GENEVA (AA) – The UN Human Rights Council said Wednesday that attacks on the Quran in Europe will be discussed at its 54th session from Sept. 11 to Oct.13. Czech Republic’s Ambassador to the UN, Vaclav Balek, told a news conference in Geneva that the session would be the longest of the Council. Balek, who […]
ANKARA (AA) – India’s top court on Tuesday finished hearing arguments on petitions challenging the legality of the legislation passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 that stripped disputed Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, and its special status. The Supreme Court’s constitutional bench, led by Chief Justice Dhananjaya ...
PARIS (AA) – France has begun discussions with Niger to withdraw some of its troops from the West African country, said a media report on Tuesday. Negotiation with the military government has started, said the Le Monde report, based on multiple sources. Sources claimed that cooperation between France and Niger in the fight against terror...
ANKARA (AA) – More than 60 Muslim girl students refused to remove their abaya at schools, the French education minister said on Tuesday. Gabriel Attal said in an interview with RMC that the abaya, a loose full-length robe worn by Muslim women as a sign of modesty, was recently banned in schools due to the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi returned to Earth on Monday, completing the longest Arab space mission. In a statement, the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) said Al Neyadi had returned to Earth from the International Space Station. “The longest Arab space mission has been successfully completed,” it said. Foota...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran’s new ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alireza Enayati, is set to begin his diplomatic mission in Riyadh on Tuesday. “I will leave for Riyadh on Tuesday,” Enayati told the state news agency IRNA. He said the new Saudi ambassador to Iran will also start his mission in Tehran “in the same period […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Six miners have been killed in an explosion inside a coal mine in northeastern Iran, local media reported on Monday. Rescuers recovered the bodies of six miners killed in the explosion that took place on Sunday in Semnan province, the state news agency IRNA reported. “An explosion occurred in the eastern Alborz […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli sports delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday to participate in a world weightlifting competition, according to Israeli media. The Saudi-hosted World Weightlifting Championship 2023 will qualify Israel to reserve a ticket for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris, the Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported...
PARIS (AA) – A rights watchdog in France has challenged the government’s ‘abaya’ dress ban in schools at the Council of State, the country’s highest court, a lawyer said. The abaya is a full-length dress worn by some Muslim women for religious reasons. Vincent Brengarth, the lawyer for the Muslim Rights Action (ADM), said on ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Nearly 1 million children in Mali face acute malnutrition by the end of the year without life-saving humanitarian aid as 200,000 face the dire prospect of death by starvation, the UN has warned. About one in four people in Mali are suffering from moderate or acute food insecurity, the UN said following […]
