LONDON (AA) – A display of artwork designed by schoolchildren from Gaza was taken down at London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital after complaints by a pro-Israel campaign group on behalf of Jewish patients. The hospital was forced to remove the artwork after complaints by a small number of Jewish patients “who said they felt vul...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Hurairah Yasir’s discussions on faith and doubt with her mates at a boarding school in the northern Baramulla district of Kashmir impacted her to an extent that she decided to write a book. She was in class 9, aged 14. “I couldn’t resist myself. I wanted to say it […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Three leading international aid agencies have partially resumed their activities in Afghanistan after the Taliban administration’s assurance to allow female workers to carry out their work. The international NGOs who announced resuming their work are CARE, Save the Children, and International Rescue Committee (IRC). Thes...
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AA) – The second most popular name for boys in the Netherlands in 2022 was Muhammad, according to new figures. According to data released by the Dutch Social Insurance Bank (SVB) on Thursday, the top name for newborn boys in the country last year was also based in faith – Noah, with 871 […]
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Twenty-six people were arrested when security agencies in Uganda raided a Muslim-founded school on Monday night, police said on Tuesday. The arrests were made at the Imam Ridha Islamic School, belonging to the former Supreme Mufti Sheikh Zubair Kayongo, which is located at the Buloba village in the outskirts of the [&hel...
ISTANBUL / NEW DELHI (AA) – India launched a probe after authorities in Uzbekistan on Thursday said that 19 children in the country had died because of side effects of a cough syrup manufactured by an Indian pharmaceutical firm. Ajay Kumar Jain, a top official of the Food Safety and Drug Administration Department in India’s […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The number of children facing dire drought conditions across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has more than doubled in five months, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). In a statement, UNICEF said that around 20.2 million children are now under threat of severe hunger, thirst and disease compared to 10 milli...
Banjul, Gambia (AFP): A Gambian parliamentary committee has recommended that an Indian pharmaceutical company be banned and prosecuted over the deaths of at least 70 children from acute kidney failure. “The government should pursue legal action against Maiden Pharmaceuticals for exporting contaminated drugs to The Gambia,” the sele...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The visiting high-profile delegation from the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) have called on the Bangladeshi authorities to adopt a mechanism for educating the Rohingya children in the crowded refugee camps in the country’s southern border district of Cox’s Bazar. The 11-member team from the Committ...
ANKARA (AA) – A fire that raged on Friday in southeastern France left 10 people dead, including five children. The fire started early morning in Lyon’s suburb Vaulx-en-Velin in a seven-story residential building, according to a statement of the prefecture of Rhone. “The cause of the fire remains unknown,” the prefecture...
