. Muizat Hameed

Turkey's interior Ministry has in a circular imposed new Covid-19 restrictions across the country amid rising fatalities. The restrictions now expands from 14 to all of 81 provinces in Turkey. In the circular released on Thursday…

UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, has said that the UN and its partners are supporting the Sudanese Government as it responds to recent severe flooding, which has killed 90 people and affected 380,000 others. The flooding was triggered…

The International Committee to Support Gaza (ICSG) has beckoned on the world community to save Gaza amid Israeli’s ongoing aggression, siege and the spread of COVID-19. This was stated in a statement issued on Monday August 31, 2020, by…

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), have made their decisions to support Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) based in Senegal with medical equipment and biomedical research in the…

The police have announced the death of three people killed in two separate explosions in Abu Dhabi and Dubai on Monday. The Abu Dhabi government media office reported that two people were killed in the blast in the capital which hit the…

The government of Afghanistan has said that it won't release the remaining 320 insurgents in prison until the Taliban releases 22 captive members of the special forces. Afghanistan's National Security Council spokesman, Jawed Faisal, in a…

Eye witnesses have reported that many Kashmiris were injured when Indian police dispersed a procession with disproportionate force. The eyewitness, Nazir Ahmad, said hundreds of mourners were marching near the Hamadania Colony on the…

The UN International Organization for Migration has reported, highlighting the need to strengthen resilience of affected communities, that more than 360,000 internally displaced persons in Chad’s Lake province are facing a “double” crisis,…

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has announced plan to organize two donor conferences to fundraise for efforts to rebuild Beirut after a massive explosion devastated the city on 4th August. The explosion…

The United Nations special envoy has said that peace talks between the Syrian Bashar Al-Assad regime and the opposition, which were halted after some delegates tested positive, have resumed in Geneva. Geir Pedersen at a news conference…

The European Union Trade Commissioner, Phil Hogan, has tendered his resignation from his position. Hogan made the decision on Wednesday August 26, 2020, after news of his participation at a social event which broke Irish rules towards…

At least 12 people have died and 40 injured in twin blasts that rocked southern Philippines today. "Two explosions hit Jolo in Sulu province of autonomous Bangsamoro region in southern Philippines early this morning," Philippines military…

A team of surgeons at a private hospital in New Delhi has removed the world’s largest ovarian tumor from a 52-year-old woman’s body. The tumor which was removed during a three and a half hour surgery weighed 54 kilograms (119 pounds) , a…

Palestine and Azerbaijan have congratulated Turkey on the discovery of major natural gas reserves in the Black Sea. Turkey’s Communications Directorate said Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip…

At least 6 people have died after a cargo plane crashed in South Sudan shortly after taking off from the airport in the country’s capital. The director of Juba International Airport, Kur Kuol, said eight people were on board of the plane…

Somali pirates have released the remaining three Iranian crew of the hijacked FV Siraj. This was disclosed on Friday August 21, 2020, by the Kenya-based Upstage Support Partnership. The vessel, FV Siraj, which was captured in March 2015…

The United Kingdom's official statistics agency has reported that the public debt owed by the United Kingdom has in its first time crossed $2.6 trillion. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the public debt increased £227.6…

India's health minister has launched an interactive game called 'the Corona Fighters' which encourages adherence to important COVID-19 appropriate behaviors While disclosing this during the launching on Friday August 21, 2020, the health…

Saudi authorities have announced the dismissal of the commander of the border guards alongside five other prominent officials from their posts over corruption charges. On Friday August 21, 2020, a royal order was issued regarding…

The Sultanate Council Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs has announced that Friday 21st August, 2020, will be the beginning of a new Hijrah year. This was declared in a press statement released on Wednesday where it stated that there…

UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia has in a report released yesterday claimed that more than half of Lebanon’s population are living in poverty. In a data compiled in May 2020, ESCWA's “estimates reveal that more than 55…

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group has signed a US$8 million Murabaha-structured line of trade finance with the private joint stock bank, Trustbank in Uzbekistan. While…

The United Nations World Food Programme has partnered Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity to provide financial assistance to more than 40,000 mothers registered under the Ministry’s ‘Takaful and Karama’ program and their children under 2…

The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria has called for an end to incessant hate speeches caused by ethnic and religious intolerance that has dominated the country. Ibrahim Abdullahi, the National Coordinator of MMWG stated this in a press…

Police have reported that unknown gunmen have shot dead a Somali regional minister in the town of Jowhar, Middle Shabelle region. Abdifatah Hassan, a police official in Jowhar town said that Hirshabelle State Agriculture Minister Abdukadir…

Two Iraqi officials have received a seven-year jail term from the Iraqi's Commission of Integrity over mismanagement of more than seven million dinars ($5.8 million) of public funds. The commission in a statement on Sunday August 16, 2020,…

The government of Egypt has approved a new law which protects the identity of women who come forward to report sexual harassment or assault thus encouraging the female folks to report cases of sexual violence. The law, which gives victims…

A woman has surrendered herself to police after murdering a 10-year-old boy in west London. The 40-year-old woman, who committed the crime around 2:30 am on Sunday August 16, 2020 was afterwards arrested. Officers and paramedics visited a…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel have today opened diplomatic ties as part of a deal brokered by the US and as thus began telephone service between the two nations. An hour after the announcement, UAE officials acknowledged that…

The Liberian Ministry of Health has received ten new hard top ambulances from the World Bank to ensure the safe transfer of patients to health facilities across the Country. The donation made will strengthen President George Manneh…