Egypt’s top-administration court orders one-month YouTube ban over Prophet Mohammad video

On Saturday, Egypt’s top-administration court ordered a one-month ban on video-sharing website YouTube over an anti-Islamic video, Innocence of Muslims. The thirteen-minute low-budget video was released in 2012 and led to protests and violent clashes over negative depiction of Islamic prophet Mohammad, in several Muslim-majority countries including Yemen, Libya, Iraq, Sudan, Bangladesh and Tunisia. The […]

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Six dead as Nipah virus spreads in Kozhikode, India

In what is being termed as a serious viral outbreak, three members of a Kerala family have succumbed to a rare viral infection known to be transmitted by bats. The Nipah virus (NiV), first identified in April 1999, is believed to catalyst a host of physical and neurological conditions in human beings as well as […]

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Donald Trump CANCELS June summit with Kim Jong-un

US President Donald Trump has just announced that he will not hold a long planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The meeting was scheduled to take place on June 12th in Singapore. The cancellation follows more than a week of escalating verbal attacks between American and North Korean officials. The White House twitter […]

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