Accosted for her hijab, woman now teaches Muslim empowerment
When she was 16, Rana Abdelhamid was accosted on the streets of New York by a man who tried to pull off the head...
UAE protests US arrest, calls citizens to avoid national dress abroad
The United Arab Emirates summoned on Sunday a senior US diplomat to protest the "abusive treatment" of a UAE citizen as it advised citizens...
Asian shares rise as G20 meeting begins
Asian stocks rallied on Friday after China's central bank chief said Beijing still has enough monetary firepower to keep the world's second-largest economy on...
Freed Al-Jazeera journalist celebrates return home to Kenya
Freed Australian journalist Peter Greste said Friday that returning to his home in Kenya almost two years after he was jailed in Egypt was...
Global stocks fail to find solid footing after meltdown
Stocks worldwide resumed their downward slide Tuesday a day after a massive sell-off as investors failed to shake off dogged fears over economic weakness,...
Assad tells Putin his government will help with Syria ceasefire
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that his government was ready to assist in implementing a ceasefire in Syria,...
Saudi dies of MERS in Hofuf
The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) claimed the life of a 57-year-old Saudi man on Sunday, according to an official from the Ministry...
Suspected Istanbul airport bomber thought killed in Georgia
A former Islamic State warlord suspected of masterminding a deadly attack on Istanbul airport in 2016 is believed to have been killed during a...
Iraqi PM's reforms hindered by divisions amid ISIS threat
Facing resistance from within his own party, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is struggling to sustain support for a political shake-up he says is...
Kremlin says Syria peace talk participants must show patience
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that peace talks on the Syria conflict taking place in Geneva were always set to be long...
