Europe

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...

Agreement reached on increasing efforts to end tension between Gulf states and Qatar, sources from Erdogan's office say. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken with Saudi Arabia's King Salman and its new crown prince over the phone and they agreed to increase efforts to...

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...

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’...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Wih investigations into the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) continuing, companies transferred to the Savings Deposits Insurance Fund (SDIF) and proven to have provided financial aid to the terrorist organization will be sold, those that have lost money will be liquidated and those that are...