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OIC Pledges $750,000 to Assist Development Projects in Member States

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 18, 2017 | Middle East

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) had approved $ 750,000 worth of financial aid in September 2017 for implementing social, economic, educational, cultural and health projects in a number of OIC member countries, reported the Saudi Press Agency on...

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GCC, OIC Condemn Terrorist Attack in Bahrain

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Oct 4, 2017 | Middle East

Manama- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Chief Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani condemned Tuesday the terrorist bombing that was carried out on Monday at al-Budaiya Street in Bahrain and injured a number of security men. Zayani expressed his full confidence in the...

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The body of a riot police officer lies on the road as other officers tend to him after a bomb exploded in 2014 (Reuters)

Bahrain: Terror Blast Injures 5 Policemen

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Oct 3, 2017 | Middle East

Manama – Five policemen were injured in a terror blast while securing Ashoora procession on Budaiya Highway in Daih, while no one claimed the responsibility for it. The bombing targeted forces securing the participants in Ashoora procession, and as soon the occasion...

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OIC Summit on Science & Technology Concludes in Astana

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 12, 2017 | Middle East

The First Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Science and Technology concluded its proceedings in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Monday, 11 September 2017, with the adoption of Astana Declaration. The Declaration stipulated that the second S&T...

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A woman walks among debris after fire destroyed shelters at a camp for internally displaced Rohingya Muslims in the western Rakhine State near Sittwe, Myanmar May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/Files

OIC Chief Urges Myanmar to Protect Rohingya Minority

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 3, 2017 | Middle East

Islam’s collective voice, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), urged on Thursday that Myanmar seeks to protect the rights of its Rohingya Muslim minority. OIC chief Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen pressed the government to work with neighboring Muslim-majority...