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A mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley, killing at least 151 people and injuring 82 others in South Korea’s worst disaster in years. Emergency workers…

In celebration of the birth anniversary of Imam Hassan al-Askari (peace be upon him), the Umm al-Baneen (peace be upon her) Center in the city of Majunga, Madagascar, held a celebration for women, attended by a group of girls and…

The Sharjah International Book Fair hosted rare Arabic and Islamic manuscripts dating back hundreds of years, some of which were displayed for the first time in the Middle East, and others dating back to the seventh century AH. The collection…

The Pew Research Center expected a rapid growth in the number of Muslims, which will equal the number of Christians in the world, during the next three decades, to jump to the highest by 2050. In a new report prepared…

United Nations special envoy Noeleen Heyzer has condemned an air raid by Myanmar’s military in northern Kachin state that killed as many as 80 people, as she warned that a human rights and humanitarian crisis in the military-ruled country is exacting “a…

The International Nonviolence Organization (Free Muslim) called on leaders and rulers in the countries of the Middle East to take the initiative to release all prisoners of conscience, led by journalists and media workers, stressing the cessation of violations that…

A new report issued by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), warned on Wednesday that the plans provided by most signatory countries to the Paris Agreement would reduce global warming emissions, but they were still unclear enough…

The Islamic Museum in the Qatari capital (Doha) witnessed the opening of an exhibition dedicated to Afghan refugees, depicting their suffering after their evacuation and their liberation from the oppression and killing they are subjected to at the hands of…

An Open Mosque Day will be held at the Islamic Center of Naperville, Illinois, on Sunday. The free event, which will include food from around the world, will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 2844 W. Ogden…

Human Rights Watch has confirmed that civilians are the majority of victims of explosive weapons in populated areas around the world, including Yemen and Iraq. In a report it issued with the International Human Rights Clinic of Harvard Law School,…