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...
GENEVA (AA) – The International Organization for Migration said Tuesday it was “deeply shocked and saddened” by the recent discovery of the bodies of 27 migrants, including four children, in the Chadian desert. The migrants reportedly left Moussoro, a crossroads town in West-Central Chad, 17 months ago in a pickup truck, the IOM said in ...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The eight-year-old conflict in Yemen has killed or maimed more than 11,000 children, according to the UN Children’s Fund. While the UN-brokered truce led to a significant reduction in the intensity of the conflict, a further 62 children have been killed or injured after a nationwide cease-fire expired on Octob...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A new study has found a World Health Organization (WHO) authorized oral vaccine for the type 2 poliovirus to be safe which develops 99% protective neutralizing antibodies in previously unvaccinated newborns. Scientists at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), an internati...
