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WASHINGTON (AA) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday asserted Turkey’s right to self-defense following the downing of a Russian fighter jet that Ankara says violated its airspace. “Turkey, like every country, has a right to defend its territory and its airspace,” Obama said during a joint press conference with his French counterpart, Francois Hollande. The […]

22nd Nov 2015

Bangladesh executes two senior opposition leaders

By Mainul Islam Khan DHAKA, (AA) – Bangladesh on Sunday hanged two well-known opposition figures convicted of war crimes during the country’s war of independence from Pakistan in 1971, depsite concerns that the legal proceedings against them were flawed. Bangladesh Jamaat e Islami’s Secretary General Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid and Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s high-ranking member […]

17th Nov 2015

UN: Britain set to draft UN resolution on Syria cease-fire

NEW YORK (AA): The U.K. will immediately draft a Security Council resolution on a cease-fire in Syria envisaged in talks held in Vienna, Britain’s UN deputy ambassador said Monday. “We are very clear that we are going to take action immediately now to draw up a Security Council resolution on the cease-fire,” said Peter Wilson, who did not give […]

17th Nov 2015

US governors threaten to bar Syrian refugees

WASHINGTON (AA): A number of governors on Monday threatened to bar Syrian refugees from their states, following deadly attacks in Paris in which a militant posing as a refugee has been implicated. At least 19 state governors said they would close their states to the refugees. Those include the governors of Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, […]

16th Nov 2015

Afghanistan: US drone strike kills 12 people in E Afghanistan

KABUL, (AA): At least 12 militants, including nine foreign nationals, were killed in a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, Afghan officials said Sunday. A spokesman for Provincial Governor Ahmad Zai Abdulzai told Anadolu Agency that the drone had targeted a militant concentration in Nangarhar’s Khogiani district on Saturday night, killing a dozen […]

11th Nov 2015

US: Nine dead as plane crashes into apartments

NEW YORK (AA):- At least nine people were killed Tuesday when a private jet crashed into a residential building in the midwestern state of Ohio, local media reported. The Hawker H25 jet clipped electrical wires before plowing into a building in the city of Akron. News website Cleveland.com reported nine people on board died, including two pilots, when the […]

11th Nov 2015

US concerned about Muslims barred from Myanmar elections

WASHINGTON (AA): A U.S. official on Tuesday expressed concerns about Myanmar polls where hundreds of thousands of Muslims were barred from voting and running in the elections. “We have raised our concerns about the removal of voting rights from individuals previously afforded the right to vote, regardless of religion or ethnicity,” said State Department spokesman Mark Toner. […]

6th Nov 2015

US: Boxer Muhammad Ali ‘in good health’

By Mustafa Caglayan NEW YORK (AA): Boxing legend Muhammad Ali is doing well despite statements by a former manager that his health was deteriorating, a family spokesman said Thursday. “Muhammad Ali is in good health,” Robert Gunnell told Anadolu Agency, adding that the 73-year-old former world champion and his wife spent Wednesday night at the Talking Stick Resort […]

31st Oct 2015

US to send special operations forces to Syria

WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S. will send less than 50 Special Forces troops to Syria to advise, assist and train moderate Syrian opposition forces fighting Daesh, the White House said Friday. Spokesman Josh Earnest maintained that the American troops will not take on a combat mission but acknowledged those sent to Syria will face significant risks. […]

29th Oct 2015

Syria: No return to pre-war status quo, says US

WASHINGTON (AA): There cannot be a return to the pre-war status quo in Syria after so much bloodshed, the White House said Wednesday. The U.S. is ready, however, to work with any nation – including Russia and Iran – to resolve the conflict, spokesman Eric Schultz told reporters ahead of Syria talks set to begin Thursday […]

28th Oct 2015

Yemen: Saudi-led coalition airstrikes hit hospital

Human Rights Watch: The airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition on a hospital in northern Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontiers, MSF) on October 26, 2015, was in apparent violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said today. The attack with a half-dozen bombs destroyed Haydan Hospital, the only medical facility […]

25th Oct 2015

Israel, Jordan agree deal for Al-Aqsa Mosque

AMMAN, (AA): Jordan and Israel have agreed to install 24-hour surveillance in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a bid to reduce recent tensions over Islam’s third holiest site, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced in Jordanian capital Amman on Saturday. ” I am also very pleased to announce today that [Israeli] Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu has agreed […]

22nd Oct 2015

US, Pakistan discuss additional efforts to fight terror

WASHINGTON (AA): U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have discussed the need for broader efforts to defeat terrorism in the region. “The two leaders discussed the need for additional efforts to target all terrorists in its territory,” U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday during a press briefing, […]

21st Oct 2015

US: Turkish woman assaulted by college student

NEW YORK (AA): A Turkish Muslim woman who was assaulted by a U.S. college student said Tuesday that the incident was motivated by religious bias. The 49-year-old victim, who does not want to be identified, was attacked Saturday by Indiana University student Triceten Bickford as she was sitting with her 9-year-old daughter at a Turkish cafe in Bloomington. She told Anadolu Agency […]

21st Oct 2015

US, Russia sign deal on Syrian airspace

WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S. and Russia signed an agreement Tuesday to deconflict air operations above Syrian airspace, according to the Pentagon. The memorandum of understanding is the result of three separate conversations between military officials from both countries but a U.S. military spokesman made it clear that signing the agreement did not indicate America’s support […]

17th Oct 2015

US: Kerry calls Netanyahu, Abbas over Palestinian unrest

WASHINGTON (AA): U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict late Friday. According to a statement from the State Department, he expressed his “deep concern over the recent wave of violence and offer[ed] his support for efforts to restore calm as soon as possible”. […]

14th Oct 2015

Iraq: Daesh encircled by Iraqi troops in Ramadi

WASHINGTON (AA): Iraqi forces trained by the U.S.-led anti-Daesh coalition have advanced 15 kilometers (10 miles) into Ramadi, encircling the militants holding the key city for months. “We now believe that battlefield conditions are set for the ISF [Iraqi Security Forces] to push into the city,” said Col. Steve Warren, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve […]

8th Oct 2015

US: Turkish scientist among Nobel Prize chemistry laureates

ANKARA (AA): A Turkish scientist was among three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for their work on DNA repair. Dr. Aziz Sancar, of the University of North Carolina in the U.S., was honored alongside Tomas Lindahl and Paul Modrich, according to the Nobel committee’s website. Sancar, who is from the southeastern town of Savar, Mardin province, […]

8th Oct 2015

Afghanistan: Obama apologises to aid group for deadly airstrike

WASHINGTON (AA) : President Barack Obama apologized to Doctors Without Borders International President Joanne Liu during a phone call Wednesday morning, following a deadly strike on one of the group’s medical facilities in Afghanistan. Obama “assured Dr. Liu that the Department of Defense investigation currently underway would provide a transparent, thorough and objective accounting of the […]

6th Oct 2015

US: Armed anti-Islam rallies planned in US

NEW YORK (AA): A U.S. Muslim advocacy group has urged community leaders to strengthen safety measures ahead of potential anti-Islam protests planned across the country Oct 10. The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) said several of the demonstrations may be armed and provocations such as Quran desecrations may occur. An anti-Islam campaign page on Facebook called Global Rally for […]

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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.