French warplanes affiliated to the coalition forces committed on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 in the Greater Toukhan village north of Manbij city in Syria, an appalling massacre resulting in the death of more than 200 civilians, mostly children, women and elderly, including entire families, and wounding dozens others.

ANTARA reported the recurring incident of abductions of Indonesian tugboat crewmen. This time, an armed group abducted three Indonesian tugboat crewmen in the State of Sabah, east Malaysia,the part of the Sulu Sea.

(Reuters) - Egyptian security agents have abducted and tortured "at least several hundred people", some as young as 14, in an unprecedented spike in enforced disappearances aimed at silencing opponents, Amnesty International asserted in a report published on Wednesday.

On Friday 1st July 2016, Switzerland's burqa ban was enforced in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino. Muslim women found wearing the Niqab in public places, including in shops, restaurants, hotels and public buildings would face a fine of up to £7,890. The embassy of Saudi Arabia instead of condemning such discriminating bans that will unjustly target Muslim women, wrote on twitter reminding their visiting citizens “of the necessity to…