LONDON (AA) – Hate crimes in the UK are on the rise because the government “tends to try to appease the far right by adopting some of their positions,” according to a prominent Muslim scholar. Anas Altikriti, CEO of Cordoba Foundation, told Anadolu Agency that the British Muslim community has sensed that “there is a […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The Bangladesh border force confiscated narcotics consignments worth over 130 million Bangladeshi taka (approximately $1.3 million) along the border with Myanmar on Saturday, officials said. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered the drugs in two separate searches in Teknaf area on the southeast coast of Cox...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s military has secured the release of the remaining 23 passengers who were abducted by Boko Haram during an attack in March on a train in northwestern Nigeria, an official announced Wednesday. Usman Yusuf, Secretary of the Chief of Defense Staff Action Committee, said the captives were released around 4 p.m. ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least 45 people have been abducted by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria’s Kaduna state according to official sources. Speaking to reporters, the president of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, Awemi Maisamari, said armed men on motorcycles stormed a church in the Kajuru local government area of Kaduna. In the attack...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A US judge has overturned the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, who had been convicted for the 1999 killing of his former girlfriend. Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn vacated the conviction of Syed, granted a new trial, and ordered his immediate release after 22 years in prison. Syed, now 41, was found […]
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – The Nigerian secret service searched the office and home of bandits negotiator, Tukur Mamu, early Thursday in northern Nigeria, an offical told Anadolu Agency. Security operatives took laptops, phones and other documents from both locations. Mamu was arrested for his alleged involvement in collecting ransom and takin...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Nigerian police have rescued 15 children who were kidnapped in southern Rivers state, according to a security official. River State Police Commissioner Friday Eboka said police launched an operation because of the disappearance of children in the southern city of Port Harcourt. The children were rescued and taken to...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Canadian police have charged two suspects who are still at large with five counts of first-degree murder following a stabbing spree in the province of Saskatchewan. The violence has left 10 people dead and 18 injured after two men ran amok on the James Smith Cree Nation reserve and a nearby […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 10 people have been killed and 15 more injured in a series of stabbings in Canada’s central Saskatchewan province, police said on Sunday. Two suspects – Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30 – are still at large, according to Rhonda Blackmore, commanding officer of the Saskatchewan Royal Canadian Mounted [&hell...
ANKARA (AA) – A fire completely burnt down a mosque in northern France late Friday night, local media reported, with authorities suspecting an arson attack. The incident took place at the Rambouillet mosque in the Yvelines department of the Ile-de-France region, according to Le Parisien newspaper. An investigation has been launched to as...
