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Saudi anti-extremism centre hosts French cardinal

Saudi Arabia's anti-extremism Etidal centre hosted French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran on...More

Muslim nomads see rape as new sign of hostility in India

The Muslim nomads who lead their goats, cows and horses up and down the Kashmir hills have...More

Muslim woman who refused handshake denied French citizenship

France's highest administrative court has upheld a decision to deny a French passport to an...More

Saudi cinema launch ends decades-old ban, public screenings start today

Saudi Arabia launched its first commercial movie theatre on Wednesday, ending a nearly 40-year...More

Indonesia's Aceh canes couples for public shows of affection

Indonesia's deeply conservative Aceh province on Friday caned several unmarried couples for showing affection in public and two women for...More

Syria probe mission on hold amid security fears

The world's chemical arms watchdog froze its probe into an alleged chemical attack near...More

'This is my family': Where the travel ban debate hits home

At the New York City convenience store where he works the overnight shift, Radad Alborati...More

Turkish president calls snap polls for 24 June

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called snap elections in Turkey for 24 June, bringing the polls forward by over a year-and-a-...More

Rebellious fashion: Saudi women embrace sports abayas

Colourful and oozing defiance, a sports-friendly version of the abaya gown was once considered...More

Pakistan blasphemy law viewed as blunt instrument to silence dissent

Life can never go back to the way it was for Ahmed Waqas Goraya. Ever since he was accused of...More

What happened in Douma on 7 April

Residents of the Syrian town of Douma were packed into underground shelters amid bombardment...More

Children of Iraq's Kawliya return to school after 14-year break

Iraq’s Kawliya minority, also known as the country's gypsies, have long been marginalised by...More

Amnesty report: Women seen linked to militants badly treated in Iraqi camps

Women believed to have links to the Islamic State militant group suffer "harrowing" sexual...More

Amnesty report: Women seen linked to militants badly treated in Iraqi camps

Women believed to have links to the Islamic State militant group suffer "harrowing" sexual...More

Boat with 70 Rohingya Muslims leaves Myanmar for Malaysia

A boat carrying 70 Rohingya Muslims set out for Malaysia from Myanmar this week, two sources...More

Chorus of disapproval over award for German rap album with Auschwitz lyric

Big business on Sunday joined a growing chorus of criticism in Germany over the awarding of an...More

Syria rebels say Western strikes 'farce' as long as Assad stays

Syria's opposition on Saturday said that Western strikes on government military positions did...More

21 sentenced to life over Turkey's 1997 'post-modern coup'

A Turkish court on Friday sentenced 21 people – including former top military officers – to...More

Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan faces new rape accusation

The prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who is in French detention over several rape...More

Rare Israeli-Palestinian compromise at UNESCO brings hope

Diplomats at UNESCO are hailing a possible breakthrough on longstanding Israeli-Arab tensions at the U.N. cultural agency.

Israel's...More

Indonesia steamrolls bootleg booze as death toll nears 100

Thousands of booze bottles were destroyed by Indonesian police on Friday in a dramatic show as...More

Myanmar official: Rohingya likely allowed to apply for citizenship

Myanmar is likely to allow Rohingya Muslims to apply for citizenship, subject to verification...More

UNICEF: Boko Haram has abducted over 1,000 children in Nigeria since 2013

As Nigeria prepares to mark the fourth anniversary of the Chibok kidnapping, UNICEF reported...More

Indonesia's Aceh to take caning indoors after backlash

Indonesia's conservative Aceh province will no longer allow canings for violations of Sharia...More

Gaza's hospitals taxed by wounded from Israeli fire

Raed Jadallah belonged to an exclusive club – a small band of surfers who escaped the...More

Muslim activist from Australia denied entry into U.S.

