Ramadan

Yemen's warring parties endorse truce from midnight as fighting rages

Yemen’s main warring factions endorsed a U.N.-brokered humanitarian truce from midnight on Friday ...

Jul 10, 2015 09:57 AM EDT

China says Xinjiang has no 'ethnic problem' after Turkey protests

China has no "ethnic problem" in its far west, and Muslim Uighur minorities there enjoy freedom of r...

Jul 06, 2015 08:48 AM EDT

Saudi-led strikes kill 30 in northern Yemen, Houthis say

Air strikes by Saudi-led forces killed 30 civilians in an attack on a market in northern Yemen on Su...

Jul 05, 2015 08:56 AM EDT

Pakistan morgues run out of space as heat wave kills more than 1,000

The worst heat wave to hit Pakistan's southern city of Karachi for nearly 35 years has killed more t...

Jun 25, 2015 07:49 AM EDT

Indonesian Islamic parties seek ban on alcohol consumption

Two Islamic parties have proposed legislation that would ban all consumption of alcoholic drinks and...

Apr 14, 2015 08:22 AM EDT

Saudi Arabia steps up beheadings; some see political message

Immediately after his sword falls, the Saudi Arabian executioner steps backwards to avoid soiling hi...

Oct 20, 2014 11:19 AM EDT