Tag: islam
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Modi visits Kashmir’s main city for the first time since revoking region’s semi-autonomy
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first official visit to Kashmir’s main city since India stripped the disputed region of its semi-autonomy in 2019
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At least 200 people, mostly women and children, abducted by extremists in northeastern Nigeria
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The United Nations office in Nigeria says at least 200 people, mostly women and children displaced by violence in northeastern Nigeria, were abducted by Islamic extremists while they were searching for firewood near the border with Chad
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Hard-liners are leading in vote count in Iran’s parliamentary election after record-low turnout
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Iran’s hard-liners are leading in an initial vote count in the capital Tehran following a record-low turnout in an parliamentary election
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Veteran British left-wing disruptor George Galloway wins a special election dominated by war in Gaza
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A veteran British political disruptor has won a special election in a heavily Muslim town in northern England following a contest that has been mired in chaos and controversy and dominated by the war in Gaza
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Iranian parliament vote, first since 2022 mass protests, sees a low turnout despite government push
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Iran has held its first parliamentary election since mass 2022 protests over mandatory hijab laws after the death of Mahsa Amini, apparently drawing a low turnout amid calls for a boycott
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opens stone-built Hindu temple in UAE ahead of India’s elections
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited the Middle East’s first traditional stone-built Hindu temple, internationalizing both his reelection campaign and his effort to push secular and multicultural India into a Hindu state
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A defense minister and 2 former governors are vying for Indonesia’s presidency
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Indonesian voters are deciding who will be the successor to popular President Joko Widodo, who is serving his second and final term
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The head of UN’s nuclear watchdog warns Iran is ‘not entirely transparent’ on its atomic program
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The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has warned that Iran is “not entirely transparent” regarding its atomic program
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Iran marks the 45th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution as tensions grip the wider Middle East
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Iran has marked the 45th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid tensions gripping the wider Middle East over Israel’s continued war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip
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Russian drone strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s 2nd largest city, kills 7
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The governor of the Ukrainian region of Kharkiv says a Russian drone strike on the city of the same name, the second-largest city in the country, killed seven people overnight, including three children