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Dozens dead as fatal fire erupts after bus crashes into fuel van in Pakistan

A passenger bus in Pakistan’s Punjab province collided with a parked van carrying fuel drums, leading to a fire that claimed the lives of at least 18 people and left 13 others injured. The bus with more than 40 passengers was bound for Islamabad from Karachi when it met with the accident in the early hours of Sunday near Pindi Bhattian, Hafizabad […]

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Muslim couple killed in India over son’s relationship with Hindu girl

SITAPUR, Uttar Pradesh: Another discriminatory and horrific incident occurred with the largest minority in India—Muslims wherein an elderly Muslim couple was killed in Uttar Pradesh over their son’s relationship with a Hindu woman. The incident occurred in Sitapur city of UP. The couple—Abbas and his wife Kamrul Nisha—died on the spot in the attack and

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Jaranwala residents had little to begin with the violent mob took away their hope too

It’s Friday afternoon, August 18, two days after dozens of Christian homes and 19 churches in various neighbourhoods and villages of Faisalabad’s Jaranwala tehsil were vandalised and burned down by a mob over blasphemy allegations. Sayedwala Road, which cuts through Jaranwala city is lined with rows of prison vans and police vehicles. Law enforcement agencies are on

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Saudi guards kill, abuse refugees at border with Yemen: HRW

Saudi Arabia has engaged in a large-scale and brutal killing of African refugees and migrants at its southern borders with Yemen that could constitute crimes against humanity, according to a prominent rights group. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has documented, in a report made public on Monday, “widespread and systematic” abuses committed by Saudi border guards

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Tropical Storm Hilary drenches usually arid southern California

Heavy rain has deluged parts of Southern California, with forecasters warning of a “potentially historic amount of rain” and severe flooding in the usually arid part of the United States, as Tropical Storm Hilary raced in from Mexico. One person died in Mexico amid reports of flash flooding in the Baja California peninsula, where some

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Sweden considering wider powers for police to disallow Quran burning

Sweden’s government is mulling wider powers to police under some changes to its Public Order Act, to restrict acts of hate against religions, such as the burning of the Holy Quran, after recent Islamophobic incidents in the Scandinavian country stirred anger among Muslims, Reuters reported. However, the legal amendments will be done only if such incidents threaten national security,

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First Person: Iraqis ‘not abandoned’ after 2003 attack on UN Baghdad

A senior political affairs officer at the United Nations has described how the sacrifice of colleagues who died in the attack on the UN offices at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq in 2003, has been acknowledged by the UN’s continued presence in the country. The then New York-based Elpida Rouka had accompanied the Executive

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Canada wildfires: British Columbia province declares emergency

A state of emergency has been declared in Canada’s western British Columbia province, as a fast-moving wildfire threatens to destroy more homes in the area around the city of West Kelowna. Premier David Eby warned that “the situation has evolved rapidly and we are in for an extremely challenging situation in the days ahead”. The

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The Jaranwala Incident: Another Month, Another Blasphemy Mob

While the Jaranwala attack escalated rapidly under the watch of the police, spreading across multiple Christian settlements in the city, the script of allegations, recording of evidence and reaction of the mob appears to be from a standard blasphemy playbook On August 16, 2023, dozens of Christian families had to flee violent Muslim mobs that

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Before hundreds of protesters were killed, Egypt debated less lethal options, report says

A decade after hundreds of Egyptians were killed in a single day when security forces dispersed a sit-in protest in Cairo, a new report released by a human rights group to coincide with the anniversary of the massacre has claimed that authorities debated but ultimately rejected potentially less lethal options to break up the demonstration.

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