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In November 2016, the electorate college of United States reported that Donald Trump won the US Presidential election after more than one year of an intense rivalry between Trump from the Republicans and Hillary Clinton from Democrats. The Republican also dominated and won both the congress and the...

By: TRT WORLD Cairo's "Summit for Peace" was meant to be a diplomatic breakthrough towards a ceasefire in Gaza, but its failure revealed what one analyst called the "fault lines" between Muslim, Arab countries and Western states on the...

By: MICHAEL ATSBEHA BEKARREDAR, Ethiopia (AP) - The 25-year-old Kedija had her external genitalia removed and her vagina sewn up when she was just seven days old. She has faced a lifetime of pain. "I was unable to hold my urine for long," she told The...

The US and Kuwaiti leaders voice optimism for a diplomatic solution to ongoing dispute between Qatar and its neighbours. US President Donald Trump has offered to mediate in the three-month diplomatic dispute between Qatar and its neighbours, saying "we will be most successful with...

Qatar welcomes decision, but says move should include a full lifting of the blockade imposed by the Saudi-led group. Saudi Arabia will open its land border with Qatar to allow Hajj pilgrims to pass through, its official press agency said. A statement on the official Saudi...

Known as the “Wise Man of the Region”, Kuwait’s 91-year-old Emir Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah died on Tuesday after decades as a leading figure in the oil-rich Gulf nation. Born in 1929, Sheikh Sabah is widely regarded as the architect of modern Kuwait’s foreign policy...

Israeli police shoot dead three Palestinian suspects after they allegedly opened fire on Israelis near Al Aqsa compound. Three Palestinians reportedly opened fire near Al Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's Old City, wounding three Israelis, before they were killed. Israeli police said the three gunmen reached one...

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...

The Muslim world is the target of numerous plots to reshape it to the benefit of others, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned Saturday. Speaking at the 7th Hadith and Sira Studies Awards Ceremony in Istanbul, Erdoğan said "Just like a century ago, the Islamic world...

Ankara's growing deployments and initiatives in the Middle East and Africa are cheered and feared in near equal measure By JONATHAN GORVETT In Doha, his face is on bumper stickers. In Mogadishu, it looms on giant posters. Nowadays, Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan enjoys great popularity in...