Indonesian cleric gets 4 years for concealing COVID-19 test
An influential firebrand cleric was sentenced to another four years in prison on Thursday for…
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Iran names hardline cleric as top judge amid calls for probe
Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei will replace Ebrahim Raisi, who takes office in August as president after…
Why were Colombian guns for hire allegedly key to Haiti assassination plot?
When Manuel Antonio Grosso Guarín jetted into Punta Cana’s tourist-clogged airport early last month on…
France: Marine Le Pen’s far-right party set for election loss
France’s far-right National Rally failed to win a single region in elections, according to partial…
Iran hosts talks between Afghanistan government and Taliban in a bid for peace
Iran brought together envoys of the Afghan government and the Taliban movement in Tehran this…
Pilgrims head to Mecca for 2nd pandemic hajj
Countdown begins: the Mecca Royal Clock Tower, atop the Abraj al-Bait skyscraper complex in the…
Kashmir: Interfaith marriage exposes political fault lines
Manmeet Kaur, a 19-year-old Sikh woman from Srinagar, reportedly eloped with Shahid Nazir Bhat, a…
Iran at a crossroads: Three scenarios
What are the implications of a conservative Iranian presidency and a renewed nuclear deal for…
In Mecca, women set off on hajj as ‘guardian’ rule cast aside
Pakistani pilgrim Bushra Shah bids her husband farewell before leaving for the hajj — the…
A timeline of more than 40 years of war in Afghanistan
The former Soviet Union marched into Afghanistan on Christmas Eve, 1979, claiming it was invited…