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By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA) : At least 45 civilians, including women and children, have been killed by Saudi-led airstrikes in three separate incidents over the past four days, the UN said on Tuesday. According to UN, a Saudi-led Coalition airstrike killed all the passengers in a civilian vehicle travelling in the Mawza district […]

21st Apr 2018

Palestine: Israeli soldiers killed 4 Palestinians, injured 729 in Gaza

By Nour Abu Aisha GAZA CITY, Palestine (Imemec.org & AA): Israeli soldiers shot and killed, Friday, four Palestinians, including one child, and injured more than 729, including 24 children and twelve women, according to Palestinian Health Ministry during peaceful protests by Palestinians near the border fence, in the besieged Gaza Strip. The Ministry said the soldiers […]

10th Apr 2018

US: US will respond to suspected chemical attack in Douma

By Safvan Allahverdi WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S. is “determined” to respond to the Assad Government’s latest alleged use of chemical weapons on Syrian civilians, regardless of whether the UN Security Council acts or not, a top American diplomat said Monday. However according to Reuters, “initial U.S. assessments have so far been unable to determine […]

31st Mar 2018

Palestine: Israeli troops kill 17, injure over 1400 Palestinians during peaceful protest

By Ali Semerci and Safiye Karabacak GAZA CITY/RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israeli forces directly fired on Palestinians Friday as they marched in a peaceful demonstration demanding the right of return for refugees, killing 17, injuring 1,416. The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, called for “an independent and transparent investigation” into killings of Palestinians by Israeli […]

18th Mar 2018

UK: Thousands demonstrate across country against racism and Islamophobia

By Muhammad Mussa London (AA) – Tens of thousands braved the freezing weather Saturday to demonstrate against the rise of racism, Islamophobia and Donald Trump’s presidency across the country. Organised by the activist group Stand Up To Racism, over 20,000 people marched across cities in the U.K. including London, Cardiff and Glasgow, ahead of the […]

15th Mar 2018

UK: US sides with UK, blames Russia for chemical attacks

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA) The U.S. called on the UN Wednesday to hold Russia accountable for the chemical poisonings of two individuals, including a former Russian spy, on British soil. However, France asked UK for evidence of Russian involvement in the poisoning attack. Spokesman for French President Emmanuel Macron, Benjamin Griveaux, told a […]

15th Feb 2018

UN documents rise in civilian casualties in Afghanistan

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) : Raging violence in Afghanistan killed and wounded over 10,000 people last year, with a dreadful rise in the number of women and child casualties, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the UN Human Rights Office stated on Thursday. The UNAMA documented that, in 2017, […]

13th Feb 2018

UN warns of escalating violence in Yemen

By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA): The UN human rights chief on Monday warned about the escalating violence and the increasing civilian casualties in Yemen, where nearly 6,000 civilians have been killed in the three-year conflict. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said in a statement on Monday that the conflict […]

8th Feb 2018

UN concerned over mounting civilian deaths in Syria

By Safvan Allahverdi WASHINGTON (AA): The UN expressed grave concern Wednesday over the rising number of civilian deaths in Syria amid the country’s ongoing civil war. Speaking at a daily press briefing, UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq said intense airstrikes and shelling on the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta have reportedly killed dozens of […]

12th Jan 2018

Myanmar: EU urges Myanmar to allow UN probe into Rohingya Muslim abuses

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar (AA) – The delegation of European Union countries in Myanmar urged the government on Thursday to grant an independent international investigation team access to the country. The request comes after Myanmar military admitted that some of its soldiers were involved in the murder of 10 captured Rohingya men […]

9th Jan 2018

Libya: 64 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean

By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA): Sixty-four migrants are feared drowned after a rubber dinghy sank off the coast of Libya over the weekend, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday. The migrants “lost their lives in the shipwreck that occurred Saturday. According to testimonies gathered by IOM Italia staff in Catania, the […]

21st Dec 2017

Myanmar denies access to UN investigator

By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA): A UN investigator, who had been due to visit Myanmar in January had to assess the human rights situation, said on Wednesday “all access to the country” has been denied. “It is a shame that Myanmar has decided to take this route,” Yanghee Lee, the UN’s special rapporteur, said […]

19th Dec 2017

Libya: 36,000 children vulnerable in Libya

By Mahmut Geldi TRIPOLI, Libya (AA): Some 36,000 child migrants in Libya are in need of assistance, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya said Monday. Out of an estimated 400,000 migrants, nine percent are children, and shockingly, more than 14,000 children are also unaccompanied, it said in a statement on its website. The […]

18th Nov 2017

Myanmar: Over 100 Rohingya Muslim refugees drowned since Aug 25

By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA): More than 100 Rohingya Muslim refugees have drowned in shipwrecks and boat incidents since the beginning of the crisis on Aug. 25, the UN said on Friday. “Recent arrivals told us they had been waiting for more than a month in desperate conditions on Myanmar’s shores,” UN refugee agency […]

15th Nov 2017

Exploitation of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh ‘rife’, says UN

By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA): The UN’s migration agency on Tuesday warned of the trafficking, exploitation and sexual abuse of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. International Organization for Migration (IOM) spokesman Joel Millman told a news conference in Geneva: “Desperate men, women and children are being recruited with false offers of paid work in various […]

9th Nov 2017

Afghanistan: UN confirms 14 civilian casualties in Kunduz in US airstrike

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – The UN mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday said it has credible evidence that civilians were killed in a U.S. air raid in northern Kunduz province last week. UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) noted in a series of tweets that its initial findings and credible reports […]

8th Nov 2017

UN concerned aid operations in Yemen blocked by Saudi Arabia & killing of civilians

By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA):- The UN on Tuesday said it was “deeply concerned” about a series of recent attacks in Yemen and the impact of the closure of air and sea ports in the country which has blocked humanitarian operations. UN spokesman Rupert Colville told a news conference in Geneva dozens of civilians, […]

8th Nov 2017

UN: 100 migrants die in Mediterranean Sea in 4 days

By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA): Nearly 100 refugees have died in the Mediterranean Sea over the last four days, including 26 women from Nigeria, the UN said on Tuesday. Thirty-four bodies have been recovered and an estimated 50 people remain missing, International Organization for Migration (IOM) spokesman Joel Millman told a news conference in […]

20th Oct 2017

Myanmar: Up to 12,000 Rohingya Muslim children flee violence weekly, says UN

By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA): More than 320,000 Rohingya Muslim refugee children have fled to southern Bangladesh from Myanmar since late August while up to 12,000 more are fleeing violence every week, the UN warned on Friday. Almost 60 percent of the latest Rohingya arrivals into Bangladesh are children, crossing at a rate of […]

12th Oct 2017

UN: Myanmar attacks were organized to push out Rohingya Muslims

By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA): Myanmar’s months-long attacks on Rohingya Muslims have been a concerted, well-organized campaign explicitly meant to push them out of the country into Bangladesh and block their return, a new UN report said on Wednesday. “Brutal attacks against Rohingya in northern Rakhine state have been well-organised, coordinated and systematic, with […]

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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.