Obama visits US mosque, says impression of Muslims 'distorted'
President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to correct what he called a "hugely distorted impression" of Muslim-Americans as he made his first visit to a...
Wuhan, the virus epicenter, is reopened
After more than two months lockdown, Wuhan is reopened and life there is going back to normal. It didn’t take long for traffic to...
Full lockdown across Egypt
The head of Egypt’s Doctors’ Union has called for a full lockdown across the country to help fight the new Coronavirus pandemic. It comes...
UK website aimed at parents who fear children may join ISIS
Britain launches a new website on Tuesday which aims to educate Muslim teenagers against groups like ISIS, as the government backed the right of...
Yemen peace talks postponed, U.N. says
A round of United Nations-brokered Yemen peace talks will not begin on Jan. 14 as planned but may take place a week or more...
2 million Muslims begin Hajj pilgrimage
Pilgrims from around the world have begun moving from the tent city of Mina to the holy site of Kaaba in Saudi Arabia for...
Czech release of Syrian Kurdish leader triggers outrage in Turkey
A Czech court on Tuesday released prominent Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim, wanted by Turkey on terror charges, prompting outrage in Ankara which said...
Russia: Air force hits 86 ISIS targets in Syria
Russia's air force has made 88 sorties, hitting 86 Islamic State targets in Syria in the last 24 hours, Interfax news agency reported on...
Jubeir says Russia and Syrian government violated truce
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on Sunday accused Russia and the Syrian government air force of violating a cessation of hostilities in Syria and...
First Saudi women get driving licences
Saudi Arabia on Monday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, authorities said, just weeks before the historic lifting of the...
