NEWS

Rights groups confirmed that Bahraini security forces beat children and threatened them with rape and electrocution after arresting them in cases related to the protest commemorating the “2011 uprising”.In a joint statement, Human Rights Watch and the London-based Bahrain Institute…

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, called for more efforts to “provide access to humanitarian aid” in Syria, calling on the UN Security Council to “achieve consensus on this crucial issue.”In a press conference held on the occasion…

Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox officials in France warned the government and parliamentarians of the dangers of a “controversial bill” targeting Islamic institutions, and considered it undermining freedom of worship and association.“Today, we openly express our concern about the draft law…

A Malaysian court on Wednesday overturned a decades-old government policy barring non-Muslim publications from using the word “Allah” to refer to God, in a landmark ruling on an issue that has fanned religious tensions in the mainly Muslim country.The decision…

Indonesia’s top religious authority has called on Muslims in the country to raise funds to help hunger-hit Yemenis.The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) asked the wealthy Muslims in general, and Islamic and humanitarian organizations in Indonesia in particular, to raise funds…

Iraq announced the targeting of hideouts belonging to ISIS terrorists in the Hamrin Mountains in Diyala province with air strikes, while the National Security Agency announced the arrest of six terrorists in Anbar province.The Iraqi Security Media Cell said in…

On December 26, 2001, Mohammad Abdul Hai boarded a train to Gujarat to attend a three-day seminar on Muslim education organized by the All India Minority Education Board, of which Hai – then an associate professor at Jodhpur’s Jai Narain…

Police say a 44-year-old man has been arrested and charged with three hate-motivated attacks on women in Edmonton.Shane Edward Tremblay, who has no fixed address, is facing three counts of uttering threats and three counts of assault.The first attack took…

The Saudi coalition forces launched dozens of air strikes on separate areas of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the provinces of Marib, a-Jawf, Saada and Dhamar.A security source indicated that the coalition air forces launched 3 raids on the Al-Nahda…

The Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate announced the arrest of the terrorist known as “Al-Kassab” in Nineveh province.A statement by the directorate stated, “In coordination with the Intelligence Department of West Nineveh Operations Command, the Military Intelligence Division detachments in the…