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Movie star's lifestyle reversal sparks a debate in Egypt

Aug 21, 2018

Egyptian movie star who took off her traditional Muslim headscarf, quit religious lifestyle, sparks vigorous debate

The Latest: Trump tweets support for pastor jailed in Turkey

Aug 16, 2018

President Donald Trump is calling on jailed pastor Andrew Brunson to serve as a "great patriot hostage" while he's being held in Turkey

UN panel calls on Bahrain to release activist Nabeel Rajab

Aug 16, 2018

UN panel says Bahrain should immediately release imprisoned activist Nabeel Rajab

The Latest: Germany urges solution on Turkish prisoners

Aug 13, 2018

Germany's foreign minister says it would be in Turkey's own interest to come to an agreement with the United States and others on the release of foreign prisoners.

India to probe whether Cambridge Analytica used Indian data

Jul 26, 2018

India will investigate whether personal data from Indian voters and Facebook users was compromised by political consultant Cambridge Analytica

Mob lynches Muslim man over cow smuggling charges in India

Jul 21, 2018

Police say a Muslim man has been beaten to death by a mob in western India over allegations of cow smuggling, the latest in a series of lynching by violent mobs in the country

Turkish opposition accused of insulting Erdogan via cartoons

Jul 18, 2018

Turkey's state-run news agency says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has filed complaints against the main opposition party leader and 72 legislators accusing them of insults for posting and sharing a cartoon on social media depicting him as animals

Egypt passes bill to block popular social media accounts

Jul 18, 2018

Egypt's parliament passes bill targeting popular social media accounts in latest move to suppress dissent

India's top court calls for new law to curb mob violence

Jul 17, 2018

India's highest court is asking the federal government to consider enacting a new law to deal with growing incidents of deadly mob violence

Egypt lawmakers decry bill 'selling' foreigners citizenship

Jul 16, 2018

Egypt's parliament has passed a draft bill that grants foreigners citizenship if they deposit the sum of at least 7 million Egyptian pounds, or about $391,000, in a local bank, save it there for five years and reside in the country during that period