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New Talks Seek To End Syria’s War After Nearly Six Years

As Syria's war approaches its seventh year, two new rounds of talks on resolving the conflict are scheduled to take...

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Chief Imam Was Consulted – Gomda

Chief Imam Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu was consulted by the President in the reconstitution of the Hajj Board, Alhaji A...

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Pakistan Mourns Lahore Victims of Taliban Attack

Pakistanis Tuesday mourned the victims of a Taliban-claimed suicide bomb in Lahore, as the death toll rose to 15 and...

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Iraq Hits IS Commanders, Baghdadi Fate Unclear

The Iraqi air force has targeted a meeting of commanders from the Islamic State group that its leader Abu Bakr...

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Blast Kills At Least 11, Injures 60 In Pakistan’s Lahore

At least 11 people have been killed and 60 were wounded after a Taliban off-shoot attacked a demonstration in Lahore,...

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We Weren’t Consulted About New Hajj Board – Office of Chief Imam

The Office of the Chief Imam, Sheikh Usmanu Nuhu Sharabutu has raised concerns about the newly constituted Hajj board...

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We Weren’t Consulted About New Hajj Board

The Office of the Chief Imam, Sheikh Usmanu Nuhu Sharabutu has raised concerns about the newly constituted Hajj board...

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Hamas Military Hardliner Sinwar Elected Group’s Gaza Chief

Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas elected a hardline member of its armed wing as its new Gaza head Monday, Hamas...

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20 Killed As Clashes Erupt On Yemen’s Coast

Twenty rebels and government troops were killed overnight in clashes as warring parties pushed north along Yemen's...

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Q and A On Indonesia’s Rising Religious Intolerance

Jakarta goes to the polls on Wednesday to elect a leader, but a blasphemy case against the Indonesian capital's...

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Muslim Indonesia’s Capital To Vote In Tolerance Test

Jakarta's Christian governor will fight to cling on to his job at polls this week despite standing trial for blasphemy,...

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Heartbroken UN Chief Seeks Yemen Talks ‘resurrection’

A heartbroken United Nations chief on Sunday called for the "resurrection" of peace talks between Yemen's warring sides...

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Mob Lynches Afghan Couple For Eloping, In ‘honour Killing’

An angry mob lynched a young Afghan couple who had eloped together after storming a police station where they were...

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Baghdad’s Green Zone Hit By Rockets After Deadly Clashes

Several rockets have hit the high security Green Zone in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, hours after clashes at a protest left...

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Rockets Hit Baghdad Green Zone After Deadly Protest

Several rockets fired from inside Baghdad on Saturday struck the capital's fortified Green Zone area that houses most...

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Throngs Vow To Vote For Muslim Leaders In Jakarta Election

More than 100,000 Indonesians descended on Jakarta's grand mosque Saturday to call on people to vote for Muslim...

Opinion

Seven Killed As Baghdad Reform Protest Turns Violent

Seven people were killed in clashes that erupted in central Baghdad on Saturday between the security forces and...

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Stop Sponsoring Hajj Pilgrims – Islamic Cleric Urges Gov’t

A Ghanaian Islamic scholar and a lecturer at the University of Ilorin in Nigeria, Sheikh Mohammed Sani Ninche has...

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Adebayor Exhibits Dancing Skills

A video shared by the Peter Okoye of P-Square fame shows the Togolese international displaying his 'Al Qaeda' dancing...