UK: 22 dead, 59 injured at Manchester concert suicide attack
Afghanistan: 25 Afghan policemen killed as Taliban storms outposts
Palestine: Hamas hits back at Trump’s ‘terrorist’ epithet, as Muslim leaders acquiesce
Jammu & Kashmir: Four Kashmiri militants, three Indian soldiers killed in clashes
Iran: Rouhani re-elected as president with 58% of the votes
Iraq: At least 13 killed in Baghdad car bombings
Palestine: Palestinian killed by W Bank Jewish settlers
Belgium: Muslim, Jewish groups to appeal Belgian slaughter ban
Syria: US strikes Syrian Govt-allied forces
Jammu & Kashmir: Muslim leader under house arrest ahead of talk
Iraq: Attacks, airstrike kill dozens incl civilians in Mosul
UN urges end to mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners
Myanmar: EU urges humanitarian access to Rakhine state
Palestinian negotiator demands Israeli ‘Nakba’ apology
Bangladesh economy sees ‘record high’ growth
Palestine: Jordanian shot dead by Israeli police in Jerusalem knife attack
Saudi Arabia: 2 killed in Qatif terror attack
Palestine: Dozens of Palestinians injured in West Bank clashes with Israeli troops
Palestine: Israel bans Gazan athletes from attending games in Baku
Russia: ‘No breakthrough’ in Kerry-Putin discussions
Despite “frank discussions” between the US and Russia, no “major breakthrough” has been made in the Ukraine conflict. The US had hoped to push President Putin to fully implement the Minsk peace deal. Speaking at a news conference with … Continued
Russia: Dozens dead after fishing trawler sinks off Russia’s far east
At least 54 people died when a Russian fishing vessel went down late on Wednesday in the Western Pacific Ocean in the Sea of Okhotsk near the Kamchatka Peninsula. There were 132 crew on board the Dalniy Vostok … Continued
EU: Pressure high on Russia following Ukraine ceasefire deal
[Photo: Russian President Putin, German Chancellor Merkel, French President Hollande] The EU has decided to hold on to sanctions against Russia until they’re sure that Moscow will keep its end of the bargain in Ukraine. The ceasefire between Kyiv and … Continued
Egypt: Putin, Sisi meet to strengthen political, military ties
[ Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) gives an AK47 rifle as a gift to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (L) during an informal dinner in honor of Putin at Cairo Tower on February 9, 2015. Anadolu.] President Vladimir … Continued
Russia, West face a deep divide
[Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov] On this cold winter morning in Munich, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (above) sat alone on the podium, welcomed by scant applause. Only former German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger, head of the Munich Security … Continued
Russia: Publishing house on fire in Grozny rebel clash
A building in Chechnya has been set alight hours after rebels killed three police officers. The North Caucasus republic still faces a Muslim insurgency more than two decades after a war between Moscow and separatists. More than six hours … Continued
European Union to prepare new sanctions against Russia
EU leaders have agreed to prepare tougher sanctions that could be imposed on Russia within days. The concensus emerged after several hours of talks to decide how to respond to the deepening crisis in eastern Ukraine. The outgoing president … Continued
Russia: Putin meets el-Sissi in Sochi
Egypt’s president has made his first official visit to Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi discussed closer trade relations in the wake of a far-reaching import ban by Moscow on the West. Russia will increase wheat exports to … Continued
Russia: Five dead, 45 injured in train collision near Moscow
[Photo: Russian Emergency Ministry helicopter flies over the site of a train collision near the city of Naro-Fominsk, outside Moscow (Xinhua/Jia Yuchen)] MOSCOW, (Xinhua): At least five people died and 45 others were injured when two trains collided in … Continued
EU leaders hit Russia with more sanctions over Crimea
The EU has agreed to impose sanctions on 12 more individuals for their part in Russia’s seizure of Crimea. Bloc leaders have also begun preparations for harsher economic sanctions if Russia does not back down. French President Francois Hollande … Continued
Russia: Tens of thousands attend Moscow peace rally
A rally to protest at Russia’s intervention in the Ukraine has drawn tens of thousands of people. It comes ahead of a referendum in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula on whether to join Russia. As many as 50,000 people took part in … Continued
Russia: Egypt negotiates arms deal with Russia as Putin backs Sisi presidential bid
Egyptian army chief and likely new president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was on Thursday negotiating a $2-billion arms deal with Russia meant to replace subsiding assistance from old ally Washington. Sisi arrived in Moscow on Wednesday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil … Continued
Russia: Opening ceremony kicks off Sochi Games, marking momentous day for Russia
By Ivan Nechepurenko, Yekaterina Kravtsova, Ezekiel Pfeifer SOCHI, (The Moscow Times): President Vladimir Putin declared the 2014 Sochi Olympics officially open on Friday night after a grandiose 2 1/2-hour show that told the history of modern Russia with … Continued
Russian FM meets with Syrian opposition over peace talks
Syria’s opposition leader met Russia’s top diplomat on Tuesday in a bid to persuade Moscow to push its ally Damascus to agree to a transitional government for the war-scarred nation. Meanwhile, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov announced that the … Continued
Russia: Two killed, one wounded in Moscow school shooting
MOSCOW, (Xinhua): A teacher and a policeman were killed and one more policeman injured when a teenage gunman opened fire in a Moscow public school, the Interior Ministry said Monday. The attacker threatened a security guard with a pistol before … Continued
Russia: Second Volgograd blast kills at least 10 on trolleybus
[Photo taken on Dec. 30, shows the blast site of the trolleybus in Volgograd, Russia killing ten people (Xinhua/RIA Novosti)] At least 10 people are reported to have been killed in an explosion on a trolleybus in the Russian city … Continued
Russia: Suspected suicide bomber kills 15 in southern Russia
At least 15 people were killed in a blast at a railway station in the city of Volgograd, southern Russia. A female suicide bomber is suspected to have carried out the attack, says the National Anti-terrorism Committee. “According to … Continued
Russia: At least five believed killed at Russian An-12 aircraft crash
MOSCOW, (Xinhua): An An-12 cargo plane crashed en route from Novosibirsk to Irkutsk in Russia’s Southern Siberia, killing at least five crew members onboard, local emergency authorities said Thursday. “The plane en route from Novosibirsk Yeltsovka airport (in Southern Siberia) … Continued
Russia: AK-47 inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94
File photo of Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the famed Russian AK-47 assault rifle.(Xinhua) MOSCOW, (Xinhua): Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the famed Russian AK-47 assault rifle, died on Monday in his home city of Izhevsk, an industrial town 1,300 km east … Continued
Russia: Air crash in Kazan confirmed to have killed all 50 people on board
[Passenger plane crashed on landing in Russia’s Kazan (RIA Novosti)] MOSCOW, (Xinhua): Authorities in Russia confirmed that all 50 people aboard a Boeing plane that crashed Sunday on landing in Russia’s Kazan, capital of Tatarstan republic, were killed. 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.
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