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5 people drown after boat carrying migrants capsizes off Turkish coast

5 people drown after boat carrying migrants capsizes off Turkish coast

A boat carrying migrants capsized off the Turkish Aegean coastal province of Izmir on Monday, killing at least five people, the Turkish coast guard said. A further six migrants were rescued. The coast guard said a search and rescue mission…
Water scarcity affects nearly 350 million children in South Asia: UN

Water scarcity affects nearly 350 million children in South Asia: UN

More children in South Asia are struggling due to severe water scarcity made worse by the effects of climate change than anywhere else worldwide, the United Nations says. “A staggering 347 million children under 18 are exposed to high or…
EU says around 100 civilians reportedly killed in Burkina Faso village massacre

EU says around 100 civilians reportedly killed in Burkina Faso village massacre

Roughly 100 civilians were reportedly killed during a massacre on a village in the West African country of Burkina Faso, the European Union’s diplomatic service said Monday. Unidentified assailants recently attacked the village of Zaongo in Burkina Faso’s northern Centre-North…
Largest mosque holding up to 10,000 worshippers set to open next year in Cyprus

Largest mosque holding up to 10,000 worshippers set to open next year in Cyprus

The biggest mosque in Cyprus, designed to hold up to 10,000 people, will open in the north next year, on the Near East University campus, CyprusMail reported yesterday. A number of presidents from Muslim countries have been invited for the…
Toddlers need chickenpox jab, advisers tell NHS

Toddlers need chickenpox jab, advisers tell NHS

The government is to decide whether or not children between 12-18 months will get vaccinated against chicken pox as advised.Till date, majority of parents go private and pay up to £200 to protect their children against this virus, which causes…
Uyghur-supporting Hui Muslim Poet harassed, beaten near home

Uyghur-supporting Hui Muslim Poet harassed, beaten near home

Hui Muslim poet Cui Haoxin, formerly a vocal critic of Beijing’s treatment of Uyghurs and Hui Muslims, has been severely beaten by an unidentified man after lying low for nearly three years. The attack came nearly three years after Cui…
Pakistan: 2 soldiers killed in operation targeting militants in North Waziristan

Pakistan: 2 soldiers killed in operation targeting militants in North Waziristan

Two soldiers were martyred while one terrorist was killed in an exchange of fire between security forces and militants in North Waziristan District of Pakistan, a local military media confirmed on Monday. The operation on Monday was part of a…
China reportedly uses smart cameras to identify fasting students in Muslim-majority province

China reportedly uses smart cameras to identify fasting students in Muslim-majority province

US-based research group IPVM has accused Chinese video surveillance equipment company Hikvision of engaging with a contract to develop technology that can identify Muslim students that are fasting during Ramadan, based on their dining records. The $9 million contract required…
Anti-Muslim incidents skyrocket across Canada, Muslim groups say

Anti-Muslim incidents skyrocket across Canada, Muslim groups say

The president of the Canadian Muslim Forum said that the level of anti-Islamic hate crimes and intimidation reported since Oct. 7 has soared. In his nearly 30 years as co-founder and then president of the Canadian Muslim Forum, Samer Majzoub…
UK Interior Minister sacked following pro-Palestinian protests comments

UK Interior Minister sacked following pro-Palestinian protests comments

The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak terminated the controversial Interior Minister Suella Braverman on Monday, according to several media reports. The dismissal came as part of changes Sunak is making to his team ahead of the expected general election next…
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