Starbucks has closed about 400 locations as part of a shift in business strategy, according to reports cited by CNN. Most closures occurred in September and were concentrated in major cities with a high number of existing outlets. In New…
A new report has highlighted the scale of charitable giving by British Muslims, estimating annual donations at around £2.2 billion, roughly four times higher than the average UK adult. Titled Building Britain: British Muslims Giving Back, the study was published…
Turkish authorities detained 357 suspects in a nationwide operation targeting the Islamic State group, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday. The arrests followed a gunfight a day earlier in northwest Turkey in which three police officers and six suspected…
A US federal judge has blocked plans by the administration of President Donald Trump to end temporary protected status for South Sudanese nationals living in the United States. On Tuesday, US District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston granted an emergency…
The European Court of Human Rights has asked the UK government to explain its decision to strip Shamima Begum of her British citizenship. In questions sent to London in late December, the court is examining whether the move breached the…
Benjamin Netanyahu met Donald Trump at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday. The meeting took place amid concerns about potential Israeli war in the region. Discussions included the Ga-za ceasefire that came into effect in October, ending…
Russia’s Muslim population is projected to approach nearly 30 percent of the country’s total population by 2033, according to demographic estimates cited by officials. This population shift has coincided with increased attention to Islamic, or participation-based, banking, which operates in…
Violence in western and southern Sudan has displaced more than 10,000 people within three days this week, according to figures released by the UN’s migration agency and reported by Arab News. The International Organization for Migration said that between December…
Israeli police have arrested Pales-tinian American activist and comedian Amer Zahr, according to reports citing Roya TV. Zahr, who is also a member of the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education in Michigan, was detained following an artistic performance in…
Yem-en’s Ansar-ullah leader has said the country is preparing around the clock for what he described as an inevitable next round of war with the United States and Israel, vowing that Yem-eni resis-tance will not be stopped or disarmed. Sayyid…
