In Kurram district, Pakistani security forces have demolished 10 bunkers as part of a peace agreement between Sunni and Shia tribes. The accord followed deadly sectarian clashes. Residents pledged to ...

In a significant breakthrough, 17-year-old Asma Jatak, who had been abducted in Khuzdar, Balochistan, has been safely recovered by authorities.The rescue operation was executed in the Sunni area of ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s justice ministry on Sunday said it is holding 65,000 prisoners across the country, excluding ...

The Syrian Sunni religious scene has fragmented over ... I believe it will keep unchanged the law on the organization of waqfs (religious foundations, editor's note), which abolished the position ...

The measures in question include a general amnesty law, new personal status legislation, and a law on the restitution of ...

By Guest Contributor By Islam SalahIraq’s Federal Supreme Court has recently put a temporary stop to three major laws that were passed by parliament last month following a legal challenge. These laws ...

Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top court suspended implementation Tuesday of three controversial laws passed last month by the country’s parliament, including amendments to a legislation that activists said ...

A Pierce County judge found Friday that a man serving life in prison for the 1996 murder of a drug dealer in Tacoma had rehabilitated himself while incarcerated and earned a 36-year sentence that will ...

(Hadi Mizban/The Associated Press) The parliament also passed a general amnesty law seen as benefiting Sunni detainees and that's also seen as giving a pass to people involved in corruption and ...

The law grants retrials to those convicted of a number of crimes. The Taqadom party, the most influential Sunni bloc, welcomed the adoption of the amnesty law. Iraq's Sunni community has been the ...