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A Swedish woman, self-identified as “Woman of the Cross,” has burned a copy of the Holy Quran once again in the Skarholmen area of the Swedish capital, Stockholm. This is the same area where the 39-year-old Swedish man, Michael Janike,…

At least four people were injured after a powerful magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook the island of Java, Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) said on Sunday. The epicenter of the quake was about 150 kilometers (93.2 miles) south of Garut,…

A new report has found that the Chinese communist government is subjecting the Uyghur minority group to a devastating campaign of mass incarceration. More details in the following report: According to a recent report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project,…

Two earthquakes, the largest a 6.1 magnitude, hit Taiwan’s eastern county of Hualien on Saturday, Reuters reported, adding there was no immediate reports of damage. It said that the quakes, within half an hour of each other in the early…

Severe flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have claimed the lives of at least 70 people since mid-March, double the number of earlier fatalities, Al Jazeera reported yesterday citing the government officials. The flooding, exacerbated by the El Niño weather…

An artificial sweetener used in cakes, soft drinks and chewing gum can seriously damage people’s health by weakening the gut, a new study published in the medical journal Frontiers in Nutrition has found. Recent studies have indicated considerable health risks associated with…

Burkina Faso’s military forces “summarily executed” 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages in February, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a new report. The mass killings took place on February 25 in the northern villages…

A new study has revealed that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute of every year – over the past 50 years. The vast majority of lives saved…

At least 70 al-Shabaab terrorists were eliminated and 30 others wounded in a military operation in Somalia’s northern Mudug region, Anadolu Agency reported on Thursday. The operation happened in the vicinity of Tabar-mooge, about 28 kilometers (17 miles) north of…

Dozens of students were arrested Wednesday across US campuses, with police clashes and political tension. The arrests come amid a wave of demonstrations at campuses across the US, which began last week after students at New York’s Columbia University set…