Download image Cover of the 2013/14 Edition of the Muslim 500 AMMAN, Jordan, December 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Latest annual release of ‘The Muslim 500’ highlights those world’s most influential Muslims and highlight changes going on in the Muslim world…
Browsing: World News
Global / International news and media releases covering America, Asia, Europe, Middle-East, Oceania and the World beyond.
The Foreign Press Association on Sunday accused the Israeli army of “deliberately targeting” journalists after soldiers fired rubber bullets and threw a stun grenade at photojournalists clearly identified as press. In a statement, the Tel Aviv-based…
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday accused the United States of halting essential supplies to some Afghan army and police units in order to pressure the country to quickly sign a key security pact. The interruption of fuel and equipment had occurred…
Croatians voted on Sunday in a referendum that could ban same-sex marriage in this conservative and Catholic country, an issue that polarises the European Union’s newest member. Discrimination or protection of family values, human rights or gay activists…
A woman run over and trapped under a car in China was rescued by good samaritans who lifted the vehicle off her. CCTV footage shows the victim riding an electric bicycle being hit during morning rush hour in the city of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, on…
Scottish police say eight people are now confirmed dead following the crash of a police helicopter into a crowded Glasgow pub. (Nov. 30)
Soil from World War I battlefields in Belgium was laid in a memorial garden in London on Saturday ahead of the 100th anniversary next year of the start of the conflict. Seventy bags of “sacred soil” gathered by more than 1,000 British and Belgian schoolchildren…
European ambassadors and intelligence officials are making discreet trips to Damascus in a bid to resume contacts with the Syrian regime after years of outspoken support for the opposition, diplomats say. “Since May, little by little, we have begun…
The United States has offered to destroy Syria’s chemical stockpile and will do so on a ship at sea, the world’s chemical watchdog said on Saturday. “The Director-General stated that the neutralisation operations will be conducted on a US vessel at…
The United Nations is to seek more international aid to shelter and give temporary jobs to millions displaced by the Philippines’ deadliest typhoon in history, officials said Friday. “Providing shelter and rebuilding lives is an urgent priority,” said…