Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday recognized the independence of two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine in an emotional address on state-run television. He also questioned Ukraine’s right to sovereignty and alleged the West had spent years cheating Moscow. Putin said the West “spat” on Russia’s security con...
The Indian state where Muslim girls with hijab are being banned from entering schools has now turned violent against Muslims. On Sunday at least 20 people were injured and around 50 vehicles torched during a funeral procession. A Hindu extremist, who police say, was an active Bajrang Dal militia member involved in attacks targeting Muslims [&h...
Leaders of Jerusalem churches on Monday warned of an Israeli plan to confiscate church-owned lands in the occupied city. In a Feb. 18 letter to Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg, they called for halting a plan to expand an Israeli park to the Olive Mount in East Jerusalem. The letter was signed by leaders […]
A total of 750 tons of emergency relief goods sent by a“charity train” from Turkey to Afghanistan was delivered to Kabul Monday. Medical aid packages were delivered to the Health Ministry of the interim Afghan administration in a ceremony. It was coordinated by Turkey’s state-run Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency and with the suppo...
Pakistan is under fire for toughening its controversial cybercrime law. It allows anyone to file a complaint against people posting fake news on Twitter and Facebook, and increases the prison term from three to five years for those found guilty. Changes to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act were introduced Sunday through a presidential or...
Ghanian football star Abdul Majeed Waris, the Racing Strasbourg forward, is funding a mosque project in his Ghanaian hometown. The Twitter page of the player’s foundation shared photos of the mosque that showed work on the project is moving forward successfully. The two-story mosque is under construction in the Lamashegu community in Tamale ...
Iran signaled “significant progress” Monday in talks on reviving a stalled accord on its nuclear program. But President Ebrahim Raisi, on his first visit to a Gulf state, insisted Washington must lift its crippling sanctions on Iran. The country’s president is a personal target of United States’ sanctions. Raisi spoke out ahead of a summit [&h...
Burma on Monday urged the U.N.’s highest court to drop a genocide case brought against it by The Gambia for alleged persecution of Rohingya Muslims. Gambia dragged Burma before the International Court of Justice in 2019. The Buddhist-majority country is accused of genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority after a bloody 2017 military crac...
University students whose peers were killed in a rocket attack by the YPG/PKK terrorist group last week in northwestern Syria want the perpetrators held accountable. The terror group has recently increased its attacks on civilians, disrupting security in the safe zones of northern Syria. On Feb. 15, four people, including two students from Ale...
More than 75 mosques in Flanders, Belgium have been awaiting recognition they applied for nearly three years ago, Flemish Minister of Coexistence Bart Somers said. In Belgium, the federal government determines which religions are recognized. However, the regions are in charge of recognizing local religious communities. Flanders has roughly 1,7...
