Thu 16 October 2025: On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled a new development near Mecca’s Grand Mosque, which will provide approximately 900,000 additional indoor and outdoor prayer spaces, according to the project’s implementing company. Spanning up to 12 million square meter gross floor area adjacent to the Grand Mosque, the project […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: According to official Home Office statistics, 45% of all religious hate crimes in England and Wales (excluding London) recorded in the last year targeted Muslims — a 20% increase. The official statistics, released last week, show that Muslims were disproportionately targeted as victims of hate crimes in England and Wales in the year […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: Egypt and Sudan reiterated their firm rejection on Wednesday of any unilateral measures regarding the Blue Nile, where Ethiopia built a dam project disputed by the two downstream nations, Anadolu reports. Speaking during a meeting in Cairo between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: Planning is under way for an international stabilisation force to go into Gaza, the Reuters news agency reports. “Right now what we’re looking to accomplish is just a basic stabilization of the situation. The international stabilization force is starting to be constructed,” it quoted an unnamed “senior US adviser” as saying. […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ ICJ genocide case will continue despite Gaza ceasefire: “The peace deal that has been struck, which we welcome, will have no bearing on the case that is before the International Court of Justice,” Ramaphosa told parliament. “The case is proceeding, and it now […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: President Cyril Ramaphosa says progress and healing hinge on the case against Israel being heard. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Gaza ceasefire will not affect his country’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Ramaphosa made the statement on Tuesday in Cape Town in parliament, […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban administration have agreed to a temporary ceasefire for 48 hours starting 6:00 p.m. Pakistan local time (1300 GMT) on Wednesday, Islamabad said, after fresh fighting erupted between the neighbours, Reuters reported. Both Pakistan and Afghanistan will make sincere efforts, through dialogue, to find a positive solution […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Africa carries a heavy health burden. It accounts for 25% of the global disease burden despite having only 18% of the global population. The situation reflects deep-rooted challenges in healthcare access, infrastructure, and socioeconomic conditions. Yet the continent produces only 3% of global medicines. It imports over 70% of its medicines. This makes medicine […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Handicap International says an estimated 70,000 tonnes of explosives have been dropped on Gaza since the start of the war, warning that returning civilians face severe danger amid a fragile ceasefire. Unexploded ordnance in Gaza poses “enormous” risks for displaced people returning home during the US-led ceasefire, the NGO Handicap International […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Pope Leo XIV has ordered the delivery of 5,000 doses of antibiotics for children in Gaza as humanitarian aid begins to enter the enclave following two years of conflict, the Vatican has said. The initiative, carried out through the Office of Papal Charities, aims to provide urgent medical support for Gaza’s youngest victims, Vatican […]
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