A Muslim activist from Australia has been denied entry into the U.S., where she was scheduled...More

Myanmar court refuses to dismiss charges against journalists

A judge on Wednesday rejected a request for dismissal of a case against two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar...More

NGOs urge Spain not to sell warships to Saudi Arabia

A coalition of NGOs on Wednesday urged Spain not to sign off on a planned sale of warships to Saudi Arabia...More

Will the Saudi Crown Prince reform Wahhabism in Europe?

Saudi Arabia's crown prince has pushed to curb the power of hardline clerics and prominent sheikhs who promote the kingdom's...More

Why might Syria's regime have dropped toxic gas on Ghouta?

Syria's regime has denied dropping toxic weapons on Eastern Ghouta, but analysts say they could have been used as a tactic to finally...More

Girls' headscarf ban debate ties Merkel's conservatives in knots

A debate over whether to ban Muslim girls under 14 from wearing headscarves in public, prompted by a similar proposal in Austria, has...More

Iranian village lets women watch football

Women in a remote Iranian village not only attend football matches but last week received awards for their...More

U.S. weighs strong response to Syria attacks despite risk of Russia clash

The U.S. maintained the threat of missile strikes on Wednesday in response to alleged chemical attacks in Syria, despite the risk of...More

Bangladesh launches billion dollar 'model' mosques to counter radicals

Bangladesh has launched a billion-dollar campaign to build hundreds of "model mosques", partly...More

Gaza violence is latest salvo in war of narratives

Thousands of Palestinians took part in a mass protest along Gaza's volatile border with Israel, the second large-scale demonstration in...More

Morocco mulls 'all options' over its Western Sahara truce threat claim

Morocco was considering "all options" if the United Nations does not address its accusations...More

Switzerland records sharp rise in racist incidents

Switzerland's racism help centres have seen reports jump by a third to a record 301 abuse...More

Immigration row overshadows start of Merkel's fourth term

A scuffle over immigration has marred the first weeks in office of Chancellor Angela Merkel's...More

Egypt prosecutor orders website editor detained for 15 days

Last Thursday an Egyptian prosecutor ordered that a news website's editor-in-chief be detained...More

Austria plans headscarf ban for primary school pupils

Austria's government announced last Wednesday its intention to bring in a ban on the headscarf...More

Missiles fired at Syrian government airbase; U.S. denies involvement

Missiles struck a Syrian government military facility in Homs province early on Monday, state...More

From liberal hero to right-wing icon, Orban's appeal trumps rivals

An anti-Communist hero to many, Hungary's longest-serving prime minister Viktor Orban has...More

Four killed in IS suicide attack on Iraq party headquarters

A suicide attack targeting a political party headquarters in western Iraq has killed four...More

Malala: global icon of girls' education

Malala Yousafzai, once a teenage girl among many struggling to get an education in Pakistan is...More

Refugees from Erdogan's Turkey seek to make a new life in Germany

Murat spent six months in a Turkish prison, followed by a considerable time in hiding after...More

White supremacist pleads guilty to Quebec City mosque murders

A white supremacist on trial for the 2017 attack on a Quebec mosque pleaded guilty Wednesday...More

Saudis likely to show restraint as Yemen crisis escalates

A missile attack this week on Riyadh has raised the risk of an escalation in the Yemen war in...More

Egypt tries to boost voter turnout with incentives and threats

One manager threatened employees to get them to vote – and then checked for telltale ink-...More

Iraqi Roma village school reopens 14 years after destruction

Carrying her bag on the way home from class, Malak is glowing: the 10-year-old girl has just...More

Palestinians prepare mass demonstrations along Gaza border

Gaza's embattled Hamas rulers are imploring people to march along the border with Israel in...More

Vienna spurns far-right politics to offer young migrants an education

Like most teenagers, Ranim has yet to decide on a career. But the 17-year-old is certain of...More

Largest convoy yet evacuates Syria's ruined Ghouta

The largest convoy yet of Eastern Ghouta evacuees arrived in northwestern Syria on Tuesday as...More

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