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DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday a major overhaul of the country's Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restrictions and criminalizing so-called...

A well-known former television presenter has been killed in a blast in Afghanistan that officials have blamed on militants linked to the Taliban. Yama Siawash was an anchor on...

China accused the United States of applying 'double standards' following the state department's move to remove the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) from its list of terrorist organisations. Chinese...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is involved in "demagoguery" in the wake of French President Emmanuel Macron's statements on freedom of expression and the dangers of radical Islamism following...

A former Afghan television presenter and two other civilians were killed in a bomb explosion in Kabul on Saturday in the latest violence to rock the city. Yama Siawash...

Tehran, Iran – As Joe Biden increasingly seems closer to victory in the United States presidential elections, President Hassan Rouhani has called on the next US administration to restart...

Governor replaced by presidential decree with former finance minister Naci Agbal after the currency hit record lows. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan removed the central bank governor from his...

Turkey fired the governor of its central bank and replaced him with a former finance minister, according to a presidential decree published Saturday in the official gazette, after the...

Austria on Friday admitted “intolerable mistakes” in the handling of intelligence on the jihadist who killed four people in Vienna on Monday, saying it could have considered him a...

A group of French Muslims decided to stand guard outside their town’s cathedral to protect it and show solidarity with Catholic churchgoers PARIS -- As a French-born Muslim, Elyazid...