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UN Chief Calls for Global Support to Address Climate, Conflict Crises in Africa

UN Chief Calls for Global Support to Address Climate, Conflict Crises in Africa

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has renewed his appeal for the international community to back efforts to tackle the climate crisis and civil strife undermining peace, stability, and sustainable growth in Africa, Xinhua reported yesterday. Addressing the UN Civil Society…
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi: Today’s world is in dire need of the Holy Prophet and Imam Ali’s Islamic approach

Grand Ayatollah Shirazi: Today’s world is in dire need of the Holy Prophet and Imam Ali’s Islamic approach

The Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, stated on Thursday that the world today is in dire need of implementing the true Islamic approach brought by the Holy Prophet and was followed by his successor, Imam Ali,…
HRW accuses paramilitary forces of “ethnic cleansing” in West Darfur

HRW accuses paramilitary forces of “ethnic cleansing” in West Darfur

In a report published on Thursday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias killed “at least thousands of people” in West Darfur state, calling it “crimes against humanity” and “genocide”. RSF attacks…
Morocco: Navy rescues 38 migrants off Atlantic coast

Morocco: Navy rescues 38 migrants off Atlantic coast

The Moroccan navy conducted a rescue operation on Thursday, saving 38 migrants from a boat in the Atlantic near Tan-Tan port, Xinhua reported today. The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces confirmed the rescue, stating that a navy unit intercepted the boat…
Deby Declared Winner of Chad’s Presidential Election

Deby Declared Winner of Chad’s Presidential Election

Chad’s transitional President Mahamat Idriss Deby secured victory in the country’s presidential election held this week to end a three-year transition to democratic rule, the national electoral agency announced Thursday, Al Jazeera reported today. Deby won 61.03% of the May…
Alarming Underreporting of Islamophobic Attacks in Germany

Alarming Underreporting of Islamophobic Attacks in Germany

A concerning new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) has revealed that 9 out of 10 Muslim victims of Islamophobic attacks in Germany do not report the incidents to police, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. According to HRW researcher Almaz Teffera,…
World may be on cusp of cutting down on using fossil fuel, says a report

World may be on cusp of cutting down on using fossil fuel, says a report

Renewable energy accounted for more than 30% of the world’s electricity for the first time last year following a rapid rise in wind and solar power, according to a new report by climate thinktank Ember. The report, published on The…
Rising temperatures increase incidents of domestic violence due to worsening living conditions

Rising temperatures increase incidents of domestic violence due to worsening living conditions

Asia is warming faster than the global average, according to data from the World Meteorological Organization, and must prepare for longer, more frequent and more intense heatwaves.  A record heatwave is hitting South and Southeast Asia. In Nepal, the authorities…
UN adopts resolution designating May 25 as World Football Day

UN adopts resolution designating May 25 as World Football Day

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Tuesday proclaiming May 25 as World Football Day. The day marks the 100th anniversary of the first international football tournament in history with the representation of all regions as part of the 1924…
Student protests in support of Palestine spread across European universities

Student protests in support of Palestine spread across European universities

Following pro-Palestnian protests across US universities, similar student protests demanding that universities sever ties with Israel over the Gaza war have spread across Europe, sparking clashes and arrests as new demonstrations broke out in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria, The…
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