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Bahrain’s King Hamad issued a royal decree, pardoning 169 prisoners, who have served part of their jail terms for various reasons, without including prisoners of conscience and political prisoners.The pardon was announced on the occasion of Bahrain’s National Day commemorating…

A mosque came under an attack in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.A man wearing a mask hurled stones at the Hagia Sophia Mosque, an official said.There was no damage to the place of worship other than broken windows, Gaza Dejric added.The official…

UAE’s President has instructed the prayers for rain to be performed this Friday, it was announced.The prayers for rain, known in Arabic as Salaat Al Istisqaa, will be carried out at mosques and prayer sites across the nation on December…

Smugglers mercilessly beat rake-thin refugees crowded onto a fishing boat, in a video obtained by AFP news agency that shows rarely seen images from the front lines of the Rohingya trafficking network.Filmed on a mobile phone by a smuggler who…

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Sunday warned that 5 million Yemenis “will likely be living just one step away from famine in the upcoming year.”The UN organization said in a brief statement posted on its official Twitter…

The Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, organized an exhibition of Islamic artifacts including a copy of the Noble Quran that was written by a number of Kashmiri calligraphers and artists in the year 1700 CE.Developed in partnership with Christchurch…

Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility Tuesday for the abduction of more than 300 schoolboys last Friday in northwestern Nigeria.Nigerian authorities have yet to respond to the claim. However, the Katsina State governor on Monday said he had begun…

An Egyptian young man has a unique skill that he learned from his father when he was little.Hussain can draw the letters of the Noble Quran as if it is a painting.The 20-year-old Mahmoud Hussain was born in Qana province…

Despite calls from exiled Uighurs, International Criminal Court prosecutors say they will not investigate China for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity, according to a report issued December 14.The Uighurs had called for the investigation and provided The Hague-based court…

Azerbaijan and Armenia started the process of exchanging prisoners Monday, a move stipulated in the peace deal between the two ex-Soviet nations that ended recent fighting over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.Azerbaijani authorities said an all-for-all exchange of prisoners and…