Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Muhammad Salih Banten said that the number of Hajj pilgrims this year may be only about one thousand pilgrims from amongst the citizens and residents of the Kingdom, to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. He said, “God willingly, the numbers may be in the range of a few thousands, we are still in the review stage, it may be a thousand or less…

Cindy Makabory, a West Papuan woman living in exile in Australia, took part in a series of 'Black Lives Matter' protests in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday, June 6th. In her speech, Cindy talked about the incidents that happened in Papuan student dormitories in Surabaya and Yogyakarta, where Papuan students were referred to as ‘monkeys’.

The US says it will punish ICC's court workers investigating ‘alleged’ war crimes by US forces and their allies including ‘Israel’. US President Donald Trump lobbed a broadside attack on Thursday against the International Criminal Court (ICC) by authorising economic and travel sanctions against court workers directly involved in investigating American troops and intelligence officials and those of allied nations, including Israel, for ‘possible’ war crimes in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Speaking on the 12th International Conference on Islamic Economics and Finance, President Erdogan said that the Islamic economy and financing model is the alternative to this current distorted structure, as it is human-centred, appreciates labour, and does not allow for illegitimate income.