Beijing: China has asked Muslim citizens to resolutely oppose religious extremism and stick to socialism with Chinese characteristics as it tightened security in the restive Muslim-majority Xinjiang province with stern measures. Chinese Muslims should resolutely oppose religious extremism, Wang Z

New York [USA]: As fighters advance on the besieged city of Mosul and the ISIS seemed to suffer huge losses, the terror outfit has now started targeting children and civilians. The terror group’s tactic of desperation as nearly 100,000 fighters advance toward Mosul is to simply lob mortars indisc

Los Angeles: A hijab-clad woman was allegedly accosted at a US store by another customer who called her a “terrorist” and told her to “get out” of the country, the latest in a series of hate incidents in which headscarf-wearing women have been targeted following Donald Trump’s win. The incident happ

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake jolted Akto County in Xinjiang province at 10.24 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Friday, local authorities said adding that there were no casualties. According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre, the quake struck at a depth of 10 km with its epicentre located at 39.27 degre

Forty-four people were killed and 103 injured when one Iranian passenger train collided with another at a station about 150 miles (250 km) east of the capital Tehran, state media reported. “I was sleeping when the crash happened. I thought it was an air strike … When I opened my eyes, there was bloo

A 5-year-old Muslim kindergarten student was allegedly assaulted by a woman teacher who grabbed him by the neck and began choking him, the latest in a series of hate incidents reported in the US following Donald Trump’s win. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the country’s largest

Jerusalem: A massive fire has been spreading in the northern Israel since Tuesday. Fire has been spread across the central and northern regions of Israel and parts of the West Bank. Dry conditions and high winds have made the situation worse. According to latest figures, there were 30 reports of

Mosul [Iraq]: Iraqi security forces have recaptured six villages in southeast and north of the city of Mosul, while Special Forces continued heavy clashes with the Islamic State (IS) militants in the eastern part of the city. On Monday, the army’s 9th armored Division managed to free the three vi

Manama: Police in the Saudi capital Riyadh have arrested an Indian man who posted a picture of a Hindu deity sitting on the Ka’aba, the cuboid building at the centre of Islam’s most sacred mosque. Police arrested the Indian national in his 40s, who works as an agriculture engineer. “Not only d

London, Nov 20 (PTI) Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for Queen Elizabeth II to pay nearly 370 million pounds for repairs to Buckingham Palace from her own pocket instead of resorting to taxpayer funds. The "Make Royals Pay for Palace Renovation" was created on 38 Degree

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today he backed a bill limiting the volume of calls to prayer from mosques, a proposal government watchdogs have called a threat to religious freedom. Netanyahu, who spoke as a ministerial committee was to discuss the draft bill later in t

San Francisco:A veteran history teacher in the US has been suspended for comparing President-elect Donald Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler during a post-election lesson. Frank Navarro, 65, a history and special education teacher at Mountain View High School, Bay Area, California, was asked to

LONDON At least seven people were killed and more than 50 injured when a tram overturned on Wednesday morning in south London, police said and later confirmed the driver had been arrested.Early indications were that the tram was travelling too fast on a sharp bend, investigators said.Emergency servi

Rather than bask in a post-Olympics glow, residents of Rio de Janeiro are having to relearn the run and crouch position as gun fights become an increasing feature again of life in Brazil’s second city. The massive security presence that kept athletes and tourists safe during the Games in August has

Islamic State’s alleged ‘No 1’ man in Germany described as ‘the worst’ by returnee jihadist  German police have arrested five men in anti-terror raids, including an influential preacher dubbed “Islamic State’s number one man in Germany”. The five men are all suspected of supporting Islamic Sta

Dhaka: The idol of Hindu Goddess Lakshmi, stolen from a vandalised temple, was found in a mosque in Bangladesh's Nasirnagar, six days after communal violence rocked Brahmanbaria district, even as a Muslim youth was caught torching a Kali temple in another area on Saturday, media reports said. Polic

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES:  The US military confirmed Friday it had killed Al-Qaeda's emir for northeastern Afghanistan during an air strike last month, in a major blow to the group as it seeks to re-establish safe havens in the country.  Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook described the assault that kill

Dubai: Maryam Rajavi, President of People’s Mujahedin of Iran, strongly condemned the targeting of Saudi’s holy city, Makkah with missile fired from Yemen on 29th October. She said that the strikes was carried out under the supervision of Quds Force and was said to have been ordered by Iranian Su