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  • £117m to protect UK mosques and Muslim schools from hate attacks

    Date: 2024-03-11 18:50:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:10620399

    LONDON, March 11 (MENA) – More than £117m will be spent to protect mosques, Muslim schools and community centers in the UK from hate attacks over the next four years, BBC reported. Home Secretary James Cleverly said the investment would give ....

  • UNHCR: Islamic philanthropy grows amid record emergencies and funding shortfalls

    Date: 2024-03-11 18:14:35 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:54 - ID:10620341

    GENEVA, March 11 (MENA) – A record $46 million was raised through Islamic philanthropy for nearly 2 million refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) in 23 countries during 2023, an almost 20 per cent increase from 2022, according to a new ....

  • UNODC director Ghada Waly calls for larger role for women in the judiciary

    Date: 2024-03-11 17:33:23 GMT - Austria - World - SN:50 - ID:10620358

    VIENNA, March 11 (MENA) - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Ghada Waly called on Monday for a larger role for women in the judiciary and the legal profession, saying that this better serves their community and ....

  • Like Pope Francis, Putin sees Ukraine negotiations as preferred option — Kremlin spokesman

    Date: 2024-03-11 13:08:00 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:10619985

    MOSCOW, March 11 (MENA) - Pope Francis highlighted the need for talks when speaking about Ukraine raising "the white flag" in an interview with Swiss broadcaster RSI, Tass quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as telling reporters. "As far as I ....

  • Russia drops to third in arms trade as exports plunge

    Date: 2024-03-11 12:13:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:26 - ID:10619890

    MOSCOW, March 11 (MENA) - Russia's once-potent arms export industry is collapsing amid the pressures of its war on Ukraine and a struggling economy, according to new data released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on ....

  • Ukraine says 5,000 Russian soldiers killed in past week

    Date: 2024-03-11 12:03:58 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:24 - ID:10619849

    KIEV, March 11 (MENA) - Over the past week, Russia suffered more than 5,000 war casualties in Ukraine, said Spokesman for the General Staff of Ukrainian Armed Forces Andriy Kovaliov, Ukrinform reported. "For the past week, the enemy's total ....

  • Sino-US ties key to world stability, Chinese envoy says

    Date: 2024-03-11 11:49:30 GMT - China - World - SN:23 - ID:10619706

    BEIJING, March 11 (MENA) - Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng said Monday China is committed to promoting the stable, healthy and sustainable development of China-US relations and exploring the right way for the two countries to get ....

  • Russian denies reports on possible nuclear strike to Ukraine

    Date: 2024-03-11 11:45:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:10619754

    MOSCOW, March 11 (MENA) - Russia on Monday denied reports that it potentially would strike Ukraine with a nuclear weapon. CNN had reported that the US administration was specifically concerned Russia might use a tactical or battlefield nuclear ....

  • Russian army already lost 424,980 troops in Ukraine

    Date: 2024-03-11 07:52:00 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:10 - ID:10619477

    KYIV, March 11 (MENA) - From February 24, 2022 to March 11, 2024, about 424,980 Russian personnel were killed or wounded in Ukraine, including 920 soldiers in the past 24 hours, Ukrinform reported Monday, quoting the General Staff of the Armed ....

  • Russia: 6 drones downed over Bryansk, Oryol regions

    Date: 2024-03-11 07:12:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:10619434

    MOSCOW, March 11 (MENA) - Russian air defense forces shot down four Ukrainian drones over the borderline Bryansk Region and two more over the Oryol Region last night, TASS reported Monday, quoting the Russian Defense Ministry. Governor Alexander ....

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