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UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths has started his visit to Saudi Arabia in an attempt to negotiate a nationwide ceasefire in Yemen, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Monday.“Special Envoy Martin Griffiths is in Riyadh,…

Sri Lanka’s minority Muslims demonstrated in Colombo Tuesday demanding an end to forced cremations of Covid-19 victims as Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived on an official visit.Dozens of Muslims carried a mock coffin denouncing the Sri Lankan government’s policy…

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from a top Vatican post of Cardinal Robert Sarah.The African cardinal, who is from Guinea, held various Vatican positions in the last 20 years, the latest as head of the department that oversees matters…

A Malaysian court Tuesday ordered a halt to the planned deportation of 1,200 Myanmar migrants to hear an appeal by two human rights groups, which say refugees, asylum seekers and minors were among those being sent back.The court order, following…

Canadian lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a non-binding motion accusing China of committing genocide against its Muslim minorities in the western region of Xinjiang, further straining ties between the two countries.Though Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet abstained from…

Oxfam has accused the British government of prolonging the war in Yemen by allowing the export of air-to-air refueling equipment that it fears could be used to help the Saudi air force conduct indiscriminate bombing in the country.The technology was…

The Iraqi Security Media Cell announced that the Military Intelligence had found ammunition and explosive devices during their raid on an ISIS hideout in Diyala province.The cell stated in a statement that, based on accurate intelligence information and in coordination…

The President of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), Dolkun Isa, confirmed that the Chinese government is harassing Uyghur Muslims under the pretext of combating extremism and terrorism.Isa referred, from his headquarters in Germany, to the critical situation that the Muslim…

British House of Commons member Bellavia Janet Ribeiro-Addy called on her country’s government to intervene with the government of Bahrain to release a number of detained children.The Labor MP expressed, through her account on Twitter, her fear of the Bahraini…

The French newspaper “Le Monde” denounced in an article “France’s fatal support to Saudi Arabia in Yemen,” saying that while the United States and Italy halted arms shipments to Riyadh, Paris remains silent and completely turns a blind eye to…