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By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA) – Three Palestinians teenagers were killed by Israeli troops on Sunday in two separate incidents in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. According to the Israeli military, troops shot two Palestinians dead near the northern West Bank city of Jenin after the former had come under fire after responding to reports […]

11th Feb 2016

Palestine: Israeli army kills Palestinian child near Hebron

By Anees Bargouti RAMALLAH, (AA): A Palestinian child was killed by Israeli gunfire during clashes that erupted in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Wednesday. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that Israeli troops had shot a Palestinian minor dead during clashes that broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces near the […]

10th Feb 2016

Indian-held Jammu Kashmir paralyzed by general strike

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir (AA): Indian-held Jammu Kashmir on Tuesday saw a complete general strike organized to commemorate the third anniversary of the death of Afzal Guru, who was hanged by the Indian authorities for his alleged role in a 2001 attack on India’s parliament. Called for by pro-independence leaders, the strike […]

6th Feb 2016

Palestine: Israeli army kills Palestinian minor near Hebron

By Anees Barghouthi RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian minor was killed by Israeli gunfire during clashes in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli army shot two Palestinian minors at the entrance of Halhoul town near Hebron, under the pretext that […]

4th Feb 2016

Palestine: Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians in E Jerusalem

By Anees Bargouti JERUSALEM (AA) – Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday following an attack that left one female Israeli soldier dead, according to Israeli police and eyewitnesses. In a statement, Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said three Palestinians brandishing knives, guns and explosives had been killed […]

3rd Feb 2016

Palestine: Israeli soldiers demolish under-construction home in Jerusalem

IMEMC News: Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday morning, Wad Qaddoum neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, and demolished an under-construction home. The army also demolished residential sheds and tents near Hebron. Photo By Silwanic Photo By Silwanic The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers demolished the home of Yahya Mohsen, after […]

2nd Feb 2016

Palestine: Israeli army kills Palestinian near Tulkarem

IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Monday morning, a young Palestinian man, south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, Palestinian medical sources said. Palestinian Red Crescent medics have transferred the body of the slain Palestinian to Thabet Thabet governmental hospital in Tulkarem. Head of the Tulkarem office of the Red […]

27th Jan 2016

UN chief urges Israeli settlement freeze

NEW YORK (AA) — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged Israel to freeze its settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, calling it an “affront” to the world community. “So-called facts on the ground in the occupied West Bank are steadily chipping away the viability of a Palestinian state and the ability of Palestinian […]

25th Jan 2016

Palestine: Israel to allow settlers takeover of Palestinian homes

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday gave his support to a group of Jewish settlers who were filmed forcefully taking over Palestinian homes in the city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Though Israeli border police removed the settlers from the homes on Friday, Netanyahu […]

25th Jan 2016

India: Jammu Kashmir locked down on eve of India’s Republic Day

[Photo: Earlier, protestors cover themselves as Indian policemen fires a teargas towards protesters after the funeral ceremony of Shakir Ahmad of Hizbul Mujahideen, on the trees in Pulwama, some 30 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian controlled Kashmir on January 20, 2016. Violent clashes erupt after Indian security personnel killed a protester and […]

19th Jan 2016

Palestine: Israeli driver hits Palestinian cyclists; killing one, wounding another

By Celine Hagbard IMEMC News: Two Palestinian youth riding their bikes near Salfit Monday were hit by an Israeli driver, killing one and wounding the other. It is not yet known if this was a politically-motivated ‘ramming’ attack, or a car accident. The victim was identified as Khalil Mousa Amar, 19, a resident of […]

18th Jan 2016

Palestinian shot dead after alleged W Bank knife attack

JERUSALEM (AA) – A Palestinian youth was shot dead by Israeli forces on Sunday after allegedly carrying out a knife attack in the West Bank city of Nablus. The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the incident, while the Palestinian Ma’an news agency identified the slain man as 21-year-old Wissam Marwan Qasrawa. The Israeli military claimed that […]

15th Jan 2016

Palestine: Israeli soldiers kill 2 Palestinians, 156 killed since 1 Oct

IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers killed, on Thursday afternoon, a young Palestinian man, at a military roadblock, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. 156 Palestinians have been killed since 1 October 2015. The slain Palestinian has been identified as Haitham Mahmoud Abdul-Jaleel Yassin, 36, from Aseera ash-Shemaliyya town, north of Nablus. The […]

11th Jan 2016

Palestine: US threatens to add Fatah to ‘terror’ list

[Photo:Israel bombing Gaza during August when hundreds of children were killed by its army. Palestinian Government wants to take Israel to ICC for alleged war crimes] Aness Suheil Barghoti AMMAN, Jordan (AA): Abbas Zaki, a member of Fatah’s central committee, has alleged that the U.S. was threatening to add the movement to Washington’s list of […]

9th Jan 2016

Palestine: Israeli military kills 2 Palestinians near Nablus

[Photo: Israeli security forces make crime scene investigation after the killing of two Palestinians allegedly attempted knife attack at Huwwara district in Nablus, West Bank on December 27, 2015. Photographer: Nedal Eshtayah/AA] Celine Hagbard IMEMC News & Agencies: Early Saturday morning, two Palestinians were shot dead at the al-Hamra (Beqaot) checkpoint in the northern part […]

8th Jan 2016

Palestine: Israeli army kills 3 Palestinians near illegal settlement

[Photo: Israeli security forces make crime scene investigation after Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian man who allegedly stabbed Israeli person, at a trolley station in Jerusalem on January 4, 2016. Photographer: Mahfouz Abu Turk/AA] Aness Suheil Barghoti RAMALLAH, (AA): Israeli forces shot dead three Palestinians near the Gush Etzion settlement close to southern occupied West […]

5th Jan 2016

Lebanon: Hizbullah targets Israeli army patrol in South Lebanon

[Photo: People carry the coffin of Samir Kuntar, a Hizbullah military commander killed by an airstrike — for which the group has blamed Israel — in the Al-Homsi district outside Syrian capital Damascus, during a funeral ceremony held in the Hizbolluh controlled Dahiyeh district of Beirut, Lebanon on December 21, 2015. Photographer: Ratib Al Safadi/AA] […]

3rd Jan 2016

Palestine: Bodies of 23 slain Palestinians returned by Israelis

By Celine Hagbard IMEMC News & Agencies: The 23 bodies that Israeli authorities have been holding in custody were finally turned over to the Palestinian Authority on Friday. A line of 17 ambulances, each carrying one of the bodies, entered Hebron’s al-Ahli Hospital Friday afternoon, while a large crowd gathered to witness the return […]

1st Jan 2016

Palestine: Israeli settlers assault taxi driver, shut down road

IMEMC News & Agencies: Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement, Mabo Dothan, built on the land of Yabad, to the southwest of Jenin, Thursday, assaulted a Palestinian taxi driver and hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles. Mohammad Mahmoud from the village of Tura said that a number of Israeli settlers attacked and beat him up after […]

1st Jan 2016

Palestine: Israeli military admits destroying Gaza crops on border

JERUSALEM (AA): Israel’s military has confirmed reports that it destroyed Gazan agricultural crops near the security fence with Israel. The Israeli military told Anadolu Agency in a written statement Thursday that it sprayed a herbicide that “will cause the surrounding vegetation to wilt and prevent its growth.” They Israeli military also claimed the reason for spraying the […]

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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.