ISTANBUL (AA)- China has criticized Sweden after a recent incident took place involving the burning of copies of the Muslim holy book. “Freedom of speech cannot be a reason to incite racial or cultural discrimination and tear society apart,” said Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of China’s Foreign Ministry, referring to the incident...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced deep concern Wednesday about the “deteriorating situation” in Jerusalem and violence in and around the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement that Guterres is actively “engaged with leaders to do all they can to lower tensio...
NEW DELHI (AA): India’s top court on Wednesday stayed demolition of “encroachments” by authorities in the same area of the capital New Delhi where communal violence broke out last week. The bulldozers sent by the local municipality, which is administered by India’s ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), arrived in the Jahangirpuri neighborh...
ANKARA (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday called for international action to end “barbaric” Israeli attacks against Palestinian worshippers as tension continues to flare up in occupied East Jerusalem. In a statement, the pan-Muslim grouping said Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha has “dispatched identica...
BURSA, Turkiye (AA) – A roadside bomb killed a prison guard and injured four others in Turkiye’s northwestern Bursa province on Wednesday. A bus carrying security personnel was targeted with an improvised explosive device near a gas station in Bursa’s central Yenikaraman neighborhood, according to Governor Yakup Canbolat. The deceased officer ...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia is taking “resolute steps” towards dictatorship amid a deep political crisis in the North African nation, three political parties warned on Wednesday. In a joint statement, the Coordination of Social Democratic Forces, which brings together the Democratic Current, the Republican Party, and the Democratic Blo...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday ordered a ban on far-right lawmaker Itamar BenGvir from accessing Jerusalem’s Bab al-Amud area to join a planned settler flag march. “I have no intention of letting minor politics to endanger human lives. I won’t allow BenGvir’s political provocation t...
DHAKA, Bangladesh – The World Bank will lend Bangladesh $250 million to support the country’s reform efforts to sustain growth following the COVID-19 pandemic and to enhance resilience to future shocks, including climate change. The Bangladesh First Recovery and Resilience Development Policy Credit — the first in a series of two cr...
ANKARA – According to the Turkish National Defence Ministry, Turkish security forces have “neutralized” a total of 26 PKK militants since the launch of Operation Claw-Lock in northern Iraq. The operation successfully continues as planned, the ministry said in a statement. According to the ministry, the new operation was launched af...
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON: The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is the time of the year when Muslims all over the world cherish all that they have been blessed with. Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan in order to attain righteousness and learn self-restraint. Fasting in the Holy Month is one of Islam’s five main […]
