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ANKARA (AA) – Turkish, Somali and Azeri nationals were killed Wednesday when unidentified assailants targeted a school vehicle in the Somali capital. The Turkish Foreign Ministry condemned the “vicious” attack in Mogadishu in a statement, saying its embassy is monitoring the conditions of a number of Turkish citizens who were also in the vehicle. In […]

29th Mar 2016

Shots fired at US Capitol

WASHINGTON (AA) – One man has been taken into custody after allegedly opening fire at the Capitol on Monday. On Oct. 22, 2015, Larry Dawson at a a previous incident at the Capitol yelled “I’m a prophet of God” from the balcony of the House of Representatives. Earlier reports that the shooter injured a Capitol […]

29th Mar 2016

Pakistanis mourn victims of deadly Lahore blast

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA) – Grieving Pakistanis held special prayers and memorial services on Monday to mourn the victims of Sunday’s massive suicide blast in Lahore, as expressions of solidarity poured in from around the world. A suicide bomber blew himself up in a park packed with men, women and children on Sunday […]

28th Mar 2016

Pakistan: At least 69 killed by suicide blast in Lahore

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded park in Lahore on Sunday evening, killing at least 69 people and injuring 300 others, Salman Rafiq, health minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, has said. According to police, the bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest in a crowded area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal […]

26th Mar 2016

22 Turkmen being treated in Ankara after chemical attack in Iraq

ANKARA (AA) – A total of 22 Iraqi Turkmen injured in a Daesh chemical attack earlier this month are being treated at a hospital in Ankara, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry. The Iraqi Turkmen, injured in the attack on Kirkuk’s Taze Khormato district, continue to be treated at Polatli State Hospital, the ministry said […]

25th Mar 2016

Belgian police arrest 6 suspects over Brussels bombings

BRUSSELS (AA) – Belgian police arrested six people late Thursday as part of an investigation into Tuesday’s Brussels bombings, which killed 31 people and injured 260 others. The arrests came Thursday evening during police raids in the Brussels neighborhoods of Schaerbeek and Jette — located in the northern and western part of the city, respectively […]

24th Mar 2016

Turkey warned Belgium about Brussels attacker

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey deported one of the attackers involved in Tuesday’s Brussels explosions back in June 2015, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. Addressing a joint press conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Turkish capital Ankara Wednesday, Erdogan said Belgium was warned that the attacker captured in Turkey’s southeastern Gaziantep province […]

23rd Mar 2016

Belgium: Police find bomb, Daesh flag in Brussels raids

[Photo: Belgian people light candles as they gather to commemorate victims of terror attack at the Place de la Bourse in Brussels, Belgium on March 22, 2016. At least 34 people were killed and more than 130 injured in multiple terrorist attacks at an airport and metro station in Brussels on today’s morning. Photographer: Dursun […]

22nd Mar 2016

Belgium: Multiple blasts in Brussels kill 34

[Photo top: Police officers stand guard around the Zaventem Airport after two explosions went off in Brussels, Belgium on March 22, 2016. Photographer: Dursun Aydemir/AA} BRUSSELS (AA) – At least 34 people were killed and more than 100 others were injured in multiple explosions at an airport and metro station in Brussels on Tuesday […]

21st Mar 2016

Egypt: 15 Egyptian security personnel killed in Sinai attack

By Omar Azzam CAIRO (AA): The death toll from an attack on a police checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula — responsibility for which has been claimed by a Daesh affiliate — has risen to 15, Egypt’s Interior Ministry announced Sunday. In a statement, the ministry said three police officers and 12 soldiers had been […]

20th Mar 2016

Turkey: Suicide bomber kills 4 in Istanbul terror attack

ISTANBUL (AA) – Five people, including the suicide attacker were killed and 39 others were injured in an explosion on Istanbul’s popular Istiklal Street Saturday, Turkish officials said. The White House confirmed two American citizens were among the four killed in the blast. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and loved ones […]

17th Mar 2016

Nigeria: Dozens feared killed in mosque bomb attack in Maiduguri

By Olarewaju Kola MAIDUGURI, (AA): At least 24 worshippers were killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack at a mosque on the outskirts of the restive Nigerian city of Maiduguri early Wednesday morning, national state emergency services said. “So far, 24 people have died in the bomb attack,” Ahmed Satomi, chairman of the Borno […]

17th Mar 2016

Somalia: Kenyan military kills ’19 al-Shabab militants’

By Andrew Ross NAIROBI, (AA): At least 19 suspected al-Shabab militants were killed when Kenyan armed forces allegedly countered an attack on a military base in the Somali city of Afmadhow on Wednesday, Kenyan military said. “Today, Kenya Defense Forces soldiers operating under AMISOM [African Union Mission in Somalia] foiled a planned attack by […]

16th Mar 2016

Pakistan: Bus bomb blast kills 15 in Peshawar

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least 15 people were killed and over 30 injured Wednesday after a bomb exploded on a bus in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials said. Police said the explosive device was planted at the back of a bus carrying around 50 government employees. The timed devise was […]

16th Mar 2016

Belgium: Terror suspect killed in Brussels raid

BRUSSELS (AA) – A terrorist suspect was killed Tuesday in a police raid in Brussels linked to November’s Paris attacks, local media reported. Two others are still at large following the operation in the suburb of Forest, broadcaster RTBF said. Four Belgian police officers were injured. The suspects barricaded themselves in an apartment where the […]

14th Mar 2016

Ivory Coast: Gunmen attack beach resort killing 22

ABIDJAN, (AA) – At least 22 people, including six suspected attackers were killed in an attack on a beach resort located some 40 kilometers away from Ivory Coast’s commercial city of Abidjan Sunday, government officials said. “The toll is heavy, the terrorists killed 14 civilians and we lost two members of our special forces,” Ivorian […]

14th Mar 2016

Turkey: Terror targets kills 34civilians in Ankara

ANKARA (AA): Turkish Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu has said the death toll from Sunday night’s car bomb attack in Ankara’s central Kizilay neighborhood is 34 dead with 125 injured. In remarks made to the media following a security meeting chaired by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at the Prime Ministry Office in Ankara, Muezzinoglu said: […]

12th Mar 2016

Iraq: Daesh chemical attack kills two-year-old Iraqi girl

KIRKUK, Iraq (AA) – A two-year-old girl died at an Iraqi hospital on Friday after falling victim to a chlorine gas attack by the terrorist Daesh group in the northern province of Saladin. “Fatma Samir was brought to our hospital two days ago when the chemical attack occurred,” Dr Ahmad Haydar, the chief of Tuz […]

8th Mar 2016

Tunisia: 45 killed in clashes near Libyan border

By Aymen Cemli TUNIS, (AA): At least 45 people were killed Monday in deadly clashes between Tunisian security forces and militants near the border with war-torn Libya. Armed militants attacked an army barracks and security posts at dawn in the eastern town of Ben Guerdane, triggering a firefight with security forces. Twenty-eight “terrorists” were […]

6th Mar 2016

Afghanistan: 2 Turks, 1 Afghan killed in Kabul shooting attack

By Zabihullah Tamanna KABUL (AA) – At least two Turkish nationals and one Afghan were killed Saturday — and two other Turkish nationals injured — when an unidentified gunman opened fire on them in Kabul, according to a local police official. The attack occurred at about 7pm local time in a Turkish Bazaar in […]

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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.