Civilian casualties in Afghanistan saw 29% increase in first 3 months of 2021 compared to same period last year, UN report said.

20 students from a nursery school died in a fire that ravaged the establishment the Niger capital Niamey.

1000 Sikh pilgrims arrived in Pakistan to participate in annual Baisakhi celebrations in Hasan Abdal town of NW Punjab province. Sikhs also visit Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara – final resting place of Baba Guru Nanak, who died in 1539.

Ramadan messages from Leader of Labour Party, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Leader of the Scottish National Party, the First Minister of Wales and the Mayor of London.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed a further easing of lockdown restrictions while cautioning public to remain wary of continuing risks of Covid-19 pandemic.

France’s interior minister directed law enforcement agencies to step up vigilance around Muslim places of worship & condemned defacing of Islamic center.

83-year-old Palestinian woman who managed to survive Deir Yassin massacre 73 years ago, remembers that time with great sadness and pain.

Yunus is one of millions of Pakistanis who distribute rations, alms, & clothing to less fortunate in Ramadan, when devotees abstain from food & drink from dawn to sunset.

In a pre-dawn raid, 100 Israeli settlers protected by police seized control of 3 Palestinian-owned buildings & a piece of land & raised Israeli flags in occupied East Jerusalem.

Indonesia & UK urged Myanmar to engage in dialogue with protesters to restore peace & stability. They will work together in research, development for health, vaccine production, economic recovery, defense, security, & terrorism.

France's complicity in Rwandan genocide is marked every year on April 7 on UN-designated International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda.

24 shacks belonging to Rohingya refugees were burned in overnight fire in Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir. 18 families were left homeless.

Gunmen killed anti-terrorism court judge, Aftab Afridi, & his three family members in Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, NW Pakistan.

Police in India registered 2 cases against Hindu priest for blasphemous remarks against Prophet of Islam.

Ramadan messages from Leader of Labour Party, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Leader of the Scottish National Party, the First Minister of Wales and the Mayor of London.

Oxygen readings more likely to be inaccurate in BAME patients, with implications for COVID-19 and beyond.

In an unprecedented intervention, a coalition of 25 NGOs representing 11 countries has called on the European Commission to investigate France for its state-sponsored support to Islamophobia.

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