Nigeria: 14 kidnapped sailors rescued in Gulf of Guinea
Iraq: Pope Francis meets top Shia Muslim scholar Ayatullah Al-Sistani
Indian government forces assault Kashmiri journalists
Somalia: Suicide car bombing kills 20 in Mogadishu
UN: Anti-Muslim hatred at ‘epidemic’ proportions
Pakistan’s premier to seek vote of confidence
Canada: Muslim women targeted by repeated threats
Yemen Houthis claim drone attacks on ‘sensitive sites’ Saudi Arabia
Somalia: Roadside bomb kills 3 in Mogadishu
Nigeria commences op to rescue 317 abducted schoolgirls
Kashmir parties welcome India, Pakistan border pact
UK arrivals not abiding by Covid-19 quarantine rules
Iraq: More than 300 children contract COVID-19 strain
Spain: Community condemns explosive attack on mosque
French mosque vandalized with Islamophobic graffiti
UK: Govt Minister’s meeting with MCB Sec Gen was not official
UNHCR: Search, rescue Rohingya stranded in Andaman Sea
Bangladesh: Fire consumes over 100 shanties in Dhaka
BRUSSELS (AA): The European Union has released guidelines for labeling products made in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. Wednesday’s move is to help European consumers differentiate between products originating from Israel and those originating from the occupied territories. Relations … Continued
By Michael S. Daventry LONDON (AA) : It was the speech that critics and supporters alike had sought for months, perhaps even years. Prime Minister David Cameron had long ago declared his intention to renegotiate the terms of the Britain’s … Continued
CANAKKALE/BALIKESIR, Turkey (AA): At least four migrants, three of them children, were killed as three boats sank off the Greek island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, Turkish security sources said late Saturday. More than 100 migrants, mostly from Afghanistan, were … Continued
BUCHAREST, (AA): A blast and fire at a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest killed at least 27 people and wounded 180 others, Romanian Health Ministry official Raed Arafat said Saturday. At least 24 of the injured people were said … Continued
By Magda Panoutsopoulou ATHENS (AA): At least seven refugees, including an elderly woman and two young children drowned when at least three boats capsized off Greek islands Wednesday, Greek Coast Guard said. In the first incident, an elderly woman, a five-year-old boy … Continued
BRUSSELS, Belgium, (AA) – A masked man wielding a sword killed two people and injured two others at a school in western Sweden on Thursday, local media said. The 21-year-old attacker was shot and injured by police after killing a … Continued
ANKARA (AA): Islamophobic attacks in France have tripled during the first nine months of this year compared with the same period last year, a French nongovernmental organization said Thursday. The Collective Against Islamophobia in France said in a statement that 110 Islamophobic … Continued
BERLIN (AA): A prominent pro-refugee politician has been stabbed in western German city of Cologne on Saturday, in what officials said was a xenophobic attack. Henriette Reker, an independent candidate running for Sunday’s mayoral elections in Cologne, was attacked during … Continued
CANAKKALE, (AA): At least 12 people have drowned after a boat carrying refugees attempting to reach the Greek island of Lesbos sank in the Aegean Sea, Turkish official said on Saturday. Canakkale Governor Hamza Erkal said the boat carrying more than 48 refugees — most … Continued
ANKARA (AA): At least 150 people from the Turkish-speaking minority in eastern Ukraine, known as Meskhetian Turks, will flee to Turkey’s eastern region next week under Turkish asylum measures enacted in April, the general secretary of World Meskhetian Turks Association said on Friday. … Continued
By Zaiki Shaikh and Andrew Jay Rosenbaum LONDON (AA) : European leaders are changing their tough stand on the Ukraine conflict, softening their tone with Moscow. Many analysts now predict that EU leaders will compromise with Russia on … Continued
IZMIR (AA): Two people have died after a boat carrying refugees — most of them Syrian — sank in the Aegean Sea off Turkey’s southwestern Izmir coast on Wednesday. According to a statement from the provincial governorship the incident took place off the … Continued
KOMOTINI, (AA): A mosque in Greece’s Western Thrace region has been attacked by vandals, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent. The Yeni mosque in Komotini, a town of 50,000 people, including many Muslims, was attacked Friday night and the doors … Continued
PRISTINA (AA): Kosovo opposition MPs threw tear gas canisters in Parliament on Thursday to protest the latest EU-brokered agreements between Kosovo and Serbia. Opposition MPs first blew whistles and threw water at the speakers, but would succeed in ending the session just after … Continued
BERLIN (AA): The Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights has praised Germany’s efforts in helping thousands of refugees but also warned authorities about the rise of racism and intolerance in the country. “Germany has made remarkable efforts to protect … Continued
ANKARA (AA): Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa was attacked with eggs in the Parliament on Tuesday while addressing MPs on the latest agreements with Serbia of which opposition parties strongly disapprove. Kosovo MPs began throwing eggs at the prime minister while he insisted that the agreements … Continued
VUKOVAR-SRIJEM, (AA): More than 400 refugees crossed from Serbia to Croatia Wednesday, Croatian officials said, after Hungary sealed its southern border. Migrants risked land mines left over from the 1990s war in former Yugoslavia as they crossed into Croatia’s Vukovar … Continued
ATHENS (AA): At least 34 people have drowned after a boat illegally carrying at least 100 migrants to Greek islands capsized in the Aegean Sea on Sunday, Greek media reported. The Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANAmpa) said the tragedy unfolded early Sunday morning as the boat capsized in waters … Continued
LONDON (AA): Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said the strategy of some European leaders to invoke Christianity as a rallying cry to keep refugees out will not resolve the crisis at hand. In an article for the U.K. newspaper … Continued
PARIS (AA): French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have urged European leaders to adopt a concerted strategy as the EU faces an unprecedented influx of refugees fleeing from war zones in the Middle East and Africa. A statement issued by the … 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.