People in Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan are voting in an independence referendum, amid rising tensions and international opposition.

Issuing a condolence message, the president of Darululoom Zahedan expressed his deep sorrow on the sudden passing of Prof. Sayyid Ajmal Abdur Razak al-Aidrus, one of the outstanding academians in Malaysia.

Turkish aid agencies on Sunday distributed food at the Bangladesh border to the Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state.

The Muslim World League is holding a conference on “Civilizational Communication between the United States of America and the Islamic World” on Saturday in New York City.

Bangladesh has restricted the movement of Rohingya refugees, banning them from leaving designated areas in the country to which over 400,000 have fled from violence in neighbouring Myanmar.

Halimah Yacob is set to become Singapore’s eighth president and its first female leader this week after other candidates were deemed ineligible.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council called on Myanmar’s government to end its military campaign against the Rohingya Muslims.

The Egyptian Ministry of Interior has denied that controversial Qatar-based preacher Yousef al-Qaradawi’s name was removed from the Interpol wanted lists, confirming that his name is still listed in the international red alert issued to prosecute the convicts.

Separate Russian and US-led coalition air strikes on Tuesday killed 28 civilians in Syria’s eastern Deir al-Zor province, where rival offensives against the ISIS group are under way, a monitor said.

Shaikh Abdol-Hamid decried the crimes of the Myanmar government and forces against Rohingya Muslims in a part of his speech on Friday Sep. 9, 2017 calling the Muslim states to deport all diplomates of Myanmar.