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UK-based Islamic charities donate $24.4bn a year to good causes
Islamic charitable groups in the UK donated £20.2 billion ($24.4 billion) to local and international causes last year, according to an official report.
More than 165,000 groups or individuals contributed to the total, according to the…
Jordan, UK ministers discuss boosting bilateral relations
Ahmed Safadi, Jordan’s lower house speaker, on Wednesday met Tariq Ahmad, UK’s minister of state for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and the UN, to help boost bilateral relations in parliamentary fields, the Jordan News Agency…
US says ‘the time is now’ for Sweden to join NATO and for Turkiye to get new F-16s
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday the “time is now” for Turkiye to drop its objections to Sweden joining NATO but said the Biden administration also believed that Turkiye should be provided with upgraded F-16 fighters “as…
Italy arrests a minor belonging to international network of young Daesh supporters
Italian authorities have arrested a minor suspected of being a supporter of the Daesh terror network who was allegedly planning an explosive attack in the area where he lived, police said Tuesday.
The minor, identified as an Italian…
Italy police arrest 40 mafia suspects for drug smuggling via Chinese money brokers
Italian police arrested 40 people on Tuesday in a new crackdown targeting the ‘Ndrangheta mafia, with suspects accused of drugs trafficking with counterparts in Latin America using shadow networks of Chinese money brokers.
“Today’s raid…
Venice’s Grand Canal turns bright green due to fluorescein
The spectacular transformation of a stretch of Venice’s Grand Canal to fluorescent green was due to fluorescein, a non-toxic substance used for testing wastewater networks, local authorities said on Monday.
Residents noticed a stretch of…
Thousands of Albanians breaching immigration bail in UK
Nearly 13,000 Albanians who entered the UK without valid visas breached the terms of their immigration bail, it was reported on Monday.
Home Office data shows that in the 15 months to this March, 12,842 Albanians released from…
UK police to work with North African counterparts in migration crackdown
UK police will work with authorities in North Africa to prevent migrants leaving for Europe this summer, The Times reported on Monday.
The move, which will see officers from the National Crime Agency operate in Tunisia, Algeria and…
UK launches ad drive to deter Albanian migrants
The UK Home Office is launching an advertising campaign to discourage Albanian migrants from traveling to Britain illegally via small boats.
The scheme, which will use Facebook and Instagram, is the latest attempt by British authorities…
Iraq unveils $17bn transport project linking Europe and Mideast
Iraq on Saturday presented an ambitious plan to turn itself into a regional transportation hub by developing its road and rail infrastructure, linking Europe with the Middle East.
Once completed, the $17 billion project known as the…