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Poorer countries will begin to receive coronavirus vaccination doses early next year from a facility created to ensure fair access, the World Health Organization and its partners said Friday.Almost two billion doses of candidate vaccines have been secured for the…

The Algerian government has said in statement that “the dangerous terrorist named Rizkan Ahsan, codenamed Abu al-Dahdah, who joined terrorist groups in 1994, was arrested.”The statement added, “The operation resulted in the retrieval of a Kalashnikov machine gun, three magazines,…

The last year ended with nation-wide protests against a series of controversial citizenship amendment laws passed by the government of India in December. And according to experts, the country has since become a “dangerous and violent space for Muslim minorities”.Throughout…

A member of the French Parliament on Wednesday accused Emmanuel Macron’s government of covering up crimes committed by the UAE at a factory in Yemen used as a secret prison.“How long will you continue to lie?” lawmaker Clementine Autain asked…

A mosque came under an attack in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.A man wearing a mask hurled stones at the Hagia Sophia Mosque, an official said.There was no damage to the place of worship other than broken windows, Gaza Dejric added.The official…

Smugglers mercilessly beat rake-thin refugees crowded onto a fishing boat, in a video obtained by AFP news agency that shows rarely seen images from the front lines of the Rohingya trafficking network.Filmed on a mobile phone by a smuggler who…

The Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, organized an exhibition of Islamic artifacts including a copy of the Noble Quran that was written by a number of Kashmiri calligraphers and artists in the year 1700 CE.Developed in partnership with Christchurch…

Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility Tuesday for the abduction of more than 300 schoolboys last Friday in northwestern Nigeria.Nigerian authorities have yet to respond to the claim. However, the Katsina State governor on Monday said he had begun…

Despite calls from exiled Uighurs, International Criminal Court prosecutors say they will not investigate China for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity, according to a report issued December 14.The Uighurs had called for the investigation and provided The Hague-based court…

American Orientalist Dr. Douglas Crowe wrote a research about the most prominent political and religious events after the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.Crowe is a senior researcher at the International Institute for Higher Islamic Studies in Malaysia,…