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Around 9,000 people in China are probably dying each day from COVID-19, UK-based health data firm Airfinity said on Thursday, nearly doubling its “estimate” from a week ago, as infections ripped across the world’s most populous nation, Reuters reported. COVID…

A civic group has filed petition to UN as South Korea’s Daegu locals continue to oppose construction of mosque. A local civic group supporting Muslims who are facing vehement backlash from local residents in Daegu after trying to build a…

The Iraqi Security Media Cell announced on Sunday the arrest of eight “terrorists” in six Iraqi cities, including the federal capital, Baghdad. In a press statement, the Security Cell said that “based on accurate intelligence information of the intelligence and…

Dozens of hungry and weak Rohingya refugees were found on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh after weeks at sea, officials said on Sunday. The group of 58 men arrived on Indrapatra beach at Ladong, a fishing village in Aceh…

Morocco’s capital is hosting the “Islamic Coins and Manuscripts” exhibition on the sidelines of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (ISESCO) 43rd Executive Council session. The exhibition contains models of dinars and dirhams from different stages of the Umayyad…

Hospitals in China appear to be filling up amid concerns about a fresh Covid-19 wave hitting the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Dr Michael Ryan says intensive care units (ICU) are busy despite officials saying numbers are “relatively…

Myanmar authorities have arrested more than 112 Rohingya, including children, for traveling “without official documents” as they tried to make their way to Malaysia, state media reported on Friday. A total of 112 people, including a dozen children, were arrested…

Malaysian towns were left inundated with muddy water in the wake of torrential rains, footage shared on social media, showed on Wednesday, forcing more than 72,000 people to evacuate as rainfall and floods were forecast to persist. At least two…

The Afghan Hazara community in Auckland is in a state of shock and grief after the killing of a young woman in Massey, NZ Herald said. An Afghan Hazara leader in Auckland told the Herald a sense of fear and…

Researchers at the University of Toronto have published a lengthy report about compulsory biometric identifiers being increasingly used for identification and surveillance of Uyghurs in China’s remote and sparsely populated northwest region. Super Red, also known as the Beijing Wanlihong…