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Spanish Muslim walks 9,000 km in 5 months Paris to Makkah to perform Umrah

The A Spaniard who had vowed to walk from France to Makkah to perform Umrah has left Kuwait and entered Saudi Arabia. Ishaq has reportedly walked for more than 9,000 kilometres since he left the French capital Paris, the start of his journey, about five...

Turkey finds significant gas resources in Black Sea, President Erdogan announces

A drone photo shows the Turkish drillship Fatih leaving the Port of Trabzon for a drilling mission in the Black Sea, northeastern Turkey, June 26, 2020. (AA Photo)
BY DAILY SABAH Turkey has carried out the largest natural gas reserve exploration in the Black Sea, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Friday. Some 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas was discovered in the Black Sea’s Tuna-1 zone, Erdoğan said, noting "the newly discovered reserves...

NADIFA MOHAMED: WHAT WE LOST IN THE GRENFELL TOWER FIRE

By Nadifa Mohamed It’s hard to not to imagine myself into those flats, in the days and hours before the fire. To not imagine the stacks of wedding clothes, jewelry and new-home paraphernalia at the home of Hosna Begum’s family, as she prepared to marry her fiancé...

Mo Farah: I dream of making Britain my home again – but only after I’ve had one last shot at the marathon

By James Gill Sir Mo Farah is homesick after years spent training abroad – but even with President Trump in the White House, Team GB's hero is staying in the US for the sake of his running career Mo Farah training in Dubai, where he has...

Farah brings track career to end with dramatic victory in Zurich

ZURICH - Somali-born Mo Farah brought his track career to an end in the most fitting fashion, producing a dramatic 5 000m victory at the Weltklasse Zurich on Thursday, the first of two 2017 IAAF Diamond League finals. It was classic Farah and couldn’t have...

Turkish students go to Somalia to renovate school

200 Turkish students visit several African countries as part of exchange program By Zuhal Demirci ANKARA -A group of Turkish students participated in renovation works at an orphanage-cum-school in Somalia on Sunday, as part of a visit to several African countries under an exchange program. The 2017...

Turkey:Erdogan, Rouhani united in opposition to Kurdish state

Turkish leader links Israel's Mossad to Kurdish referendum, while Iranian president blames 'foreign sectarian plot'. By:Ted Regencia   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for "more decisive action" in response to the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG)'s attempt to split from Iraq, as he joined his Iranian counterpart...

Erdogan: Turkish soldiers gradually being deployed to Libya

Erdogan says deployment's aim is 'not to fight', but 'to support the legitimate government and avoid a humanitarian tragedy' [AP]
By:REUTERS President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkish military units had started moving to Libya to support Fayez al-Serraj’s internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), based in Tripoli. Turkey's parliament approved a bill on Thursday that allows for the deployment of troops in Libya to...

Magid Magid becomes first Somali elected to European Parliament

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The councillor, whose mother fled to Britain from Somaliland when he and his siblings were children, becomes the first Somali origin politician to be elected to the European Parliament. Magid was one of six MEPs elected for Yorkshire and Humber tonight, with three seats going...

Female zookeeper killed by Tiger at zoo in England

Police said a tiger killed a female zookeeper Monday at Hamerton Zoo Park 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of London. "A tiger had entered an enclosure with a keeper. Sadly the female zookeeper died at the scene," Cambridgeshire Police said in a statement. The zoo said...