Era of toxic fuel over: UN announces end of highly polluting leaded petrol worldwide
NAIROBI, Kenya: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has officially announced an end of leaded petrol for vehicles and there is now no country in the...
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Hate crimes hit 12-year high in US in 2020: FBI report
WASHINGTON DC, USA: A report compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that the number of hate crimes in the United States rose...
Chaotic and humiliating farewell: US completes troops withdrawal as final flight leaves Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan: The final US military planes left the Kabul airport, officially ending the United States’s 20-year war in Afghanistan after a chaotic evacuation effort...
Thousands flee as Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, USA: Thousands of people have fled the US state of Louisiana as Hurricane Ida closes in from the Gulf of Mexico. Ida, a...
Israeli jets bomb Gaza strip amid growing protests
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, Palestine: The Israeli fighter jets bombed the Gaza Strip in response to incendiary balloons launched from the besieged Palestinian enclave. The Israeli army...
New Zealand reports first death linked to Pfizer vaccine
WELLINGTON, New Zealand: Covid-19 Vaccine Independent Safety Monitoring Board in New Zealand has reported the first death linked to the Pfizer jab in the country....
Six children among nine family members killed in US drone strike in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan: Nine members of a family, including six children, were killed in a US drone strike targeting a vehicle in a residential neighbourhood of...
US military claims Kabul blast mastermind killed in drone strike
KABUL, Afghanistan: The US military claimed that the mastermind of Kabul blast and the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group has been killed in...
AIC inaugurates primary, high school blocks at Kewdale Campus
PERTH, Australia: Australian Islamic College (AIC) inaugurated the new buildings of high and primary schools at its Kewdale Campus on August 13. Member for Belmont...
Life in slums: the worst form of urban poverty and inequality
According to the UN Slum Almanac around one billion people live in slums worldwide. In other words, one in every eight men, women and children...