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By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday appointed Pakistan’s first-ever woman foreign secretary. Tehmina Janjua, currently serving as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, will assume the post in the first week of March, a Foreign Ministry statement said. She will be 29th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan. Janjua […]

10th Sep 2016

Switzerland: US, Russia announce truce deal on Syria

GENEVA / WASHINGTON (AA) – The U.S. and Russia have agreed to take steps to reduce violence in war-torn Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry announced on early Saturday. In a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, Kerry said a truce would commence with the start of the Muslim holiday celebration of […]

4th Feb 2016

Switzerland: UN suspends Syria peace talks in Geneva

GENEVA (AA) – The UN has suspended Syria peace talks in Geneva on Wednesday. UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura announced a “temporary pause” in peace talks due to intensified fighting in Syria. “This is not the end, and it is not the failure of the talks,” de Mistura said after meeting with the […]

30th Jan 2016

Switzerland: US welcomes Syrian opposition at Geneva talks

WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S. on Friday welcomed the decision by a main opposition group to attend Syrian peace talks already in progress and hosted by the UN in Geneva. “The United States also reiterates that UN Security Council Resolution 2254 must be fully implemented by all parties to the talks, including with regard to the […]

1st Dec 2015

Switzerland: ‘Security, hope at a low point for Palestinians’

GENEVA (AA) – The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People fell at a time “when security and hope were at a low point,” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday. Michael Moller, director general of the UN’s Geneva office, read a message from Ban. “The tensions related to the holy sites in the […]

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.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.