Simon Collins, the British ambassador to Saudi Arabia, has confirmed his conversion to Islam after a lifetime of diplomatic work in Muslim countries, including Iraq and Syria. Collins, whose wife Huda Mujarkesh is a Syrian Muslim, is the first British diplomat to perform the revered pilgrimage to Mecca, known as Hajj. He was pictured with […]
Two tourists were killed and 13 injured when an explosion struck a ferry traveling between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok. Authorities are investigating the cause of the blast. “Two of them died, 13 were injured,” Bali police spokesman Made Sudana said in a statement, adding the explosion happened off the coast of Lombok. […]
North Koreans living along the Tumen River border with China on Tuesday described a hellish ordeal as the river rose swiftly, leaving many people scrambling for safety in a flood that has claimed at least 200 lives and devastated a wide swath of country’s poorest region. “The floods came through with such force that the […]
A Karachi-bound express train collided with a freight train in Pakistan’s central Punjab region early on September 15, killing at least six people and injuring more than 100, Pakistani officials and media said. The Awami Express hit a stationary cargo train at Sher Shah, about 25 kilometers from the city of Multan, and four carriages […]
The chilling image of five children staring into the camera with guns in their upraised arms as five grown men dressed in orange jumpsuits kneel in front of them, about to be executed, was posted by Islamic State (IS) extremists almost as a badge of honor. According to the SITE counterterrorism website where the image […]
Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel has admitted that a spillage at one of its plants was responsible for a local river turning blood red. Russian environmental regulators had ordered an investigation last week into why the Daldykan River near Norilsk in the Russian Arctic had been discolored. Despite initially denying that it was responsible, Norilsk […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – At least 27 people were wounded in a bomb attack near the ruling AK party headquarters in the Turkish city of Van, officials said, according to Al Jazeera. The blast, which went off on Monday, September 12 morning, took place between the AK party’s offices and those of the governor, Anadolu news agency […]
Tens of thousands of Muslims have gathered at various locations in and outside Moscow to pray and celebrate the Feast of Sacrifice, dedicated to the Prophet Abraham. Some 4,000 Russian police were assigned to guard the festivities. The celebration of Eid al-Adha, or Kurban Bayram in Russia, began at 6:30am local time (03:30 GMT) and […]
