Violence erupts in Myanmar against Muslim minority

CNN Authorities have imposed a curfew in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, following nights of deadly communal violence between Buddhists and Muslims. Two people have been killed and 14 injured since rioting erupted Tuesday, Col. Aung Kyaw Moe, Mandalay’s Region border affairs and Security Minister tells CNN. The rioting […]

Palestinian teenager was burned alive

The Guardian Mohammed Abu Khdeir, the Palestinian teenager who was kidnapped and murdered on Wednesday in a suspected revenge killing by Israeli extremists, was reportedly burned alive after suffering a head injury. The claim, made by the Palestinian attorney general, is said to be based on initial postmortem […]

China bans Muslims from fasting in Xinjiang

Al-Arabiya Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region working as civil servants, students and teachers have been banned from fasting during the holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday. The move has sparked condemnation from an exile group. Xinjiang is a mainly Muslim region, home to the Uighur minority. For years […]