An Iraqi Kurdish man waves the Kurdish flag as he celebrates the independence referendum in the streets of the northern...More
Austria's new ban on the full Islamic veil and any face-concealing item is causing confusion, with a man in a shark costume the latest to...More
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A Zoroastrian councillor in Iran has been suspended as a new controversy emerges over the right of religious minorities to stand for...More
Katica Gigovic excitedly grabbed the arm of Sebastian Kurz as the 31-year-old Austrian foreign minister visited her factory during his...More
Malaysia's nine state sultans have issued a rare statement expressing concern about "divisive actions" in the name of Islam, as fears grow...More
Iranian director Ashgar Farhadi twice walked off with an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category this decade, first in 2012 and...More
An estimated 100,000 more Rohingya Muslims have been waiting on the border to cross into Bangladesh after more than half a million others...More
One side of the billboard calls for jihad, while the other warns of death for smokers. Iraq's Hawija still bears clear signs of its three...More
Turkish prosecutors on Sunday demanded up to 15 years jail for almost a dozen activists, including leaders of Amnesty International in...More
The UN has requested 430 million dollars to scale up relief efforts for Rohingya refugees, with UN rights experts expressing concern that...More
War-ravaged Syria is experiencing its worst levels of violence since the battle for Aleppo late last year, the Red Cross said on Thursday...More
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday warned that Turkey would "soon" close its border crossing with Iraqi Kurdistan and airspace...More
European countries are returning many more Afghan asylum seekers to their homeland even as violence in the war-torn country escalates,...More
The United Nations last week raised concern for the safety of Rohingya Muslim asylum seekers in Sri Lanka after Buddhist monks and hard-...More
Austria's prohibition on full-face coverings – commonly called the "burka ban" – went into effect on Sunday.
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She has already captured hearts across Asia by taking on corrupt politicians and fighting bad guys who tried to shut girls' schools – and...More
Seventeen men suspected of being homosexuals went on trial in Egypt on Sunday for alleged "debauchery" and "incitement to debauchery",...More
The UN Security Council's first open meeting on Myanmar in eight years highlighted the body's deep divisions: China and Russia supported...More
President Tayyip Erdogan suggested on Thursday that Turkey could free a detained U.S. pastor if the United States hands over a Muslim...More
Two Indian activists from the heavily militarised region of Kashmir on Thursday won Norway's Rafto Prize for human rights for their long-...More
An Egyptian court sentenced top Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to another life term in prison on Thursday in the latest example...More
A vote by Iraq's minority Kurds for independence is a blow to the United States, which has spent years, billions of dollars and the lives...More
The chief of the United Nations' refugee agency has called for increased support for the more than 430,000 Rohingya Muslims who are...More
Women will be allowed to drive for the first time next summer in Saudi Arabia, the ultra-conservative kingdom announced, marking a...More
Millions of Shia Muslims in deeply religious Afghanistan are bracing for terrorist attacks as they prepare to commemorate Ashura, one of...More
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has given the Kurdish government three days to hand over control of its airports to Baghdad, or face...More
Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah will travel to Gaza on 2 October as part of a fresh push to end a decade-long split between...More
Turkey will take "all measures" under international law if the Iraqi Kurdish independence referendum being held on Monday generates...More
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, after celebrating her fourth election win, wakes up on Monday to the double headache of an emboldened...More
Citizens of more than half a dozen countries will face new restrictions on entry to the U.S. under a proclamation signed by President...More
Polls have opened in Iraq's Kurdish-run provinces and disputed territories as Iraqi Kurds cast ballots in support for independence from...More
President Hassan Rouhani vowed on Friday that Iran would boost its missile capabilities despite warnings from Washington that it is ready...More
Germans vote in a general election on Sunday after a campaign which has seen parties spar over how closely refugees and immigrants should...More
The Alternative for Germany (AfD), which rails against immigration and Islam, is set to become the country's first hard-right nationalist...More
A French businessman said he would pay all fines imposed on women wearing a full-face veil in Austria under a law banning it from 1...More
A large majority of Muslims in Europe feel closely connected to the country they live in and trust public institutions despite facing "...More
An Australian far-right senator, who put on a burka in a stunt in parliament last month, has said there should be a plebiscite on banning...More
An Iraqi Kurdish plan to hold a September 25 independence referendum, which has hit a legal roadblock with just a week to go, is more of a...More
Saudi Arabia's Shura Council, an influential advisory body to the government, will vote on a proposal to merge the religious police into...More
A German nationalist party called Monday for tighter security measures aimed primarily at immigrants, while again insisting that Islam is...More
Bangladesh restricted the movement of Rohingya refugees on Saturday, banning them from leaving overcrowded border areas where over 400,000...More
By donating one of her kidneys, Nawel gave her husband Boubaker Ziani a new lease on life after he had undergone 16 years of dialysis. But...More
Students in Turkey are returning to school on Monday where they will be taught evolution for the last time in their biology classes. Next...More
Saudi Arabia's school religious textbooks promote intolerance despite promises by officials to eliminate such language, says Human Rights...More
Tunisia has repealed a decades-old law banning Muslim women from marrying non-Muslims as part of moves aimed at enhancing women's rights ...More
In the run-up to Germany's September 24 election, voters in the city of Cologne were surprised to see Turkish President Recep Tayyip...More
Saudi Arabia has urged its people to report subversive comments spotted on social media via a phone app, a move denounced by a human...More
The Freedom Party (FPOe) aims to enter Austria's next cabinet with plans to fight Islamists and to cut welfare for migrants, the far-right...More
Iran has arrested at least 13 members of a "deviant" spiritual movement after they protested the death sentence given to the founder of...More
On Monday a Turkish court ordered that five staff members of the opposition daily Cumhuriyet being tried on charges of "terror activities...More
The head of the United Nations refugee agency praised the European Union's refugee quota system for member states on Tuesday and urged...More
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