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Islamist groups have been responsible for murdering a large number of journalists over the past decade without their killers being brought to justice. Those murders feature prominently in the latest edition of the global impunity index compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). It...

By Farrah Fazal The bitter Minnesota cold was like Heaven for the last month for three refugees. They came from the largest refugee camp in the world in Kenya. They are celebrating their arrival here. Hasan, Basra and their son Abdirahman came to reunite with their...

Horndiplomat-The number of Britons converting to Islam has doubled in 10 years. Why? Jerome Taylor and Sarah Morrison investigate The number of Britons choosing to become Muslims has nearly doubled in the past decade, according to one of the most comprehensive attempts to estimate how...

On the second day of the Hajj, Muslims gather at Mount Arafat to mark the most important ritual of the pilgrimage. Nearly two million Muslims have gathered in the vast Saudi plain of Mount Arafat for the most important ritual of the Hajj, an annual...

By Tommy Wilkes and Nigam Prusty | NEW DELHI India signed a deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France on Friday for around $8.7 billion, the country's first major acquisition of combat planes in two decades and a boost for Prime Minister Narendra...

We investigate a secret order that allowed Israel's army to kill Palestinian civilians to stop the capture of a soldier.       SOURCE:ALJAZEERA

The son of the outgoing Mauritius prime minister was appointed as the new premier on Monday, prompting accusations of nepotism and calls for a referendum from opponents. Anerood Jugnauth, 86, who has been in his post since 2014, the latest of several terms at the...

Riyadh's decision to overturn a ban on women driving in the kingdom spurs euphoria and sarcasm on social media. Barely a week after a senior Saudi cleric said women in the country should not be allowed to drive because they have "a quarter the brainpower...

Not long ago, Amina J. Mohammed, the U.N.’s deputy secretary-general, witnessed firsthand democracy in action in Africa. After Muhammadu Buhari won Nigeria's presidential elections in March 2015, he appointed her environment minister. The election marked Nigeria’s first peaceful transition of power in decades; since attaining independence...

By:Leyla Hussein A year ago anti-FGM campaigner Leyla Hussein wrote to her teenage daughter about her hopes for her generation in 2016. She had no idea what was to follow. My dearest Feyrus, Where do I start? I wrote to you a year ago to express my...