SANAA, Yemen (AA) — The number of displaced people in war-torn Yemen has dropped by half in the first six months of 2023. A statement from the International Organization for Migration said 20,892 people were displaced between Jan. 1 and July 1, 2023. That is down from 42,000 in the same period last year. The […]
BRASILIA, Brazil – Two business associations have joined forces to promote halal products in the South American country of Brazil. The Halal Brazil Project is a joint effort of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil). The project offers a series of trade shows and...
KAHRAMANMARAS, Türkiye (AA) – In yet another miraculous rescue, crews defied odds and pulled alive a 42-year-old woman from rubble of a collapsed building, 222 hours after earthquakes hit southern Türkiye last week. Melike Imamoglu was saved in the Onikisubat district of Kahramanmaras province, the epicenter of the tremblors in which more than...
HATAY, Türkiye (AA) – Four people were rescued from the debris of a destroyed apartment building in Hatay province 72 hours after devastating quakes hit southern Türkiye. Five-year-old Hazal and her mother Betul Guner were rescued by Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority and IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation search...
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – The first batch of 41 families who were forced to flee their homes in 1993 when Armenian soldiers occupied their village in Zengilan, Azerbaijan’s southwest region, have begun to return home. A group of 60 people, or 10 families, returned their homes in the Agali village, which is located on the […]
LAHORE, Pakistan (AA) – A delegation of British Sikh soldiers which visited Pakistan this week appreciated its efforts to preserve the two most holy sites of Sikhism. The two most revered shrines of the Sikh religion are Nankana Sahib, the place where Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion, was born, and Kartarpur, where […]
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP): Dozens of Afghan women wearing thick green shawls were married off in a mass wedding in Kabul on Monday in a ceremony attended by hundreds of guests including Taliban fighters. Marriage is a costly affair in deeply impoverished Afghanistan, traditionally involving huge dowries, expensive gifts and lavish parties. Hist...
An American college student and a group of Uyghur researchers have created an Uyghur version of the braille alphabet. The development comes at a time when the Chinese government is working to eradicate the Uyghur language in China’s western Xinjiang region. Harris Mowbray, an undergraduate international relations student at the American Univer...
The Taliban’s acting minister for higher education announced Monday that some public universities in Afghanistan will reopen today. Shaikh Abdul Baqi Haqqani said in a news release that state universities in warmer regions of the country will resume classes while those in colder regions will reopen Feb. 26. Haqqani said exams will be held thre...
Iraqi national Adam Muhammed has begun his journey to Hajj by foot. The 25-year-old started his trek from London on Aug. 1 and hopes to reach Makkah by July. He has already reached Istanbul in Turkey. Adam is accompanied by a dog he found in Serbia and a trolley he uses to carry his supplies. […]
