the remote Mach coalfield, about 48km (30 miles) east of the provincial capital, Quetta. of the southwestern Balochistan province, a key route to multi-billion-dollar […]

21st Dec 2020

Nigeria: 5 Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack

By Adam Abu-bashal ABUJA, Nigeria (AA): Boko Haram terrorist group has killed five Nigerian soldiers and kidnapped at least 35 people in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, a military source said on Sunday. “The terrorists fired an RPG [rocket-propelled grenade] on the convoy which hit one of the vehicles with five soldiers in it,” local news […]

30th Nov 2020

Nigeria: Boko Haram attack killed 110 in Borno state

By Adam Abu-bashal ABUJA, Nigeria (AA): The death toll has risen to at least 110 in a recent attack by Boko Haram terrorists in northeastern Nigeria, a UN official has said. Saturday’s attack on farmers working in rice fields in the Garin Kwashebe village of Borno state killed at least 110, Edward Kallon, UN humanitarian […]

17th Aug 2020

Somalia: Siege in Al-Shabaab hotel attack ended, 16 killed

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): Somali special forces ended a four-hour-long siege by al-Shabaab terrorists of a popular hotel in the capital late Sunday, a government spokesman told Anadolu Agency. At least 16 people, including officials and civilians, are among the dead. Ismail Mukhtar said all of the terrorists who stormed the Elite Hotel in Mogadishu after […]

13th May 2020

Afghanistan: Newborn babies, their mothers, nurses killed in terrorist attack

By Abdul Adil (The Muslim News): Armed assault in a maternity section of a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan left at least 16 people dead. Among the victims were newborn babies, their mothers and the nurses. In another attack on the same day, suicide attack took place at a funeral prayer in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan […]

10th Jan 2020

Niger: Suspected terrorists kill 25 soldiers

By James Tasamba (AA): Suspected terrorists killed 25 soldiers and wounded six others Thursday in an attack on an army outpost in Niger’s western region, said the government, nearly a month after a similar assault left dozens dead. In a statement, the government said extremists attacked the town of Chinagodrar, around 11 kilometers (7 […]

23rd Dec 2019

80,000 Syrian migrants marching to Turkey

By Jeyhun Aliyev ANKARA (AA): More than 80,000 migrants fleeing the bombings from Syria’s Idlib have started to migrate toward the Turkish border, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday. “In such a case, Turkey will not bear all alone the burden of this migration,” Erdogan said, speaking at an event in Dolmabahce Palace in […]

6th Feb 2019

Afghanistan: 58 die in fresh clashes between Taliban, Afghan forces

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL (AA): At least 36 members of the Afghan security forces and 22 Taliban terrorists have been killed in fresh clashes in the country’s north, officials and local media confirmed Tuesday. The renewed fighting coincides with a two-day round of peace talks now underway in Moscow between Taliban representatives and several […]

30th Jan 2019

Canada: PM grieves with Canadians to mark anniversary of Quebec mosque shooting

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): Memorials to mark the second anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting are being held Tuesday in major cities in Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadians everywhere mourn the loss of life and the brutal way in which those lives were stolen. “Two years ago tonight, six […]

22nd Jan 2019

Afghanistan: Death toll rises to over 120 in suicide car bomb

By Shadi Khan Saif and Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The death toll in a suicide car bomb attack in central Maidan Wardak province has risen to 120, an official said on Monday. Sharifullah Hotak, a member of the Maidan Wardak provincial council, told local media the death toll — which includes personnel […]

19th Jan 2019

Kenya: Thousands of Muslims commemorate terror victims

By Andrew Wasike and Magdalene Mukami NAIROBI, Kenya (AA): Thousands of Muslims took to the streets on Friday to show solidarity with the victims of a deadly terror attack on a Nairobi hotel compound Tuesday that killed at least 21 people. Locals closed their businesses in capital’s Eastleigh suburb — dubbed Little Mogadishu — […]

16th Jan 2019

Kenya: 15 killed as al-Shabaab terrorists attack hotel in Nairobi

By Andrew Wasike, Magdalene Mukami and Hassan Isilow NAIROBI, Kenya/JOHANNESBURG (AA): At least fifteen people were killed Tuesday when al-Shabaab terrorists attacked an upscale hotel in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. All the five terrorists have been killed, and a suicide bomber blew himself up, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Wednesday. At least 174 people […]

27th Dec 2018

Nigeria: 13 security forces killed in Boko Haram ambush

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): The Nigerian army has said at least 13 members of state security forces — including soldiers and policemen — were killed in an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists in the restive northeast. The troops ran into the ambush along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road during an escort mission, army spokesman […]

Page 1 of 412 3 4

Over 120 people attended a landmark conference on the media reporting of Islam and Muslims. It was held jointly by The Muslim News and Society of Editors in London on September 15.

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.