WASHINGTON- Respect for human rights is an important issue in relations between Washington and Baghdad, the US State Department said Monday after a rights group issued a report on rampant abuse in...
BAGHDAD, Prashant Rao- Tens of thousands of detainees are being held without trial in Iraqi prisons and face violent and psychological abuse as well as other forms of mistreatment, Amnesty...
WASHINGTON, Maxim Kniazkov- The Islamic cleric behind plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero in New York warned on Sunday that retreating on the project would only strengthen the hand of the Muslim...
KUWAIT CITY- Writers, academics and rights activists from six Arab Gulf states on Saturday urged Bahrain to release Shiite activists charged with plotting to overthrow the regime.
"We call on...
JERUSALEM- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday reiterated his demand for the Palestinians to recognise Israel as a Jewish state, in remarks ahead of a second round of US-backed peace...
NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith- New York's Muslims on Friday celebrated the end of the holy month of Ramadan under the shadow of the 9/11 anniversary and a wave of what many are calling Islamophobia....
HAVANA- The Koran burning threat by a Florida pastor was "a huge media show" only the United States could put on, former Cuban president Fidel Castro said Friday.
The whole affair was "a huge...
WASHINGTON- The former head of the Al Haramain Islamic Foundation, considered a terrorist organization by the US government, was convicted of deceiving tax authorities to hide money sent to Chechen...
NEW YORK- Organizers behind controversial plans for an Islamic cultural center near the World Trade Center on Thursday denied a claim by a radical Florida pastor that they had decided to move the...
WASHINGTON- British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will visit Washington for talks with US Vice President Joe Biden on September 23, the White House said Thursday.
Clegg, who leads the Liberal...
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