By Ibrahim Saleh BAGHDAD (AA): Five Iraqis, including a soldier, were killed in attacks by suspected Daesh/ISIS terrorists in Iraq on Saturday, according to security sources. Eighteen more people were killed on Friday. Daesh/ISIS terrorists launched an attack on a … Continued The post Iraq: 23 killed in Daesh/ISIS terrorist attacks across the country appeared first on The Muslim News.

By Hamed Chapman   London, (The Muslim News): The Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme, designed to kick start the hospitality industry during last year’s second wave lockdown, was responsible for a huge rise in deaths due to Covid-19 … Continued The post UK: Muslims disproportionately hit by Covid infection by Eat Out to Help Out scheme appeared first on The Muslim News.

By Mohammed Dhaysane   MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): Four football players were killed and several others wounded when a bomb blast targeted a bus carrying a local soccer team in Somalia’s port city of Kismayo on Friday, an official said. Omar … Continued The post Somalia: Bomb blast kills 4 footballers in Kismayo appeared first on The Muslim News.

By Ibrahim al-Khazen   ISTANBUL, Turkey (AA): An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced 24 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death in two separate cases involving the killing of police officers. The state-owned al-Ahram newspaper said the Damanhour Criminal Court ordered … Continued The post Egyptian court sentences 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death appeared first on The Muslim News.

By Qais Abu Samra   HEBRON, Palestine (AA): An 11-year-old Palestinian child, who was shot and injured by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, succumbed to his wounds, according to local residents and the Palestinian Health Ministry. … Continued The post Palestine: Israeli army kills Palestinian child in West Bank appeared first on The Muslim News.

By Esat Fırat and Mohammad Ghefari JERUSALEM (AA) :A Palestinian man was shot dead late Tuesday by Israeli forces in the village of Beita in occupied West Bank. In the northern Jordan Valley area 13 Palestinians were wounded by Israeli … Continued The post Palestine: Israeli army kills Palestinian man, wounds 62 in West Bank appeared first on The Muslim News.

TUNIS, Tunisia (AA): Tunisia’s Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi said Monday the assembly is in session, reiterating rejection of President Kais Saied’s decision to suspend parliament. On Sunday, Tunisian President Kais Saied ousted the government of Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, froze … Continued The post Tunisia: Ghannouchi says parliament in session, rejects ‘coup’ appeared first on The Muslim News.

By Alaattin Dogru  and Esra Taskin   PARIS (AA): France has adopted a bill titled “reinforcing respect for the principles of the Republic,” criticized for marginalizing Muslims. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced Friday on Twitter that the parliament had adopted … Continued The post France: Criticized over marginalizing Muslims, French bill adopted appeared first on The Muslim News.

By Aamir Latif and Ahmet Gurhan Kartal   MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan-administered Kashmir/ LONDON (AA): Thousands of miles away from Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir or Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), the election fever has taken over Kashmiri diaspora living in the … Continued The post Election fever in Pakistan-administered Kashmir takes over UK appeared first on The Muslim News.

By Nour Abu Eisha   GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Saturday decried a decision by the African Union (AU) to grant Israel an observer status at the pan-African bloc. “This decision enhances the legitimacy of the … Continued The post Hamas condemns ‘shocking’ Israel’s observer status at African Union appeared first on The Muslim News.

By Md. Kamruzzaman   DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Nobel Peace Laureate and entrepreneur Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Olympic Laurel on Friday during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 in Japan. It is the highest award presented by … Continued The post Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus awarded Olympic Laurel appeared first on The Muslim News.

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Human rights groups on Thursday accused Israeli authorities of torturing a Palestinian detainee to death. Abdu Yousef al-Khatib Tamimi, 43, lost his life during interrogation at al-Moscobiyeh interrogation center in occupied East Jerusalem. … Continued The post Palestinian groups accuse Israel of torturing detainee to death appeared first on The Muslim News.

By Aamir Latif   KAIL, Pakistan-administered Kashmir (AA): Under the shadow of snow-capped mountains, flourishing green forests, and towering hills on both sides of the noisy Neelam River, political parties are making a last-ditch effort to woo voters in the … Continued The post Voters in Pakistan-administered Kashmir demand share in resources appeared first on The Muslim News.

By Md. Kamruzzaman   DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): More than 60 makeshift tents of Rohingya refugees at a camp in Bangladesh’s southern Cox’s Bazar district were gutted in a fire late Tuesday, according to Rohingya and official sources. “We primarily came … Continued The post Bangladesh: Fire guts over 60 Rohingya tents at Cox’s Bazar camp appeared first on The Muslim News.

By Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): Boris Johnson defiantly proceeded with removing most restrictions to contain the third wave of the Covid pandemic ripping across the UK which forced him to isolate to mar what was supposed to be … Continued The post Johnson announces vaccine certificates on ‘Freedom Day’ appeared first on The Muslim News.