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EU leaders agree to boost aid for Syria's neighbours — home to millions of refugees — to stop them coming to Europe

Reid calls on Republicans to denounce Carson’s anti-Muslim remarks and to take note of contributions Muslims have...

Palestinians fear such moves will further isolate Gaza, where more than 100,000 were left homeless in war with Israel

Rice says she is very happy as a university professor at Stanford University

French Defence Minister says if Russia's main intention was "to protect President Bashar al Assad", it should say so

Head of Iran's Hajj organisation said for "unknown reasons" a path had been closed off near the scene

Says he encountered violence and rudeness in Manchester city, where he has lived for 10 years, and cannot find work

Xiaobo was jailed for 11 years in 2009 on subversion charges for organizing a petition urging an end to one-party rule

PTI chief also expresses grief over deadliest stampede since 2006

For people younger than 33, this will be their first-ever chance to see a "super blood moon"

India will aim to reduce its carbon intensity by 35 percent from 2005 levels by 2030

US Republican candidate claims donations poured in after his controversial remarks about Islam and the presidency

The official says the migrant was probably from Eritrea or Sudan

Centre for Disease Control says total number of cases for 2015 has already hit 15,282

Gayatri Devi's death triggered showdown over a fortune that media estimated at between $200 million to $400 million

Survery shows only 49% of Republicans think Islam should be legal in the US with 21% not sure

In a photograph published on his official Twitter account, Assad appears standing in prayer

India's social media-addicted prime minister is looking to tap investors' pockets on the trip

China and Iran have close diplomatic, economic, trade and energy ties

The government has stepped up curbs on religious clothing in the heavily Muslim area

The White House held off a planned 21-gun salute that would not have chimed with the pope's stature as a man of peace

Yemen's branch of Islamic State claim responsibility for the attack

Fat -- is it still the enemy or now a friend? Opinions vary wildly

The group from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan had boarded the wooden boat from Pameungpeuk beach in West Java

On mobile devices, shifting perspectives can be done by dragging fingers or just turning handsets

The estimated number of people who had fingerprint records stolen rose from 1.1 million to about 5.6 million

The online survey of more than 2,000 individuals ranks 84 cities around the world in terms of the business environment

Unveiling the new mosque, Putin said Russia must educate its Muslim youth to prevent them from becoming extremists

Whatever hope there was of peace in Afghanistan is fast disappearing

The group made the pledge in a statement distributed by supporters online; pledge is a boost for anti-IS Nusra Front

The White House echoed to the strains of the Pontifical Anthem and a thundering 21-gun salute

Turing and its Chief Executive Officer Martin Shkreli has become new face of the US drug pricing controversy this week

Urges Muslims to put efforts to spread the real message of Islam as the religion of peace

In an interview with AFP, Mohammed al-Nimr said he hoped the king would save his son

Ali Mohammed al Nimr was sentenced to death despite being a minor at the time of the events

About 2.5 million Muslims from around the world gathered in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj

French presidency says both countries have agreed on terms and conditions of Egypt's acquisition of two vessels

Hungarian PM accused German Chancellor Merkel of trying to impose her vision of an open EU on the rest of the bloc

The move comes a day before Sisi is due to head to New York to deliver a speech at the UN General Assembly

TV footage shows two trains crushed together with considerable damage to front end of one and back of the other

In May, Gadkari and his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi, signed an $85 million deal for India

Slovak leader said he would rather risk infringing EU rules than accept what he termed the diktat of the majority

He was pulled out of class and taken to a room where he was questioned by two people

His death takes total number of foreign troops killed since Nato ended its combat operations in Afghanistan to six

Hadi instructed the ministers to focus on basic services such as water, electricity, housing, healthcare and security

Along with joy, many pilgrims also feel sadness and anger as the woes of the Muslim world weighed heavy on their minds

The 28-nation EU has established a whole series of rules governing the handling of asylum seekers in Europe

New York Times says the FBI has found the emails which were deleted from Clinton's email server

Modi's stance in US rose further when Obama visited India and the two tightened defence and civil nuclear cooperation

Environmental Watch on Sakhalin has been labelled "foreign agent" under controversial law targeting NGOs