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“What are you wearing for Eid?” is the question we’ve asked to different people across the world ahead of the Muslim festival. They took us into their ateliers and homes and showed us their beautiful garments. Alisham - Uganda Ebrahim - Kurdistan ...

Bombing raids on rebel-held parts of Aleppo and Idlib come after US and Russia agree on ceasefire deal. Ruinous violence has raged in several parts of Syria, shortly after the US and Russia sealed an ambitious agreement aimed at breathing life back into a stuttering...

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...

London – South Sudan’s consulate was forcibly closed on Friday after the premise owner called the police last week over a dispute on rental arrears of more than 4 months. The male owner of the premise (whose name is withheld here as the case is...

JERUSALEM — Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia may have more in common than an interest in Middle East peace talks. According to a newly discovered Soviet document, Mr. Abbas may have once worked for...

KHARTOUM – Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir may cancel his planned trip to the Somali capital where the upcoming summit for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is expected to take place this week over fears of arrest, sources said Friday. The summit which will feature...

By Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — The Latest on North Korea’s nuclear test (all times local): 6 p.m. China’s Foreign Ministry will formally protest North Korea’s nuclear test with Pyongyang’s ambassador in Beijing. Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters Friday that the test, North Korea’s fifth, was...

The United Nations has more than 100,000 peacekeepers, serving in sixteen missions on four continents. Their goal is to protect civilians, maintain peace and security. But their operations have caused controversy, including allegations of sexual abuse. Demand for peacekeepers in conflict zones continues to rise and the...

Once seen as a "natural" Republican constituency, Muslim-Americans are increasingly leaning Democratic, and they are expected to vote in record numbers for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election in November. From overwhelmingly voting for George W. Bush in the 2000 election to...

The East African Community trade bloc will delay signing a trade agreement with the European Union, originally set for Oct.1, Tanzanian President John Magufuli said on Thursday. "We have given ourselves three months to discuss further the signing of the EPA agreement and we will...