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CAIR Condemns Nobel Committee for Awarding Peace Prize to Venezuelan Politician María Corina Machado ———————————————- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has sharply criticized the Nobel Committee’s decision to award this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María…

Magnitude-7.4 Earthquake Strikes Mindanao, Philippines; Minor Tsunami Recorded, One Fatality Reported ——————————- Early Friday, a magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippine region of Mindanao, triggering tsunami warnings across parts of the Philippines and Indonesia’s North Sulawesi.…

Nine-Story Mosque Construction in Tokyo Signals Growth of Japan’s Muslim Community ————————————— Construction has begun on a nine-story, 39-meter-tall mosque in Tokyo, a project aimed at serving Japan’s rapidly growing Muslim population, despite facing some local opposition. The project is…

UK Churches Honor Abolitionist Olaudah Equiano ————————— Two churches in Cambridgeshire, located in Soham and St Andrew’s in Chesterton, commemorated the prominent 18th-century abolitionist Olaudah Equiano as part of Black History Month. Equiano was kidnapped from his home in Nigeria…

Egypt Breaks World Rice Production Record, Eyes Technology Transfer to Africa —————————- Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture announced that the country has successfully achieved a new global record in rice production, with yields reaching approximately 12 tons per hectare of cultivated…

Food Molecules Discovered to “Trick” Cells into Staying Young ————————- Scientists have identified certain food molecules that can trick cells into behaving younger, potentially paving the way for new anti-aging therapies, according to SciTechDaily. The research centers on a process…

UN Expert Urges Global Support to Locate Thousands of Missing Syrians —————————- The head of the Independent Institution for Missing Persons in Syria (IIMP), Karla Quintana, called for a collective international effort to help locate the thousands of individuals who…

26 Migrants Rescued on Remote Greek Island ……….. A refugee support organization, Lutke Foundation, reported on Thursday that 26 migrants arrived early in the morning on the remote Greek island of Farmakonisi. The group’s route was reportedly altered, leading them…

Texas Muslim Rights Group Urges State Leaders to Condemn Islamophobic Post by Agriculture Commissioner ………….. The Texas branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-TX), part of the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the United States, has called on…

The 2025 Nobel Prize announcements have spotlighted extraordinary contributions in medicine, physics, chemistry, and literature, underscoring both the scientific ingenuity and human creativity that the awards have celebrated for more than a century. The Nobel Peace Prize was the most…