NEWS

Egyptian authorities say a passenger train accident Sunday north of Cairo has killed at least 11 people.Railway authorities say that at least four train wagons ran off the tracks at the city of Banha in Qalyubia province.The Health Ministry said…

At least 19 civilians were killed when armed men raided a village in west Niger close to the border with Mali, officials have said, in the latest bloodshed in the troubled region.The governor of Tillaberi region said dozens of heavily…

The Yemeni Oil Company held the United Nations responsible for the continued seizure of fuel ships, stressing that 26 million Yemenis are at risk of danger as a result of the Saudi coalition’s continuing acts of maritime piracy.The company’s executive…

At least 40 migrants have drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, United Nations and Tunisian officials said.The Tunisian coast guard had so far recovered 21 bodies, all African migrants, and rescued…

A number of women protested in front of the gate of Jaw Central Prison in Bahrain, to demand clarification of the fate of detainees who were severely beaten by prison guards.Bahraini security forces had beaten detainees who were protesting against…

At least 44 Taliban insurgents were killed and eight others wounded in fresh military operations conducted by the Afghan security forces in central Ghazni and western Nimroz provinces during the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Saturday.The ministry in…

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday urged Western governments to outlaw blasphemy of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny, under the guise of freedom of speech on the lines of Holocaust.Expressing concern over a rising wave…

The Islamic Museum in the German capital of Berlin is hosting the Islamic Culture Exhibition, which displays European Islamic artifacts.The exhibition aims to develop Islamic culture and traditions and introduce Islamic culture in Europe from the 15th century to the…

The Bahrain Press Association welcomed “the release of some political prisoners sentenced in Bahrain under the Alternative Penal Code,” and called on the authorities to drop the death penalty.The Association said in tweets on Twitter, that it “encourages more positive…

As many as 65,000 people have fled the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak following a series of attacks by an armed group, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said.Terrorists from the so-called Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stormed the…