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Police says bacon was found on door knobs, ground and fences of the mosque

Demonstrators carrying pictures of the cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, faced security forces in a standoff

The formation of the new units comes with China acting more aggressively in territorial disputes

Company terminates Somalian immigrants who walked out claiming not enough was being done to accommodate prayer times

The attacker, dressed in a business suit over a suicide vest, detonated the bomb after entering a Village Restaurant

Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed al-Maktoum was pictured in uniform among other Dubai Civil Defence officers

"The Islamic world is expected to cry out and denounce this infamous regime as much as it can" Ayatollah Ahmad...

The official said that another vehicle was partially damaged

The west will eventually turn against its Muslim citizens, you either leave or you fight, the video said

More than 100 priests and hundreds of Catholic worshippers attended the nine-metre statue's official unveiling

The message read, America is great! Trump is disgusting

Under a 1993 European law a book loses exclusive copyright at the start of the seventh decade after its author is dead

Cheikh Ould Saleck, on death row since 2011, was last seen by fellow inmates at Nouakchott central prison on Thursday,

A soldier and an elderly Muslim man slightly injured as a man drives his car at troops protecting a mosque

Leadership of the Taliban has been in dispute since the confirmation last July of the death of its founder

Four militants also killed during exchange of gunfire

France has been on high alert since Islamic State militants killed 130 people in Paris on November 13

Ait-Ahmed was the last of the nine so-called "sons of Toussaint" who launched an uprising against French rule in 1954

The reopening will allow the two countries cooperate on security and against extremism, says Saudi ambassador to Iraq

The centenary of World War I and Beatrix Potter will also be commemorated on special coins

A departure lounge lounge was cleared as a precaution for some 20 minutes

We should dress for public worship in a way that is generally considered appropriate, the court said in the order

Police units search for suspect who carried out shooting with an automatic weapon at a pub

Satement by Iran's Revolutionary Guards general comes as row with the US over ballistic missile programme deepens

Taliban claim several foreigners were killed in the attack

Erdogan wants to change Turkish constitution to turn the ceremonial role of president into that of a chief executive

It is part of a major overhaul of the armed forces announced by President Xi Jinping in November

Death brings to 138 the number of Palestinians killed since a wave of violence erupted at the start of October

The accident came months after 36 Egyptians were killed when a party boat collided with a cargo ship in the Nile

Eleven others were wounded, among them nine children, when several missiles hit residential districts

Plumes of smoke still emanated from the charred, 63-storey Address Dubai hotel and residential block at daybreak

Officials say they were tipped off about an imminent attack as Europe prepared to ring in the New Year

The festivities were the largest public gathering since terrorists killed 130 people in Paris in November

Often called McRefugees, the homeless pounce on half-eaten hamburgers and stale French fries and sleep in booths

Officials say around three million extra babies will be born each year over the next five years as a result

The Japanese airline plans to introduce the double-decker planes on flights to Hawaii and other overseas destinations

Relations between the two worsened since US said an Iranian vessel had test-fired rockets near three Western warships

Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae says five to seven suicide bombers were to take part in attack

Following attacks in France in November, he streets around St Peter's basilica have been eerily quiet

Suspect is described as self-professed Muslim convert with a criminal history dating back to approximately 2006

Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for breaking Saudi's technology laws and insulting Islam

Restrictions will run until January 15 on trial basis as part of wider drive aimed at reducing pollution levels

Survivor ties a rope from himself to a window-cleaning platform and hangs off the balcony to avoid suffocation

Memories of the Holocaust run deep and the book remains taboo in the country

Witnesses near the iconic Burj Khalifa say huge flames were seen billowing from the hotel

"I could call a nuclear submarine right from here," Obama quips from inside his car, adding that it has seat warmers

The months-long investigation is focused on claims the couple spent the money on garden furniture and private villa

Conflict and persecution drive the number of people forced to flee their homes to a record of more than 60 million

US messaging platform had blocked access to the deleted items by a website called Politwoops

Sydney welcomed 2016 with spectacular midnight fireworks as crowds thronged to harbourside vantage points