TEHRAN (IQNA) –Algeria is waiting for an apology for France's colonial occupation of the North African country, the president said, expressing hope that Emmanuel Macron would build on recent conciliatory overtures.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Mohammad Yousuf Ghazanfar, special adviser of Afghanistan's president on economic development, trade and poverty reduction died of COVID-19 on Friday, the Presidential Palace said in a statement on Saturday.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Italian police said Wednesday they have seized a world record 14-ton haul of amphetamines made by the Daesh group in Syria.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Morocco’s police have taken an actor into custody for making insulting remarks about Islam.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has thrown his support behind the chief minister of the Borneon state of Sabah as candidate to lead the country, a statement from Mahathir said on Saturday.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Strategic Council of the International Servants of Mahdism denounced racism in the US and brutal repression of those demonstrating against it.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The whitewashing of some artworks and the removal of boards with rear examples of calligraphy inside the Nasrullah Kadi Mosque, which was built in 1506 in Turkey’s northern province of Kastamonu, as a result of a restoration has raised eyebrows.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Pakistani government has decided to refund Hajj dues to all applicants of Hajj-2020 from Thursday.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A boat carrying almost 100 suspected Rohingya refugees was found floating several miles off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province on Wednesday after being rescued by fishermen, authorities said.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pakistan’s Federal Minister of Human Rights Shireen Mazari called upon the Muslim world to shed its dependence on the Western world and take a united stance on critical issues like Kashmir and Palestine in order for the rest of the world to take them seriously and to emerge as a global force to be respected.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Egypt will reopen restaurants, cafes, and places of worship from the end of the week but will keep some restrictions in place to limit crowding, the prime minister said on Tuesday, as new coronavirus cases continue to climb.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Indonesian Muslim intellectuals have voiced their concerns following a recent report on mounting Islamophobia in western countries.