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Amazon launched its first two prototype satellites into space on Friday in a challenge to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service. The e-commerce and web services giant’s Project Kuiper aims to provide fast and affordable broadband internet around the world by…

Muslim leaders have called on European governments to take measures against Islamophobia in Europe at security and human rights conference in Poland Report: Muslim civil society groups from Europe warned of the growing level of Islamophobia spreading across the continent…

Hundreds of Kenyan Muslims marched on the country’s Supreme Court Friday in protest against a recent decision upholding the right of LGBTQ groups to associate and form non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Deutsche Welle reported on Saturday, October 7. Angered Muslims carrying…

At least 43 million child displacements were linked to extreme weather events over the past six years, the equivalent of 20,000 children being forced to abandon their homes and school every single day, new research has found. Floods and storms…

The Shia devotees of AhlulBayt, peace be upon them, in Germany have celebrated the blessed birth anniversary of the Honorable Prophet and his grandson Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq, peace be upon them. The husseiniyya of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, in…

On June 15, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously declared October 2 — the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of India’s independence movement — as the International Day of Non-Violence. The UN resolution is intended to promote the culture…

A suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday at a tea shop in Somalia’s capital, killing at least seven people, Al Jazeera reported. The Sunni-extremist al-Shabab terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its Arabic media…

The World Resources Institute announced in its recent report that the lack of clean water will threaten about six billion people in the world by 2050. According to WRI, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East are particularly…

Security forces have rescued 14 of at least 20 students abducted from a university in northwestern Nigeria and are searching for the remaining captives, school authorities say. Gunmen attacked the school in Zamfara state’s Bungudu district last week and fled…

At least 70 members of the Sunni extremist group al-Shabaab were killed Sunday in a military operation conducted by the Somali National Army backed by local militias in north-central Mudug province. The joint force raided al-Shabaab terrorist hideouts and gathering…