Greece: Dep Speaker of Parliament advocates ‘necessity’ of spying on country’s Turkish Muslim MPs
Jammu & Kashmir: 3 Indian soldiers, 2 Kashmiri militants killed in shoot-out
Palestine: Four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank
Afghanistan: 8 killed, 18 injured in ISIS bombing at Muharram gathering
Palestine: 44 Palestinians killed incl 15 children by Israeli bombing of Gaza civilian areas
Palestine: 29 Palestinians killed, incl 6 children by Israeli indiscriminate bombing in Gaza
Palestine: Israel bombs Gaza in unprovoked attack killing 15 incl 5-year-old child
Morocco, Israel agree to enhance security cooperation
UN blames Israel’s ‘coercive measures’ for Palestinian displacements
French gov’t takes flak over deportation decision against well-known imam
Palestine: Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank
Lebanon: Hezbollah warns Israeli gas drilling vessels within range of its missiles
Bangladeshi nationals easy targets of human trafficking gangs
Pakistan: 25 killed in rain-related accidents in 2 days as monsoon wreaks havoc
Palestine: Israeli settlers seize Palestinian home in Hebron
Somalia: Bomb blasts by Al-Shabaab in the south kill 20
Kenya: Muslim group demanding sacking of Kenyan minister for remarks to hijabi Muslim journalist
Palestine: Israeli army kills 2 Palestinians in Nablus
Iran: Flash floods kill 20 in Estahban province
International Court of Justice rejects Myanmar’s objections in Rohingya genocide case
French airstrike in Mali mostly killed civilians: UN
By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): In a report, the UN mission in the West African nation of Mali on Tuesday concluded that a January airstrike by the French army overwhelmingly killed civilians among suspected non-armed members of terrorist groups, … Continued
Israeli police kill Arab citizen in Haifa
By Zain Khalil JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli police on Monday killed a young mentally-disabled Arab man in Israeli city of Haifa over his allegedly stabbing a police officer. The police claimed in a statement that “it received a report from … Continued
Bangladesh on edge as 5 more dead in anti-Modi protests
By SM Najmus Sakib and Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Following deadly clashes between protesters and police a day earlier, five more people were killed and dozens injured as demonstrations against the visit of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi … Continued
Bangladesh: Fire destroyed Rohingyas shelters but not dreams
By Md. Kamruzzaman COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AA): Ten-year-old Rukiya Begum is one of the dozens of Rohingya children and teenagers in Bangladesh’s refugee camps who lost everything, including educational support, in Monday’s deadliest fire that killed at least 15 … Continued
US: Attack on supermarket in Colorado leaves 10 dead
By Betul Yuruk NEW YORK (AA): Ten people, including a police officer, died in an armed attack Monday on a supermarket in the US state of Colorado. Suspect is in custody. The shooting occurred at a King Soopers supermarket … Continued
Covid-19 pandemic has deepened inequalities in Europe
By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): The COVID-19 crisis has resulted in an “overall regression in human rights in Europe,” the Council of Europe’s anti-racism commission (ECRI) highlighted in its 2020 annual report released Thursday. Since the Second World War, … Continued
UN: 12,000 Syrian children killed, wounded by civil war
By Andy Roesgen WISCONSIN, United States (AA): A civil war in Syria that was unleashed 10 years ago has now killed or wounded nearly 12,000 Syrian children, according to a new report on Wednesday by UNICEF. The UN children’s … Continued
Afghanistan: Killing spree forces women journalists to quit
By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA):The escalating violence seen in Afghanistan in recent months, which claimed the lives of at least four women journalists, has forced more than 300 others to quit their jobs. Last year, there were … Continued
Nigeria: 14 kidnapped sailors rescued in Gulf of Guinea
By Adam Abu-bashal ABUJA, Nigeria (AA): Fourteen sailors kidnapped by pirates were rescued Saturday in the Gulf of Guinea. Nigeria’s army spokesman Mohammed Yerim said 10 foreign crew members and four Nigerians who were taken hostage were rescued in … Continued
UNHCR: Search, rescue Rohingya stranded in Andaman Sea
By Riyaz ul Khaliq ANKARA (AA) – The UN refugee agency on Monday called for immediate efforts to search and rescue a group of Rohingya refugees stranded in the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean. The precise location of … Continued
Human Rights Watch blames India of targeting minorities
By Beyza Binnur Donmez and Shuriah Niazi (AA): Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday accused the Indian government of adopting laws and policies that “systematically discriminate against Muslims and stigmatize critics of the government.” HRW’s report came days ahead Feb. … Continued
Jammu & Kashmir: ‘Guided tour’ for foreign envoys to disputed Kashmir
By Hilal Mir SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): As diplomats from nearly two dozen countries continue their two-day visit in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, commentators and politicians say that another “guided tour” would not change ground realities in … Continued
Jammu & Kashmir: 3 Indian soldiers arrested for child molestation
By Nusrat Sidiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Three Indian army employees were arrested by the regional police of Indian-administered Kashmir in connection with the alleged molestation and kidnapping of a young girl from North Kashmir’s Bandipora district, authorities … Continued
‘ICC has jurisdiction over Palestinian territories’
By Zehra Nur Duz and Burak Bir ANKARA (AA): The International Criminal Court (ICC) decided on Friday that it has jurisdiction over crimes committed in the Palestinian territories. “Today, Pre-Trial Chamber I of ICC decided, by majority, that the … Continued
Rohingya case on genocide face delay at The Hague
By Riyaz ul Khaliq (AA): A final decision at the UN’s top court in the legal battle against Myanmar for the alleged genocide of Rohingya Muslims could be delayed, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is first set to … Continued
Pakistan: Police fired over Hindu temple attack
By Islamuddin Sajid ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA): At least 12 police officers have been sacked for failing to stop a mob from demolishing a Hindu temple in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province last month. The cops showed “cowardice, negligence, and irresponsibility … Continued
Yemen remains ‘worst humanitarian crisis’: UN office
By Peter Kenny GENEVA (AA): Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian crisis with nearly 80% or more than 24 million of its people needing humanitarian assistance and protection and more than 13 million in danger of starving to death, the … Continued
Jammu & Kashmir: 225 Kashmiris, 60 India security killed in 2020
By Hilal Mir SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Amid rising concerns over “extrajudicial killings” and “fake encounters” in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, the police chief in the region said Thursday a total of 225 “militants” were killed in the … Continued
Netherlands: Dutch troops killed civilians in Afghanistan
By Abdullah Asiran ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands (AA): Dutch soldiers killed civilians in Afghanistan in 2017, an army veteran has claimed to local media. Servie Holzken, a former Dutch soldier, told local daily Trouw in a story published Wednesday that Dutch … Continued
Bangladesh urged to halt Rohingya relocation to remote island
By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): A Europe-based Rohingya rights group on Saturday expressed concern over Bangladesh’s plan to relocate more than 100,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island. “We urge the international community, including the newly elected United States … Continued
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.
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