Pakistan enforces strict measures against begging by nationals during pilgrimage
The Pakistani government has introduced strict measures to address the issue of some of its nationals engaging in begging during...
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Tragedy in India: Fire claims lives of 10 newborns in hospital
Ten newborn babies tragically died from burns and suffocation after a fire broke out in the neonatal intensive care unit...
Pakistan: Accidental car bomb blast kills seven, including children
A powerful car bomb exploded in Mir Ali, a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, early Thursday,...
COP29: Taliban-led Afghan govt. sets for first global event participation in Azerbaijan
An Afghan delegation will attend the upcoming UN climate change summit, COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, marking the Taliban government’s first...
“It’s illogical”: Morality ministry breaks silence, says Afghan women not barred from speaking to each other
Afghanistan's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (PVPV) has reacted to reports making the rounds...
Pakistan: 25 lives claimed in railway bomb blast in Balochistan province
A devastating bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta, in Pakistan's Balochistan province, has killed at least 25 people,...
Taliban authorities shut media station for airing background music in broadcasts
Taliban authorities have closed Radio Zhman TV in Afghanistan's southeastern Khost province, alleging it violated the media policies established since...
India: Supreme Court upholds 2004 Madrassa Education Law in Uttar Pradesh
In a significant reprieve for madrassas (Islamic schools) in Uttar Pradesh, the Indian Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutional validity...
Religious leaders vital for climate change progress, says OIC ambassador
Ambassador Aftab Ahmad Khokher, the Assistant Secretary-General for Science and Technology at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has highlighted...
Malaysia leads charge to expel Israel from UN over Palestine violations
Malaysia is taking a strong stance against Israel's actions in Palestine, leading a core group drafting a resolution to expel...
Indonesia: Evacuation commences as volcanic eruption claims 10 lives
A distressing volcanic eruption in eastern Indonesia has claimed 10 lives, according to the country's disaster mitigation agency. Mount Lewotobi...
India: Junior doctors end 17-day hunger strike protesting colleague’s rape and murder
Junior doctors in Kolkata, India, have ended a 17-day hunger strike protesting the rape and murder of a colleague. The...
UN refugee agency urges Indonesia to rescue stranded boat with over 100 Rohingya refugees
The United Nations refugee agency is urging Indonesia's government to rescue a boat carrying over 100 Rohingya refugees, including women...
New Indonesian president announces biggest-ever cabinet, vows to unite country
Indonesia's newly inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto has announced his cabinet, dubbed the "Red and White Cabinet", which comprises a whopping...
Prabowo Subianto sworn in as Indonesia’s eighth president
Prabowo Subianto has been sworn in as Indonesia's eighth president, marking the beginning of his leadership in the world's third-largest...
Indonesia to enforce halal labeling law, inspect grocery stores
Indonesian authorities will start inspecting grocery store shelves from Friday to ensure compliance with the country's halal labeling law. The...
India’s Muslim community faces discrimination following new controversial policy
Muslims in India have reported experiencing job losses and the shuttering of their businesses following the implementation of a controversial...
Taliban takeover triggers unrelenting fear for former Afghan policewomen, says HRW
Since the emergence of the Taliban in Afghanistan, former policewomen have lived in constant fear and threat, according to a...
Ratan Tata: Tributes pour in as Indians mourn late tycoon
Tributes have started pouring in following the announcement of Indian tycoon Ratan Tata, who died aged 86. Many on social...
Indian business legend Ratan Tata passes away at 86
Ratan Tata, the visionary former chairman of Tata Group, has died at the age of 86, the conglomerate announced in...
Flooding claims lives of two elephants at Thai sanctuary
A devastating flood in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, has resulted in the tragic deaths of two elephants, Fah Sai and...
Imam of Prophet’s mosque lands in Indonesia, sets for meeting with top officials
Sheikh Ahmed Al-Huthaifi, one of the Imams in the Holy Mosque in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, has commenced a five-day visit...
China urges EU to resolve trade disputes through consultations amid tariff dispute
China's Ministry of Commerce has called on the European Commission to take concrete actions to "implement its political will and...
Afghanistan: Russia sets to remove Taliban from terrorist organization list, paves way for normalization of ties
Russia's Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that a decision to remove the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations has...
Uyghurs Muslims: US bans imports from Chinese firms over forced labor concerns in Xinjiang
The US Department of Homeland Security announced a ban on imports from Chinese steel manufacturer Baowu Group Xinjiang Bayi Iron...
Thailand fatal crash: Authorities nab driver of ill-fated school bus
Authorities in Thailand have arrested the driver of the ill-fated school bus carrying 45 students and teachers that caught fire...
Nationwide protests in India over hospital safety and colleague’s rape
Indian doctors in Kolkata have restarted their strike to protest the horrific rape and murder of a 31-year-old female colleague,...
Thailand: Bus crash claims 23 lives, injures 16 outside Bangkok
Tragedy struck outside Bangkok when a bus carrying school children crashed and caught fire, claiming the lives of 23 people,...
China urges citizens to flee Israel amid escalating tensions with Hezbollah
The Chinese embassy in Israel has issued a warning, advising citizens to leave Israel "as soon as possible," citing heightened...
