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Philippine military forces engaged in a gunbattle with Dawlah Islamiyah militants in the southern Lanao del Norte province, resulting in six soldiers and two rebels dead, with four soldiers wounded. The Dawlah Islamiyah, linked to the Islamic State group, was…

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Mindanao, Philippines, on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said, adding it was 10 km deep. The Philippine seismology agency had a different reading, saying it was a magnitude 5.9 earthquake with a…

A phreatic eruption from the Mayon Volcano summit occurred at 4:40 p.m. on Sunday, February 4, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). The eruption lasted for about 169 seconds based on the seismic record, PHIVOLCS said. According…

Car manufacturers Toyota, Volkswagen, Tesla, General Motors and BYD may be using aluminium made by Uyghur forced labour in their supply chains and could do more to minimise that risk, Human Rights Watch says. An investigation conducted by HRW has…

The European Mediterranean Seismological Center announced this morning, Tuesday, that an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale shook the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in northwestern China. It should be noted that most of the Uyghur Muslims live in this province.…

Northwest China’s Xinjiang region is the first area to implement a government policy promoting integration among ethnic groups to achieve President Xi Jinping’s goal of establishing a unified national identity, Chinese media reported. The regulation calls for the creation of…

Trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan resumed Tuesday after the two sides reopened a key northwestern border crossing shut for more than 10 days, the Associate Press reported. Truckers for years have been able to cross the border without documents, so…

Several people have been injured after homes collapsed due to a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region early Tuesday, state-run media reported. The quake’s epicenter was at a depth of 22 kilometers (13 miles) in…

Taipei City was recently lauded as the “Most Promising Muslim-friendly City Destination of the Year” by the Halal In Travel Global Summit 2023. Department of Information and Tourism of Taipei City Government announced during a recent press conference that it…

China says that 456,000 people were newly employed during the first 10 months of the year in its far-western Xinjiang region, evidence it said showed that Beijing was successfully promoting economic development to create a “happy and harmonious” Uyghur society.…