For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

With its wide boulevards and tree-lined neighborhoods, Homs bustled with business, an oil refinery, and agricultural production. Sunni and Alawite Muslims, Orthodox and Catholic Christians—diverse ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The former girlfriend of Jamell “YNW Melly” Demons remained in a Broward jail Friday, days after she was taken into custody on a civil contempt finding, as her lawyer demanded ...

According to the charge sheet, the duo desecrated the Koran, including burning it, while making derogatory remarks about ...

The danger to Melbourne crime figure Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim escalated last year when he linked with the Sydney-based ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2025. There are 336 days left in the year. Today in ...

In 2024, Madinah hosted events and activities for the region's date season across six main and mobile venues, including an exhibition near the Quba Mosque. These efforts enriched visitors' experiences ...

Gold rewarded both investors and central banks in 2024. The economic pressures of three independent wars across the globe, inflationary pressures, the need to reduce the dependency on the US ...

Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. The amendments give ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Protesters gather to demonstrate against a proposed law to permit underage female marriage in Tahrir Square ...

A "sectarian" bill that could potentially legitimise child marriage in Iraq has passed into law reportedly without a vote in the parliament. The parliamentary website said "the proposal to amend ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s legislature on Tuesday passed three controversial bills regarding the return of land confiscated under the Baath regime to the original Kurdish owners ...