Tehran: A young woman banned from the Iranian national chess team, allegedly for attending an international competition without wearing an Islamic headscarf, has...
Geneva: Conflicts, violence and persecution in Myanmar, South Sudan, Syria and elsewhere have forced more than two million people to flee as refugees...
Riyadh: Just a few days after the Royal decree granting women the license to drive, cinemas, currently banned in the country, are expected...
Stockholm: “The Swedish Academy has decided to announce the name of this year’s Nobel Literature Prize laureate on Thursday, October 5, at 1:00...
Washington: US President Donald Trump has warned his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that negotiations with North Korea were a “waste of time”...
She bravely saved the Indian driver from a fire by putting out the flames with an abaya Dubai: A Muslim woman’s quick-witted...
Catalonia: As thousands of people in Catalonia (Catalunya) prepared to vote in an independence referendum on Sunday, Spanish police resorted to a...
Vienna: A legislation that forbids full-face covering, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or burqa, has come into effect in Austria. The...
Damascus: As many as 73 government troops and allied fighters were killed within the past 24 hours in battles with the Islamic State...
Iraq: The Islamic State group have released a voice recording on Thursday of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, calling on jihadists under pressure...