MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he does not exclude the possibility of the integration of the AUKUS grouping into the NATO military alliance for Western dominance in the Asia-Pacific region. Addressing the 11th Moscow Conference on International Security via video link, Putin said Western countries resist the...
CANAKKALE, Türkiye (AA) – The Turkish Coast Guard has rescued 27 irregular migrants who were pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by Greek authorities. The Afghan migrants were rescued from a rubber boat off the Ayvacik district in the northwestern Canakkale province, according to the Coast Guard Command. The migrants were taken to the ...
PODGORICA, Montenegro – In the southeastern European country of Montenegro, two incidents targeting Muslims in religious dress occurred in quick succession this month. First, a Kuwaiti woman wearing an Islamic headscarf and her family were pelted with an alcoholic drink from a hotel balcony in Budva. Two days later, a man insulted a teen...
TUNIS, Tunisia – In the past 24 hours, the Tunisian Coast Guard foiled 13 attempts by boats carrying illegal migrants and rescued at least 700 people, including five Tunisian families with children. One of those rescued, Reda Haji, said the situation in Tunisia was “extremely difficult” She said some people are so desperate t...
ALGERIA (AA) – Algeria has said that Denmark’s foreign minister apologized for a recent string of hate crimes directed against the Quran by far-right extremists in front of the diplomatic missions of several Muslim nations, including Algeria’s. During a phone call with his Algerian counterpart Ahmed Attaf, Lars Lokke Rasmusse...
LONDON (AA) – The British health secretary has said that asylum seekers, who were moved from the Bibby Stockholm after traces of Legionella bacteria were found, should be put back on the floating barge. “It’s important that we both maintain safety standards, but also reflect the pressure on the taxpayer position in terms of that [&hellip...
ISTANBUL (AA) – In Fisksatra, a quiet suburb in the Nacka municipality just outside Stockholm, Muslims and Christians have coexisted peacefully for years. Together, they have held “peace prayers,” organized cultural festivals, and even planned to establish their houses of worship next to one another. That spirit has been put to the test by the...
ANKARA (AA) — The UK has announced new funding to step up its response to “Pro-Khalistan extremism,” referring to a Sikh separatist movement in Indian Punjab. “A deeper partnership between our two nations means we can more effectively tackle the security threats we both face,” a statement by the British High Commission ...
-Perpetrators chanted anti-Islamic slogans during provocative act, which took place under police protection COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Members of the ultranationalist group, Danske Patrioter, or Danish Patriots, burned a copy of the Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen. The group then proceeded to burn another copy of the Qura...
GENEVA (AA) – Six people died and 50 others were rescued after a migrant boat capsized while crossing the English Channel, the French authorities said on Saturday. France’s Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea said in a statement that the exact number of people is “not easy to calculate.” “The human toll...