India/Pakistan: Positive progress made in Pakistan, India meeting
Somalia: Death toll rises 26 in hotel al-Shabaab terrorist attack
Somalia: Al-Shabaab suicide attack kills 10 people
Pakistan: 24 killed, 89 injured in train collision
Palestine: 16 Palestinian children killed by Israel this year
Germany: Bomb threat at Cologne mosque found to be a hoax
Bosnia: Thousands march to honour Srebrenica genocide victims
Afghanistan: Taliban suicide car bombing kills 14 people
Nigerian school forces Muslim girls remove headscarves
Sri Lanka: Govt complicit in violence against Muslims
Palestine: Israeli minister, 40 settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque
Libya: Haftar’s forces kill 40 migrants in bombing
Afghanistan: 10 killed as huge explosion rocks Kabul
Sudan: At least 7 killed, 181 injured in rally against military rule
Sweden: Mosque vandalized in Islamophobic attack
Palestine: Clashes renewed in Jerusalem over killing of Palestinian youth
Tunisia: Twin suicide attacks target kills policeman in Tunis
US rights groups highlight effects of Muslim Ban
Pakistan: Suicide bombers storm police compound in Balochistan
Somalia: Death toll rises 26 in hotel al-Shabaab terrorist attack
By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 26 people were killed and more than 50 wounded after a suicide bomb attack targeted a popular hotel in Somalia’s southern coastal city of Kismayo, officials said on Saturday. A gun … Continued
Somalia: Al-Shabaab suicide attack kills 10 people
By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 10 people including a local journalist were reportedly killed and several others wounded in a suicide car bomb attack, targeting a busy hotel in Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo on … Continued
Nigerian school forces Muslim girls remove headscarves
By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): Nigeria’s headscarf crisis festered Friday after footage emerged online of school guards and teachers ordering Muslim girls to remove their headscarves before entering a school compound in the southwestern town of Ibadan. The … Continued
Libya: Haftar’s forces kill 40 migrants in bombing
By Gulsen Topcu TRIPOLI (AA): Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) on Wednesday accused forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar of killing irregular migrants staying at a shelter in the capital. Fawzi Unayyis, the GNA’s spokesman for the … Continued
Sudan: At least 7 killed, 181 injured in rally against military rule
By Husameldin Badawi Ahmed Almayl and Gulsen Topcu KHARTOUM (AA): At least seven people were killed as protesters staged mass rallies in the capital Khartoum and other states on Sunday demanding the ruling military council to hand over power to … Continued
Tunisia: Twin suicide attacks target kills policeman in Tunis
By Adel al-Thabeti TUNIS (AA):- At least one policeman was killed and eight others were injured in two suicide bombings that targeted police in the Tunisian capital, witnesses and a ministry said. The witnesses told Anadolu Agency that the … Continued
Nigeria: 30 killed, 42 injured in multiple explosions
By Olarewaju Kola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA): At least 30 persons were killed and 42 injured in multiple explosions in troubled Nigeria’s northeastern Borneo State. Three suicide bombers, one male and two female, detonated explosives at a local tea shop … Continued
Double car bomb blasts kills 9 in Mogadishu
By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least nine people were killed and more than 25 wounded when a double car bomb blast rocked the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday afternoon, officials said. Bashir Abdi Mohamed, Somali police commissioner, told … Continued
Mali: At least 95 killed in suspected ethnic attack
By Hassan Isilow (AA): At least 95 people were killed in a suspected ethnic attack in central Mali late Sunday, local media reported. The overnight attack reportedly occurred in Sobane, a village in the Mopti region inhabited by the ethnic … Continued
Sudan: African Union suspends Sudan as death toll rises to 113
By Omer Erdem KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): The African Union (AU) has suspended Sudan’s membership with immediate effect as the death toll rises to 113. “The AU Peace and Security Council has with immediate effect suspended the participation of the … Continued
Sudan: 35 killed as forces clear protest camp in capital
By Mohammed Amin KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): At least 35 demonstrators were killed and hundreds injured Monday as Sudanese security forces moved in to clear the main protest camp near the army headquarters in the capital, Khartoum. The head of … Continued
Uganda: Muslim martyrs site to be established
By Godfrey Olukya KAMPALA, Uganda (AA): Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni promised the country’s Muslim community Wednesday that a Muslim martyrs’ site will be established at Namugongo. Namugongo, a township located 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) from the nation’s capital, … Continued
Tunisia: 37 Bangladeshi migrants drown off Tunisian coast
By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): At least 37 Bangladeshi nationals drowned after a migrant boat, which was heading to Europe from Libya, capsized off the coast Tunisia, local media reported on Sunday. According to the United News … Continued
Mozambique: Cyclone Kenneth kills 38
By Hassan Isilow JOHANNESBURG (AA): At least 38 people have been killed in northern Mozambique from Cyclone Kenneth, the National Institute of Disaster Management said Monday. The cyclone made landfall last Thursday with maximum sustained winds of 220 kilometers … Continued
Sudanese continue protesting to demand civilian rule
KHARTOUM (AA) – Thousands continued to protest on Friday outside army headquarters in Khartoum to demand that Sudan’s ruling Military Transitional Council (MTC) hand over power to a civilian authority. In a Friday sermon delivered near the protest, Adam Ibrahim, … Continued
Sudan: New transitional leader pledges large reforms
By Mohammed Amin KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Days after the ouster of Sudan’s longtime leader, Omar Bashir, the new head of the country’s transitional military council on Saturday pledged large-scale political and economic reforms. In a televised address, Lt. Gen. … Continued
Libya: Fighting flares on Tripoli outskirts, 21 dead
By Walid Abdullah TRIPOLI (AA): Fierce clashes erupted Sunday between East Libya-based forces and government troops on the outskirts of the Libyan capital Tripoli. Gunfire was heard in southern and central Tripoli between forces led by commander Khalifa Haftar … Continued
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns
By Abdulraziq bin Abdullah ALGIERS (AA): Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika bowed to popular demand Tuesday and resigned after over a month of protests over his decision to seek a fifth term, state news agency APS reported. Bouteflika said in … Continued
Somalia: Car bomb blast by Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, 16 dead
By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 16 people were killed, 17 others wounded in a car bomb blast in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, officials said. Mohamed Bulle, a police officer, told Anadolu Agency over the … Continued
Somalia: Civilians killed in US airstrikes targeting al-Shabaab
By Andrew Wasike and Magdalene Mukami NAIROBI, Kenya (AA): The U.S. is killing Somali civilians in airstrikes targeting al-Shabaab terrorists, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday noting it has evidence to prove it. The regional Amnesty International … Continued
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.
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