Voting begins in Indian-administered Kashmir’s first local elections since 2014
Voting commenced on Wednesday in Indian-administered Kashmir, marking the first local elections in a decade and the first since the...
Beijing faults US for failure to reach Gaza ceasefire
China has blamed the United States government for the failure to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza as the Israeli conflict...
Minors detained in southwest India for raising Palestinian flag
In southwest India, Karnataka Police detained four minors for allegedly raising a Palestinian flag while riding a motorcycle in Chikkamagaluru...
India: Muslim scholar Kaleem Siddiqui, 14 others receive life imprisonment over ‘illegal conversions’
An Indian-based Islamic scholar, Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui, along with Umar Gautam and ten others, have been sentenced to life imprisonment...
Punjab counter-terrorism department arrests 33 suspected terrorists in month-long operations
The Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has announced the arrest of 33 suspected terrorists in 475 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) conducted across...
India: Outrage in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit District after brutal assault on Muslim youth
A horrific incident in Pilibhit district, Uttar Pradesh, northern India, has sparked widespread outrage, particularly among the Muslim community, after...
India: JIH slams detention of 28 Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam, calls for immediate release
Malik Motassim Khan, Vice President of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), India, has vehemently condemned the detention of 28 Bengali-speaking Muslims from...
Pakistani forces step up counter-terrorism efforts, neutralize 90 militants in 4,021 operations
In a press conference on Thursday, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), revealed that...
OIC General Secretariat denounces deadly blast in Kabul as ISIL claims responsibility
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned a deadly suicide attack that occurred in a southern area of...
Bangladesh faces renewed Rohingya Muslims influx following escalating violence in Myanmar
No fewer than 8,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh, escaping the intensifying conflict in Myanmar's Rakhine state, according to...
Pope Francis touches down in Muslim-majority Indonesia for landmark visit
Pope Francis arrived in the Muslim-dominated Indonesia on Tuesday, marking the start of his longest foreign trip to date. The...
India’s sacred cow: Vigilantism and the erosion of religious freedom
In recent years, India has witnessed a troubling surge in attacks on its Muslim community by self-styled cow vigilantes. These...
Indonesia: Muslim lifestyle festival breaks attendance records as push for halal industry intensifies
Tens of thousands of Indonesians flocked to the country's largest Muslim lifestyle festival on Sunday, as the government pushes to...
India: Protest erupts in Shimla Over “Illegal” mosque construction, attack on trader
In India, hundreds assembled in Sanjauli on Sunday to protest the "illegal" construction of a mosque and the attack on...
Indian cow vigilant group kills Muslim man over alleged beef consumption
A tragic incident has occurred in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri district. Sabir Malik, a Muslim migrant worker from West Bengal, India,...
15th OIC Summit ends with Banjul Declaration
BANJUL DECLARATION ADOPTED BY THE 15TH SESSION OF THE ISLAMIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE (SESSION OF “ENHANCING UNITY AND SOLIDARITY THROUGH DIALOGUE...
Taskin shines in Bangladesh’s record 546-run test win
Taskin Ahmed's outstanding performance has propelled Bangladesh to a historic Test victory over Afghanistan by a massive margin of 546...
Practical Tools for Religious Diplomacy
By Rebecca Abrahamson This is part two of an article about religious diplomacy. In that first piece, we discussed the...
Afghanistan Taliban-led admin to sign contract with Chinese company to extract oil from country’s north
Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration is to sign a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya...
Explosion at military airfield entrance in Afghan capital kills, wounds several people
An explosion at the entrance to a military airfield in the Afghan capital killed and wounded several people on...
Kim Jong Un orders development of new ICBM, larger nuclear arsenal to counter US-led threats
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for developing new intercontinental ballistic missiles and a larger nuclear arsenal to...
Humanitarian staff says aid agencies in Afghanistan will struggle to provide services if Taliban upholds ban
Aid agencies in Afghanistan will struggle to provide vital services to people in the country if the Taliban...
Saudi Arabia, Japan sign clean energy cooperation document
Saudi Arabia and Japan signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) on Sunday in the fields of the circular carbon...
Japan military: Biggest military build-up since WW II unveiled
Japan on Friday unveiled its biggest military build-up since World War Two with a $320 billion plan that will...
Crypto company founder dies suddenly at age 30
Hong Kong-based digital asset company Amber Group announced the death of Tiantian Kullander on its website. He reportedly died...
Pakistan assured of $13B funding from China, Saudi Arabia following catastrophic floods
Pakistan has been assured of $13 billion in funding from China and Saudi Arabia. This is following the nation's...
Iran poses cybersecurity threat to Gulf countries
Iran poses a very real cybersecurity threat to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries and could target key industries...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo wins Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace Award
President Joko Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia has won the 2022 Imam Hasan bin Ali International Peace Prize...
India’s capital New Delhi choked by ‘hazardous’ smog
On Thursday, the smog air pollution in New Delhi hit “hazardous” levels. Smoke from thousands of crop fires in...
Russia, China to deepen cooperation on defense issues
Russia and China have agreed to deepen cooperation on defense issues with a focus on holding joint exercises, Moscow’s...
Japan government to waive tourist visa requirements as part of border easing
Japan’s government is planning to waive tourist visa requirements from some countries as part of a further easing of...
