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Turkey:Mevlut Cavusoglu continues verbal assault on Holland

Turkish officials continue name-calling barrage as dispute over political rallying in foreign nations intensifies. Turkey's leaders continued their verbal assault on the Netherlands on Sunday with its foreign minister accusing his NATO ally of being "the capital of fascism". Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu made the comments...

World’s most powerful passports revealed, with UK dropping down the list

By:Matt Broomfield @hashtagbroom United Kingdom comes joint-fourth, behind Germany in top position, while countries on Donald Trump's 'Muslim ban' list rank among worst for ability to travel freely A German passport remains the most powerful across the globe, while its British equivalent is growing weaker, according to the 2017...

OIC slams Swedish extremist’s burning of Quran copy

OIC slams Swedish extremist's burning of Quran copy
By:ANADOLU AGENCY The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Thursday strongly condemned the burning of a copy of the holy Quran by a Swedish extremist.  The OIC said in a statement that...

French police make woman remove clothing on Nice beach following burkini ban

By Ben Quinn Authorities in 15 towns have banned burkinis, citing public concern following recent terrorist attacks in the country Photographs have emerged of armed French police confronting a woman on a beach and making her remove some of her clothing as part of a controversial...

Why Muhammad may be the most common baby boys’ name in England and Wales

Experts say different spellings are variations on the same name transliterated from Arabic An official list of the most popular baby names in England and Wales has sparked fresh debate over whether Mohamed – with all its spelling variations - is the most common boys’...

Türkiye condemns ‘vile attack’ on Quran, Turkish flag in Denmark

Türkiye Foreign Ministry
Turkish Foreign Ministry urges Danish authorities to take action against perpetrators of "hate crime". Türkiye has strongly condemned a "vile attack" on the Muslim holy book, the Quran, and a Turkish flag in Denmark.

Qatar and Russia to bolster economic ties

Qatar and Russia announced the new agreement, which will see closer trade ties, during a visit by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the Gulf Nation on Wednesday. Lavrov made the commitment after a meeting in Doha with his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin...

Smuggler or survivor? Migrants forced to help, face arrest

PACHINO, Sicily (AP) " All migrant Marc Samie has of his fiancee is a picture in his mind. Louise, seven and a half months pregnant, is standing silently on a beach in Libya, tears rolling down her face as traffickers force him at gunpoint...

Istanbul rally commemorates Turkish soldiers killed in Iraq, supports Palestinians

Prayers offered for 12 soldiers killed in Claw-Lock Operation zone in northern Iraq, Gazans
By: Anadolu agency Thousands of people gathered on Monday for an event titled "Mercy for our martyrs, support for Palestine, curse on Israel” in mosques during the morning prayers to join a procession organized by Türkiye’s NGO TUGVA...

A record number of journalists are in jail, CPJ census finds

Turkey's unprecedented crackdown on media brought the total number of jailed journalists worldwide to the highest number since the Committee to Protect Journalists began taking an annual census in 1990. As of December 1, 2016, there were 259 journalists in jail around the world. Turkey...