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Israeli Lawmakers Give Initial Approval To Bills Quieting Mosques
Israel's parliament gave preliminary approval Wednesday to two controversial measures that would limit calls to prayers...
Israel MPs Give Initial Approval To Bills Quieting Mosques
Israel's parliament gave preliminary approval Wednesday to two measures that would limit calls to prayers from mosques,...
Nigerian Military To Probe Rights Abuse Claims
Nigeria's military on Wednesday announced it would look into alleged human rights abuses by troops, including in the...
Samira Bawumia Fit To Stand Before God In Her Outfit – Hamid
Second Lady Samira Bawumia, according to Islamic law, qualified to stand before God in the dress she wore to the Ghana...
Mosul Families Huddle At Home, Terrified of IS
For two weeks, Yunis Mohammed and 17 relatives huddled terrified in the cellar of his west Mosul home as the Islamic...
Chocolate City Boss Maikori Slumps At Public Event
Chocolate City boss, Audu Maikori, on Tuesday collapsed at the 2017 Women in Management, Business and Public Service...
Tunisia PM Hails Ben Guerdane Battle As ‘turning Point’
The battle against jihadists in Ben Guerdane a year ago was a "turning point" for Tunisia, Prime Minister Youssef...
Iraqi Forces Retake Mosul Museum Vandalised By IS
Iraqi security forces recaptured the Mosul museum, where Islamic State group militants infamously filmed themselves...
2,100 Iran Fighters Killed In Iraq, Syria
More than 2,000 fighters sent from Iran have been killed in Iraq and Syria, the head of Iran's veterans' affairs office...
Daring Ambush Fails To Free Top Bangladeshi Militant
Suspected Islamist militants hurled bombs at a prison van in a daring attempt to free Bangladesh's most-wanted militant...
Bahrain Seeks Dissolution of Secular Opposition Party
Bahrain's justice ministry said Monday it filed a lawsuit to dissolve a secular opposition party, the state-run news...
22 Yemeni Rebels Killed In Strikes, Clashes
At least 22 Shiite Huthi rebels were killed Monday in an air strike by pro-government Arab coalition warplanes as well...
IS Imposes ‘Afghan Dress’ In Syria’s Raqa
The Islamic State group has imposed an "Afghan-style" dress code on men in its Syrian stronghold Raqa to help its...
Life In A Basement On Mosul’s Front Line
Abu Mariam's spacious villa sits in an upscale Mosul district, but when Iraq's second city became a war zone, the...
Bangladesh Bans Extremist Group Behind Blogger Murders
Bangladesh on Sunday outlawed a group which claims links to Al-Qaeda and is blamed for the machete murders of nearly a...
Iran Sees Progress In Hajj Talks With Saudi
Iran said on Sunday there had been progress in talks with Saudi Arabia on allowing citizens of the Islamic republic to...
One Confirmed Dead, Five Houses & Live Ammunition Retrieved
One person has been confirmed dead and five houses burnt in Friday’s chieftaincy clash at Portor near Kintampo in the...
UN Envoys Plan Paris Conference To Aid Chad
UN envoys on a mission to the Lake Chad region said Saturday that a conference would soon be held in Paris aimed at...
Indian Muslim Leader Syed Shahabuddin Dies Aged 82
Indian politician Syed Shahabuddin, an influential political figure for minority Indian Muslims, has died aged 82. The...