Afghanistan: Death toll up to 80 in suicide attacks
Iraqi forces take control of town in Mosul
Afghanistan: Suicide attacks on mosques kills 70, injures over 50
Myanmar: Up to 12,000 Rohingya Muslim children flee violence weekly, says UN
Palestine: Israel detains 2 Palestinian journalists, bringing number in prison to 24
Canada: Quebec law bans niqab, burka
Myanmar: Mass destruction continues in Rakhine says rights body
Afghanistan: Multiple gun-and-bomb attacks kill over 70
Myanmar: 12 dead as boat carrying Rohingya Muslims sinks near Bangladesh
Iraqi military launched operation in Kirkuk
Somalia: Death toll from Mogadishu truck bombing rises to 270
Somalia: Suicide attack kills over 30, wounds dozens in Mogadishu
Central African Republic: Christian attack on mosque kills 20
Egypt: Hamas, Fatah pen landmark reconciliation deal in Cairo
Azeri MP slams EU politicians over anti-Muslim rhetoric
UN: Myanmar attacks were organized to push out Rohingya Muslims
Palestine: Agreement reached between Hamas & Fatah
Palestine: Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque complex for ‘Sukkot’
Kashmir: Nighttime ban added to curfew restrictions, 66 killed
SRINAGAR, Indian-held Kashmir (AA): The Indian government has added a ban on movement during nighttime hours to an ongoing 41-day curfew in Kashmir. Meanwhile, killings blamed on Indian forces have continued with villagers in the southern Kashmiri settlement of Khrew … Continued
Pakistan: Bus falls into ravine, killing 25 wedding party
By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least 25 people, including women and children, were killed and 20 others injured when a bus carrying guests for a wedding fell into a ravine in Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir on Sunday, police said. … Continued
Pakistan: Death toll in hospital bombing in Quetta rises to 70
By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least 70 people were killed by a suicide attack at a hospital in southwestern Pakistan on Monday, according to a senior official. Balochistan Home Minister Safraz Bugti said 103 people were also injured … Continued
Pakistan: Death toll rises to 53 in Quetta bomb blast
QUETTA, (The News, Dawn): The Quetta Civil Hospital was rocked by a bomb blast followed by firing, which claimed the lives of fifty-three people and injured multiple on Monday. Eyewitnesses stated that scores of lawyers were injured due to the … Continued
Pakistan: 26 killed after bus washed away by flood
By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least 26 passengers, most of them children, were killed after a bus carrying wedding guests was washed away by a flash flood in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said. The bus was carrying … Continued
Pakistan: Hindu youth murdered amid communal riots
By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): A Hindu youth has been killed and another injured in Pakistan amid inter-communal riots, police said Wednesday. The youth was killed by angry mobs in the remote Dharki district of the populous Sindh province, … Continued
India: Kashmiris angry at newspapers’ ban
By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Indian-held Kashmir (AA): For a third day, newspapers in Indian-held Kashmir have not hit the stands following a ban by the pro-India government in the region. The blanket ban on newspapers comes amid a popular … Continued
India: Deadly clashes stoke Kashmiri fury
By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Indian-held Kashmir (AA): As the death toll has risen in Kashmir, so has the fury that has mounted by the hour and spread throughout the disputed Himalayan region in the wake of the killing of … Continued
India: Indian forces kill 11 protesters in occupied Kashmir
By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Indian-held Kashmir (AA): At least 11 civilians have been killed and over 100 others wounded in several separate incidents of Indian security forces opening fire on protesters in southern parts of Indian-held Kashmir since Friday … Continued
India: Top Kashmir militant killed in fight with Indian forces
By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Indian-held Kashmir (AA): A young Kashmiri militant commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen was killed along with two other militants in a gun battle in south Kashmir on Friday, police confirmed. Indian police chief in Kashmir … Continued
Thailand: Bomb blast rocks security checkpoint in Pattani
By P.S. Waller BANGKOK (AA): A security checkpoint in southern Thailand was rocked by a bomb blast early Tuesday, with insurgents continuing a campaign of violence as the Muslim holy month comes to a close. An official who requested … Continued
Pakistan flash floods kill dozens
By Aamir Latif KARACHI ,(AA): Flash floods in Pakistan have killed dozens of people and cut off villages in the country’s remote northwest, officials said Sunday. District Mayor Maghfirat Shah told reporters 31 deaths had been confirmed from the … Continued
Bangladesh: 20 dead in Dhaka restaurant siege
By Mainul Islam Khan DHAKA, (AA): A siege at a restaurant in Dhaka ended in the deaths of 20 foreign hostages, the Bangladeshi army said Saturday. Nine Italians, seven Japanese, three Bangladeshis and one Indian are dead. The twenty … Continued
Sri Lanka: 2 years on, Sri Lankans recall deadly anti-Muslim riots
By Dilrukshi Handunnetti DHARGA TOWN, (AA): Two years since anti- Muslim riots killed four, injured over 80 and displaced some 10,000 residents of Aluthgama, Beruwala and Dharga Town — three Muslim-populated coastal towns — many Muslims who remember the … Continued
Pakistan: Muslims build church for Christian neighbours
By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): In Pakistan’s northeastern Punjab province, Muslim villagers are raising funds to help their poor Christian neighbors build a church. The initiative was begun shortly before Easter by a group of Muslims from a village … Continued
India: Two dozen killed in violence in Uttar Pradesh
By Ahmad Adil NEW DELHI (AA): Two dozen people were killed, including two police officers, when violence erupted in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday after police attempted to evict illegal squatters. According to local officials, the … Continued
Bangladesh:Cyclone ‘Roanu’ claims over 20 lives
By Mainul Islam Khan DHAKA, (AA): At least 20 people have been killed — and scores injured — by Cyclone “Roanu”, which pounded Bangladesh on Saturday, according to local emergency officials. The head of the country’s disaster management agency, … Continued
Bangladesh: Party head’s execution condemned widely
By Bayram Altug ANKARA, Turkey (AA): Turks gathered overnight to protest the execution of the leader of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami group, Motiur Rahman Nizami. The US has voiced concern to the execution. In Ankara, a group of people connected to … Continued
Pakistan: Taliban kill prominent rights activist in Karachi
By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): The Taliban have claimed responsibility for killing prominent blogger and rights activist Khurram Zaki, who was gunned down in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi late Saturday night. He was killed just after he had … Continued
India backtracks on precondition for Pakistan talks
By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir, India, (AA) – After calling off earlier talks with Pakistan after Pakistani officials met with pro-independence leaders in Kashmir, India seems to have quietly backtracked, saying Kashmiri leaders are free to meet with … 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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