London: Non-Muslims around the world took part in two Ramadan challenges this month designed to show solidarity with Muslims against a rising tide of Islamophobia, and improve religious tolerance and understanding. People from more than 25 countries took part in the annual Fast For Unity and
Riyadh: The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen s Huthi insurgents announced it would free 163 rebel prisoners, a gesture it said was part of efforts to end the brutal seven-year war. The move came after a Huthi official called this week for both sides to release
Gaza: At least 42 people were injured by Israeli police's actions against Palestinians at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, following weeks of violence at the flashpoint site. The unrest came on the final Friday in the Muslim holy month of
Cusago: An Italian aid programme had for years provided Viktoria Shakshyna with a respite from the children’s home where she lived in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine. When the bombs began falling, it became her lifeline. "You could hear the shots and the sounds of missiles
Islamabad: A Pakistani Hindu in Sindh province has been observing the fast since the beginning of Ramadan in solidarity with the Muslims of the country in general, and his district Tharparkar in particular. Sushil Kumar Malani, 38, like many other Hindus, has been observing the fast
New Delhi: India enforced as many as 106 internet shutdowns last year and was on top of the list of nations that applied internet shutdowns for the fourth year in a row, as per a report published by Access Now. “India was responsible for at least
Chandigarh: ‘No means no.’ The slogan reverberated through the air at a special gram sabha called by the Moorang gram panchayat in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district last month as its members refused to give their consent to a proposed 804-megawatt hydro-electric project in their area. Moorang
New Delhi: Various Hindu organisations and religious leaders have endorsed a statement that says the “time is long overdue” for Hindus around the world to break the “collective silence and speak out” against Hindutva-fuelled hate and violence against Muslims and other minorities in India. The statement,
Srinagar: A scene in the recently released film, The Kashmir Files, shows a Hindu woman being stripped and sawed alive by militants in the 1990s as her Muslim neighbours looked on. All it took to recreate this scene in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone was a mannequin borrowed
New Delhi: India is facing its worst electricity shortage in more than six years just as scorching temperatures force early closures of schools and send people indoors. Extreme heat parched large swathes of South Asia this week after India’s hottest March on record, prompting Prime Minister