International Features

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu Turkey will be known as Türkiye at the United Nations from now on, after it agreed to a formal request from Ankara. Several international bodies will be asked to make the name change as part of a rebranding campaign launched by the Turkish president late last year. “Türkiye is the best representation and expression of …

Lars Vilks had lived under police protection since depicting Islam’s revered figure with the body of a dog in 2007. Vilks worked as an artist for almost four decades and rose to fame after producing several controversial works [File: Reuters] Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body …

Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the attack which took place on the 3rd of September in Auckland, New Zealand. We are shocked and saddened to hear that the perpetrator of this dastardly act is of Sri Lankan origin and his inhumane act was driven by what is reported as an ISIS deviant extremist ideology. Sailan Muslim …

source ARABNEWS Doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen at a restaurant in Kragujevac, Serbia, May 4, 2021. (REUTERS) Tetamman clinics offer treatment and advice to those with virus symptoms such as fever, loss of taste and smell, and breathing difficulties JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday approved two further COVID-19 vaccines, Sinovac and Sinopharm. …

A vigil has been held in Canada in memory of a Muslim family killed when the driver of a pick-up truck ran them over. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the attack on the Afzaal family in Ontario a “terrorist attack”. Police say the crime was motivated by anti-Muslim hate. A 20-year-old man, Nathaniel Veltman, was arrested and charged with …