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UAE Tops List for Most Expensive Internet; Eastern Europe Offers Best Value ——————————————- A new report by the firm We Are Social for 2025 has revealed vast differences in the average price of fixed-line internet across more than 60 countries,…

Spain’s Socialist Party Removes Pork from School Menus in Ceuta to Promote ‘Diversity’ ——————————- The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) has announced plans to implement a new initiative in the autonomous city of Ceuta to remove pork from school menus,…

UNICEF warns of massive surge in Gaza child deaths ————————————— UNICEF has warned of a massive spike in child deaths in Gaza due to prolonged food shortages and weakened immunity, Arab News reported. The UN children’s agency called for all…

Over 1.27 Million People Homeless in Europe Each Night ———————————— More than 1.27 million people across Europe are sleeping on the streets or in shelters every night, according to an activist from the European Federation of National Organizations Working with…

UN Calls for Action on Deepening Sahel Displacement Crisis —————————– The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has issued an urgent appeal for sustained international support to address the rapidly worsening displacement crisis in Africa’s Sahel region, according to Anadolu Agency. The…

CAIR Condemns Nobel Committee for Awarding Peace Prize to Venezuelan Politician María Corina Machado ———————————————- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has sharply criticized the Nobel Committee’s decision to award this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María…

Magnitude-7.4 Earthquake Strikes Mindanao, Philippines; Minor Tsunami Recorded, One Fatality Reported ——————————- Early Friday, a magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippine region of Mindanao, triggering tsunami warnings across parts of the Philippines and Indonesia’s North Sulawesi.…

Nine-Story Mosque Construction in Tokyo Signals Growth of Japan’s Muslim Community ————————————— Construction has begun on a nine-story, 39-meter-tall mosque in Tokyo, a project aimed at serving Japan’s rapidly growing Muslim population, despite facing some local opposition. The project is…

UK Churches Honor Abolitionist Olaudah Equiano ————————— Two churches in Cambridgeshire, located in Soham and St Andrew’s in Chesterton, commemorated the prominent 18th-century abolitionist Olaudah Equiano as part of Black History Month. Equiano was kidnapped from his home in Nigeria…

26 Migrants Rescued on Remote Greek Island ……….. A refugee support organization, Lutke Foundation, reported on Thursday that 26 migrants arrived early in the morning on the remote Greek island of Farmakonisi. The group’s route was reportedly altered, leading them…