All posts tagged "Islam"
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13WorldControversial Sri Lankan monk jailed for insulting Islam
A hardline Sri Lankan monk who is a close ally of ousted former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been sentenced to nine months...
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351International
Italy’s FM heads to Syria to encourage post-Assad transition and calls for EU to review sanctions
ROME — Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is travelling to Syria on Friday to encourage the country’s transition following the ouster of...
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141International
Conflict between Turkey and Kurdish groups rises around key dam in northern Syria
TISHRIN DAM, Syria — A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and...
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45International
6 soldiers and 34 extremist rebels die in a clash in northeastern Nigeria, military says
ABUJA, Nigeria — At least six soldiers and 34 Islamic extremists died in a clash in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, the military...
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165International
Aid convoy reaches remote district in NW Pakistan after prolonged blockade amid sectarian violence
PARACHINAR, Pakistan — Aid trucks carrying medicines, food and other relief supplies for hundreds of thousands of besieged residents reached a remote...
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49International
Malaysia turns away 2 boats with nearly 300 Rohingya refugees after dozens landed on island
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian authorities said Saturday that they have turned away two boats carrying nearly 300 people believed to be...
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28International
Bangladesh court again rejects bail for Hindu leader who led rallies
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A court in southeastern Bangladesh on Thursday rejected a plea for bail by a jailed Hindu leader who led...
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20World
Protesters in Syria demand justice for disappeared activists
DOUMA, Syria (AP) — Protesters in Syria held a sit-in Wednesday demanding justice for four activists who were forcibly disappeared in 2013...
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31International
Protesters in Syria demand justice for disappeared activists and accountability from all factions
DOUMA, Syria — Protesters in Syria held a sit-in Wednesday demanding justice for four activists who were forcibly disappeared in 2013 and...
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80International
Tens of thousands of people in Istanbul protest Gaza war
ISTANBUL — Tens of thousands of people gathered on Istanbul’s Galata Bridge on New Year’s Day on Wednesday to express solidarity with...
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40International
Now Syria’s long-ruling Baath party is collapsing, too
DAMASCUS, Syria — A few days after insurgents in Syria overthrew President Bashar Assad, his ruling Baath party announced it was freezing...
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43International
The Taliban order all NGOs in Afghanistan to stop employing women or face closure
The Taliban says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women. It comes two years after they...
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