Thu 20 January 2022: Mullah Hassan Akhund, Afghanistan’s acting prime minister, called for world nations to recognize the country’s Taliban administration on Wednesday, saying at a news conference in Kabul that all conditions had been met. “I ask all governments, especially Islamic countries, that they should start recognition,” Akhund said, in his first major public […]
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Wed 19 January 2022: A genocide of Muslims in India could be about to take place, an expert said to have predicted the massacre of the Tutsi in Rwanda years before it took place in 1994, has warned. Gregory Stanton, the founder and director of Genocide Watch, said during a US congressional briefing there were […]
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Wed 19 January 2022: After a new cluster of COVID-19 cases was traced to a pet shop, Hong Kong ordered the cull of 2,000 hamsters on Tuesday and warned pet owners not to kiss animals. The human Delta variant outbreak linked to the shop worker prompted tests on hundreds of animals, with 11 hamsters testing […]
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Wed 19 January 2022: In a recent Texas hostage-taking incident, the perpetrator demanded US officials release Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman imprisoned for alleged connections with Al Qaeda. Imprisoned Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui’s name reemerged in last weekend’s Texas hostage-taking incident, in which Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British citizen, took hostages in a synagogue, demanding Siddiqui’s […]
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The photo of the girls sitting on the stairs of the college that went viral on social media. Tue 18 January 2022: Bengaluru, India – When A H Almas, 18, and two of her friends stepped into their classroom on a December morning, the teacher immediately yelled at them: “Get out.” The Muslim girls were not […]
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Tue 18 January 2022: As a result of an earthquake that struck western Afghanistan on Monday, at least 26 people were killed, four more were critically injured, and hundreds of homes were demolished or damaged, according to local officials. On Monday, the western province of Badghis was jolted by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake. According to […]
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Mon 17 January 2022: Chinese scientists announced Monday that they uncovered a new form of insect nymph from mid-Cretaceous amber Xinuha reported. According to scientists this insect dates back to nearly 100 million years ago, extending the geological range of ant mimicry by almost 50 million years. More than a dozen ant-like alienopterid nymphs were […]
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Mon 17 January 2022: According to a senior government official, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has picked the name Nusantara, which means “archipelago” in English, for the new national capital to be erected on the country’s Kalimantan island. “I just received a direct confirmation from the president on Friday and he said the new capital is […]
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Mon 17 January 2022: Birju Maharaj, a legendary figure in Indian classical dance and one of the country’s most well-known performers, has died. He was 83 years old when he died. Maharaj had a kidney problem and was on dialysis when he died, according to his granddaughter Ragini Maharaj, who told the Press Trust of […]
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Mon 17 January 2022: Despite China’s efforts to expand the young population, official data released on Monday showed that the country’s birth rate fell to a historic low in 2021. The figures showed that the population increased by less than half a million while China’s general population expanded by roughly 480,000 people, bringing the total […]
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