Afghans celebrate one year anniversary of U.S. occupation exit
Afghan authorities have declared a national holiday to celebrate the one year anniversary of the departure of U.S.-led troops after a brutal 20 year...
Afghan authorities order Kabul residents to pray in mosques
Afghanistan's Ministry of Vice and Virtue has ordered the residents of the 7th district of Kabul to attend mosques to pray.
According to a five-point...
Imran Khan live speeches banned in Pakistan
Pakistan's media regulatory watchdog has imposed a ban on the live broadcast of speeches by Imran Khan.
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority accused Khan...
Turkey and Israel to restore full diplomatic relations
Turkey and Israel have agreed to restore full diplomatic relations and will return ambassadors to each other’s countries.
“Upgrading relations will contribute to deepening ties...
Iran: Rushdie brought attack upon himself
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has said the blasphemous author Salman Rushdie is to blame for the attack he was subjected to on Friday because...
Rushdie off ventilator, able to speak, suspect charged with attempted murder
Salman Rushdie, the author of the blasphemous anti-Islam novel The Satanic Verses, is now off a ventilator and is able to speak after being stabbed...
Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie ‘stabbed in New York’
The author of the blasphemous novel The Satanic Verses, Sir Salman Rushdie, was stabbed multiple times on stage at an event in New York state...
Catastrophic drought displaces one million in Somalia
A devastating drought in Somalia has reached unprecedented levels, leaving one million people within the country displaced, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Thursday.
More than...
Afghanistan starts to publicly implement Sharia punishments
The Afghan authorities have started publicly implementing Sharia hudood punishments for the first time since they took power a year ago.
Local media is reporting...
U.S. Muslim serial killer suspect arrested, anti-Shia motive suspected
Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have arrested the suspected killer of two Muslim men, identifying him as 51-year-old Muhammad Syed.
Syed was arrested on Tuesday...
