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Female Muslim Clerics In Indonesia Issue Rare Fatwas
Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia declared a series of fatwas Thursday, including one to tackle child marriage, a...
Two Police Wounded By ‘Islamist’ On France’s Reunion Island
A man suspected of being a radicalised Islamist shot and wounded two policemen on the French Indian Ocean island of...
Faith, Politics Clash As Egypt’s Al-Azhar Pressed To Reform
When Pope Francis visits Egypt's Al-Azhar this week, he will find support for his message of peace in the venerable...
Turkey Suspends More Than 9,000 Police Officers Over ‘Gulen Links’
Turkey's police force has suspended more than 9,000 officers over alleged links to the US-based Islamic preacher...
Saudi Fire Stops ‘rebel Boat Bomb’ From Yemen
The Saudi coast guard fired on an unmanned boat rigged with explosives, thwarting an attack on one of the kingdom's oil...
Bangladesh To Build Hundreds of Mosques With Saudi Cash
Bangladesh has approved a project to build hundreds of mosques with almost $1 billion from Saudi Arabia, an official...
IS Using Weaponised Drones To Defend Syria’s Tabqa
The Islamic State group is using weaponised drones to hold off US-backed forces advancing in a key Syrian town, a...
Death Toll In Pakistan Roadside Bomb Rises To 13
The death toll from a roadside bomb targeting a passenger vehicle in Pakistan's northwest rose to 13 on Wednesday after...
Triple Suicide Blasts Hit Nigeria’s Maiduguri
Three suicide bombings rocked the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Wednesday, killing one civilian militia...
Saudi Wins Top Arab Fiction Award
A Saudi novelist has won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, becoming the third author in 10 years from the...
Iraq Holding Qatar Hunting Party’s Ransom Money
Iraq is holding hundreds of millions of dollars Qatari negotiators had brought to Baghdad as ransom money for the...
Countries Pledge $1.1bn To Avert Yemen Famine
Countries around the world Tuesday pledged more than one billion dollars to help prevent a looming famine in war-torn...
IS ‘executes’ At Least 15 Civilians In Mosul
Jihadist militants from the Islamic State group posing as liberating security forces killed at least 15 civilians who...
Foreign Extremists Killed In Philippine Clash
The Philippine military said Tuesday it had killed almost 40 militants loyal to the Islamic State group, including...
Frontline Clinic Window On Hell of IS-Held Mosul Areas
The horrific wounds and gruesome accounts of the victims filling a frontline clinic in west Mosul in Iraq offer a...
Cameroon Journalist Jailed For Terror-Related Offences
The reporter's sentencing has been described as a travesty of justice Radio France Internationale (RFI) says its...
‘March For Bread’ Protestors Reach Key Yemen Port
Yemeni protestors reached the Red Sea city of Hodeida Tuesday, ending a weeklong march from the capital to demand the...
Cameroon Jails RFI Journalist For 10 Years
A Cameroon military tribunal on Monday sentenced a Radio France International correspondent to 10 years in prison for...
US-Backed Forces Enter Major Jihadist-Held Syria Town
A US-backed alliance of Arab-Kurdish forces entered the key jihadist-held town of Tabqa on Monday as they pursued their...