London : A ban on burqas has been enforced in Switzerland’s Italian-speaking Ticino region with anyone wearing a full face veil being subjected to fines. The authorities in Ticino rolled out the restriction on July 1, banning people from wearing the burqas in shops, restaurants and public buildin

By: Reuters | Karachi | Updated: July 9, 2016 10:43 pm Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, revered as a “living saint”, was buried on the outskirts of Karachi on Saturday after a state funeral attended by thousands of people. [caption id="attachment_106093" align="aligncenter" width="7

WARSAW, 8th July 2016 (WAM) ---The European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) have signed an agreement to intensity military and security collaboration in an effort to fight "unprecedented" modern-day security challenges "emanating from the South and East". Addressing a join

An American critic claims this photograph proves why President Obama 'allowed ISIS to run wild' A political commentator reckons previously unseen photographs of Barack Obama in traditional Muslim dress prove he has 'deep emotional ties' to Islam. Fox host Bill O'Reilly claims the photo

DHAKA: Bangladeshi forces stormed an upscale Dhaka restaurant to end a hostage-taking by heavily armed militants early Saturday, killing six of the attackers and rescuing 13 captives including foreigners. The military said 20 of the hostages had been killed during the 10-hour standoff, and officials

BEIRUT: The Turkish authorities have accused the Daesh group of carrying out the attack on Istanbul’s international airport that killed 41 people. Long accused of complacency toward Daesh (Arabic acronym of Islamic State), Turkey has changed its approach since joining the US-led coalition against t

The English language may be one of the casualties of Brexit as it emerged that no state other than the UK has registered it as a primary language among the 28 countries within the European Union. English has been the top choice for European Union (EU) institutions but Britain's vote to leave th

The EU's founding states want Britain to begin leaving the union "as soon as possible" to keep the bloc from being stranded in "limbo", Germany's foreign minister said Saturday. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, hosting the six original states of the European Union in Berlin, said they were in agreement t

BAGHDAD: Iraqi government-run camps struggled on Sunday to shelter people fleeing Fallujah, as the military battled Daesh militants in the city’s northern districts. Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi declared victory over Daesh on Friday after troops reached the city center, following a four-week US

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday called for surveillance of mosques as part of US law enforcement efforts to prevent terrorism, and stood by his remarks on banning Muslim immigrants, which others in his party have criticized. Trump repeated his call for a temp

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistani troops fired heavy artillery at Afghan forces at their main Khyber Pass border crossing on Wednesday, the Pakistani military said, an escalation after days of clashes that have killed four people and stranded thousands on both sides. Relations between the US allies hav

A Muslim funeral for Muhammad Ali on Thursday drew thousands of admirers to the boxer's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, where mourners prayed over the body of a man who battled in the ring and sought peace outside it. An estimated 14,000 people, representing many races and creeds, attended the

[embed]https://youtu.be/loPFDDM2k5M[/embed]   Louisville | 6 June, 2016 | IANS-Washington Louisville Mayor ordered that American flags be flown at half-mast at all government buildings in the city until Ali is buried. The body of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali on Sunday arrived in his hom

BEIJING: Amid deepening divisions over the disputed South China Sea, China and US will hold their high level annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing tomorrow during which a host of issues including differences over India's entry into the NSG are expected to be discussed. Billed as the m

Tokyo, 3 June,2016: His parents told police they had left him by the road to discipline him after he threw stones at people and cars. A Japanese boy abandoned in a dense forest by his parents for being naughty was found alive and unharmed on Friday, nearly a week after his disappearance set off a m

ISTANBUL, May 31: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that family planning and contraception were not for Muslim families, in his latest comments promoting population growth that angered women activists. Erdogan said it was the responsibility of mothers to ensure the continued g

ISTANBUL: Thousands of Muslim worshippers descended Saturday on Istanbul’s world famous Hagia Sophia, the towering former Byzantine church that is now a museum, to demand the right to pray there, Turkish media reported. An imam led a prayer in front of the vast building that was once a Greek

JERUSALEM, May 26: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a multilateral French peace initiative as he met his French counterpart on Monday, offering instead to hold direct talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Paris. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said he would speak to