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Myanmar: Junta fires shell on civilians killing 3, including child, in Mandalay region

Myanmar: Junta fires shell on civilians killing 3, including child, in Mandalay region

Junta troops fired a shell at Mandalay division’s Tha Hpan Kaing village on Wednesday night, killing two women and an 8-year-old child, RFA reported on Thursday, adding two others were also injured. Ten soldiers entered Madaya township from a neighboring…
England: Prominent university holds Islamic art exhibition

England: Prominent university holds Islamic art exhibition

An exhibition of Islamic art spanning one thousand years has gone on display at University of York’s Borthwick Centre for Archives, the center posted on its website yesterday. The exhibition of ceramics, paintings, artefacts and photographs marks the launch of…
US: Men accused of unlawful killing of 3,600 birds, including eagles

US: Men accused of unlawful killing of 3,600 birds, including eagles

Two US men have been charged with illegally killing about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, BBC reported on Thursday. Simon Paul and Travis John Branson allegedly shot the birds over several years on Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation and…
Pakistan: 3 cops killed, 2 injured after police headquarters comes under attack in Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan: 3 cops killed, 2 injured after police headquarters comes under attack in Pakhtunkhwa

Three policemen were killed while another two were injured in Pakistan after the local police headquarters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district came under attack, Dawn news agency reported Today. According to the Police statement, one of several militants first exploded…
UK-based “Who is Hussein?” Charity visits blind school in Tanzania

UK-based “Who is Hussein?” Charity visits blind school in Tanzania

As part of its humanitarian and cultural activities, the UK-based “Who is Hussain?” organization has visited a blind school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and met with its students and teachers. According to a statement on its official Facebook page,…
Commercial establishments in Holy Karbala organize mourning campaign to mark Holy Fatimid Days

Commercial establishments in Holy Karbala organize mourning campaign to mark Holy Fatimid Days

“Ya Lathrat al-Hussein” and “Khadamat Ahlulbayt” mourning and service committees have launched a campaign to honor the Holy Fatimid Days in Holy Karbala, which includes distributing mourning banners and posters to restaurant owners, commercial establishments, and tourist companies. The owners…
Germany to replace imams trained in Turkey with native Muslim clerics

Germany to replace imams trained in Turkey with native Muslim clerics

The German Interior Ministry has adopted a new initiative to phase out a training program that assigns Turkish imams to German mosques, DW reported on Thursday. According to the source, Germany looks to train its own Muslim clerics in a…
Almost 500,000 returning Afghans in desperate need of food, shelter to survive winter, warn aid agencies

Almost 500,000 returning Afghans in desperate need of food, shelter to survive winter, warn aid agencies

International non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have issued a dire warning about the plight of nearly half a million Afghans who have recently returned to their homeland. The Norwegian Refugee Council, alongside eight other aid agencies, is calling for increased international support…
India: 1,281 Madrasas in Assam converted to ‘Middle English’ schools

India: 1,281 Madrasas in Assam converted to ‘Middle English’ schools

The government in India’s Assam has renamed at least 1281 Madrasas across 31 districts in the state and turned them into general schools under the name ‘Middle English’, Muslim Mirror reported on Thursday. A legislation was passed by the Assam…
Dozens die as drought ravages Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Dozens die as drought ravages Ethiopia’s Tigray region

At least 176 people, including 75 women, have died from draught-induced hunger in Ethiopia’s northern state of Tigray, local media reported on Wednesday, citing a senior official. Regional Administrator Hadush Asemelash told Tigray TV that the deaths, which included 101…
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