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By Sylvia Westall and Tom Finn | DUBAI/DOHA Just 10 days after President Donald Trump called on Muslim countries to stand united against Iran, a public feud between Qatar and some of its Gulf Arab neighbours is jolting his attempt to tip the regional balance...

Turkey’s Red Crescent aid organization, Kizilay, is planning to reach millions of people across the world with food aid during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the agency said Sunday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency in southern Mersin province, Kerem Kinik, the president of the Turkish...

Paul Pogba has been spotted making the pilgrimage to Mecca during Ramadan Manchester United star is embarking on holy month as part of his Muslim beliefs Pogba travelled to Saudi Arabia to pay thanks after first season at United 24-year-old is a practising Muslim...

Prime Minister Abe says Japan 'will take concrete action with the US' after Scud missile crashes into Japanese waters. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his country will join the United States in taking concrete action against North Korea after its latest ballistic missile test. On...

A brief guide to the Islamic season of Ramadan for the curious, the bored, the uninformed and the ignorant. Some of you may have noticed that it is the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. My stomach has. I can hear it groaning as I type...

US President Donald Trump called North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un a "madman with nuclear weapons" during a telephone call with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, according to a transcript of the conversation released by US media Tuesday. A White House readout of the April 29 call...

Arab-Islamic-American summit condemns perpetrators that commit terrorist acts in the name of religion. Riyadh summit discusses ways of rooting out terrorism US President Donald Trump, leaders and representatives of 55 Arab and Muslim-dominated countries kicked off their Arab-Islamic-American summit in Riyadh on Sunday, focusing on unity...

Newspaper cites 10 current and former officials in report of serious intelligence breach caused either by a mole or hacking of covert communication system The Chinese government “systematically dismantled” CIA spying operations in the country starting in late 2010 and killed or imprisoned at least...

Elected for a second term, Iran's president says people 'interaction with the world' over violence and extremism. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, after securing a decisive re-election, has pledged to open the country to the world and deliver freedom its people have yearned for. Rouhani sealed a...

US Secretary of State says the arms agreements will help Saudi Arabia deal with 'malign Iranian influence'. The US and Saudi Arabia signed arms deals worth almost $110bn on Saturday, the first day of President Donald Trump's visit to the traditional US ally. US Secretary of State...