IQNA – A youth leader in Winnipeg says many Muslim girls and women feel unsupported in local sports programs and often leave teams because their needs are not fully understood or accommodated.

IQNA – Guinness World Records (GWR) has denied a record attempt application from an Israeli non-profit organization, citing a standing policy against accepting submissions from occupied Palestine.  

IQNA – Pope Leo XIV criticized activists and politicians in Europe and the US who amplify societal fears of Islam.

IQNA – Ruling that a headscarf undermines the perceived neutrality of the court, a German judicial panel has barred a Muslim woman from serving as a judge.

IQNA – Pointing to a death toll surpassing 70,000, a US Muslim advocacy group declared the situation in Gaza a genocide that has exceeded all prior estimates, following the recovery of more bodies and recent Israeli strikes.

IQNA – Pope Leo XIV attended an interfaith meeting in Martyr’s Square in Beirut that had Lebanon’s Christian patriarchs and Sunni, Shia, and Druze spiritual leaders gathered under a tent.

IQNA – France's main Muslim body said worshippers are "deeply shocked and hurt" after an individual broke into a mosque in south-central France, tearing and discarding copies of the Quran.

IQNA – An international campaign launched today is calling for the freedom of Marwan Barghouti, a senior Palestinian political figure who has been imprisoned by Israel since 2002 and is widely seen as a potential unifying leader for the Palestinian cause.

IQNA – Even amid a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, which has done little to halt the near-daily attacks there, the Israeli regime’s military campaign has expanded across Palestine and the wider region, leaving hundreds dead and revealing a broader strategy of bloody domination in the West Bank, Syria, and Lebanon.

IQNA – Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri presented a copy of the Holy Quran to Pope Leo XIV during his meeting with the visiting leader of the Catholic Church.

IQNA – France’s interior minister has pushed back against a fresh attempt to outlaw the hijab for girls in public spaces, warning that the plan risks unfairly targeting Muslim youth.

IQNA – A large-scale eviction drive against more than 1,500 Bengali-speaking Muslim families has been launched by officials in the Indian state of Assam.