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In an open letter to the French government 459 civil society organisations have urged President Emmanuel Macron to stop the French oil giant Total Energies paying millions of dollars...

Over 100 million people have been driven from their homes around the world, according to new data released by the UNHCR, making it the highest number on record. The...

The Omani Foreign Ministry yesterday said it had facilitated the release of 14 foreigners who were held by the Houthi group in the Yemeni capital city of Sanaa, and...

Among the most dangerous threats to world security today, in addition to the expansion of military armament, especially in the nuclear field and the spread of terrorism, is the...

Consistency and unity are needed to safeguard rights of Muslims across the globe, speakers said at a conference in Istanbul on Wednesday and Anadolu News Agency reports. "There is...

Rohingya refugees and victims are suing Facebook for $150 billion. They allege that Facebook played a key role in the brutal crackdown against Muslims in Myanmar by promoting anti-Rohingya...

An Israeli columnist has linked the ongoing Israeli spyware scandal to previous Israel arms sales made to regimes that carried out genocides and war crimes. Commenting on the spyware...

Egypt has been listed by the International Trade Union Confederation as one of the world's worst ten countries for workers in the world. In its annual report, the ITUC...

Bangladesh has sought the cooperation of Saudi Arabia for a sustainable repatriation of Rohingya Muslims to their home country, Myanmar, reports Anadolu Agency. Bangladeshi Foreign Minister A. K. Abdul...

German Fenerbahçe midfielder, Mesut Ozil, has donated €101,000 ($120,770) to the Turkish Red Crescent for an aid campaign run during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Anadolu news agency reported. The...

The government of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir will withdraw cases filed against a group of people from Bangladesh, including members of the Rohingya community, so that they can be...

Turkey on Saturday "strongly condemned" the most violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Myanmar when the ruling military regime put on a show of its strength on its annual...

A Turkish military cargo plane carrying hospital supplies and a field hospital departed for Bangladesh early Saturday following the March 22 deadly blaze in Cox's Bazar which shelters thousands...

After a year of impasse, the UN and Bangladesh finally reached a consensus on a first-hand visit by the UN delegation to the Rohingya relocation site on a remote...

Rohingya refugees who have been residing in Saudi Arabia for decades will not be sent back to Bangladesh, a top Bangladeshi diplomat said on Wednesday following a recent visit...

What is taking place in Myanmar right now is a military coup. There can be no other description for such an unwarranted action as the dismissal of the government...

The situation in Myanmar is fluid, and all scenarios are possible following the military coup. It is worth looking, therefore, at generalisations about coups rather than specifics, from an...

Bangladesh on Monday began relocating the 2nd batch of Rohingya refugees to a remote island, amid concerns from rights groups, Anadolu reports. Speaking to Anadolu Agency over the phone,...

Turkey's state aid agency on Sunday finished handing out blankets to 5,000 Rohingya families in Bangladesh's refugee camps on the eve of the arrival of winter, Anadolu Agency reports. "As part...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Republic of Myanmar have signed a joint agreement to establish diplomatic relations, WAM reported yesterday. The agreement was signed by the UAE's...

Saudi Arabia has reportedly threatened to return Bangladeshi workers from the kingdom if the country does not issue passports to some 54,000 Rohingya Muslims who have been living in...

Two Myanmar soldiers have gone on record confirming for the first time the atrocities committed by the army against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority. The two defectors said on...

The coronavirus pandemic has presented a serious test to how different societies and countries can work together to tackle an unprecedented force. Many governments and individuals have grappled the...

Malaysian authorities are scrambling to track down about 2,000 Rohingya men who attended a religious gathering that has led to a big spike in coronavirus cases across Southeast Asia,...

Arab silence on the looming genocide of the Uyghur Muslims in China is deafening. Supposedly influential and powerful Arab states look on as the persecution continues. There are an...

American educational children's television series "Sesame Street" is trying to help refugee children suffering from war by airing on channels in the Middle East, including Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and...

We are approaching that time of year when people of many faiths and none come together in unity to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, which serves as a stark reminder...

According to Amit Shah, the national President of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), "Infiltrators are like termites in the soil of Bengal. The BJP Government will...

Saudi Arabia has stated that it has provided over $17 billion to refugees around the world over the past two decades and has hosted over a million Syrian, Yemeni...

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has highlighted the country's "shameful role" in the Myanmar military regime's "genocidal campaign" against the Rohingya Muslim minority, citing Tel Aviv's arms sales to the...

The Israeli ambassador was mistaken to have sent a "GOOD LUCK" message to Myanmar ahead of World Court hearings on accusations the state committed genocide against Rohingya Muslims, Israel's...

Read part 1 and part 2 Honestly, why should we blame the West, which claims to defend human rights, for their crimes against Muslims when the blame and all...