New Delhi: More than 4,300 Indian women have registered to perform this year’s Hajj on their own, in what authorities say will be the country’s largest female contingent to embark on the pilgrimage without a male guardian. With over 200 million Indians professing Islam, the Hindu-majority
Islamabad: Chairperson of Peace and Culture Organization, Mushaal Hussein Mullick has said that the fascist Indian government’s belligerent policies had put regional and international peace and security at risk. Mushaal, who is the wife of jailed Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik, said in a statement that the
Jeddah: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday criticised the violence against Muslims during Ram Navami festivities in several states, saying it was a “vivid manifestation of mounting Islamophobia” in India. The bloc has 57 mostly Muslim-majority nations as its members. It is one of
New Delhi: The manufacturer of eye drops that have been linked to an outbreak of serious bacterial infections in the US, including at least three deaths, did not follow proper protocol to prevent contamination of its products, according to an inspection report by the US
Jonathan Gornall The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released its latest alarming report, warning that “there is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all.” Few journalists read past this apocalyptic warning, especially those committed to the demonisation of
United Nations: Landmines still lay hidden in nearly 70 countries that continue to kill or maim innocent people, despite the destruction of millions of booby traps globally by UN personnel over the past two decades, the world body said Tuesday. Marked annually on April 4, the
OUAGADOUGOU: Scores of young Burkinabe Muslims and Christians gathered in Ouagadougou’s public square as the sun set to breakfast together, promoting religious tolerance during Ramadan and Lent as Burkina Faso grapples with a violent insurgency. Organized by a local interfaith youth group, the event saw Muslims
Rome: Pope Francis led a Palm Sunday service the day after he was discharged from hospital following a bout of bronchitis, and urged the world to take better care of the poor, the lonely and the infirm. Thousands of people waved palm and olive branches as
Dhaka: Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged Bangladesh to suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, warning conditions there would not be safe for the persecuted and stateless minority. Bangladesh is home to around a million Rohingya, most of whom fled a 2017 military
United Nations: The international community must take firm and principled action to protect the human rights and dignity of Palestinians, amid mounting violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and the threat of even further annexation, an independent UN-appointed rights expert has said. “The wave of deadly