RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington, DC - 21 July 20161. President Barack Obama walks into East Room Eid al-Fitr reception2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President: "The...

LEAD IN:How much do Islam and yoga have in common?A fair bit, according to a Cairo-based yoga teacher - who aims to help people get more out of their Ramadan experience by incorporating some of her tips.STORY-LINE:From a small room in...

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST: AP TELEVISION – AP CLIENTS ONLYFuhais, Jordan - 25 September 20161. Various of council meeting for the relatives and supporters of the slain writer Nahed Hattar, who was shot dead in the...

France's Interior minister gathered leaders of the country's Muslim community, experts and lawmakers on Monday to try to mend relations between Islam and the French state undermined by the burkinis dispute.Bernard Cazeneuve, who also has...

LEAD IN:The moderate Islamist Party of Justice and Development have won Morrocco's legislative election.Turnout was low but some voters in Rabat's Medina say they are hoping for real change.STORY-LINE:The moderate Islamist Party of...

The Muslim Brotherhood's National Alliance for Reform bloc has said that it is pleased to have won 15 seats in Jordan's 130-member lower house.It made the announcement during a news conference on Saturday, three days after 1.5 million...

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYQueens, New York - 3 February 20171. Various, Munther Alaskry and his family walking out of arrivals gate with suitcases2. SOUNDBITE (English) Munther Alaskry,...

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYQueens, New York - 3 February 20171. Various, Munther Alaskry and his family walking out of arrivals gate with suitcases2. SOUNDBITE (English) Munther Alaskry,...

Universities across the U.S. say President Donald Trump's ban on travellers from seven Muslim countries is disrupting research projects and academic exchanges in such fields as medicine and engineering.For example, collaboration between...

A protest was held outside the US Consulate in Hong Kong on Wednesday against the travel ban implemented by US President Donald Trump.The demonstrators also handed a petition letter to the consulate stating their opposition to the...

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales on Sunday visited the Gaza Strip, trying to give a spiritual lift to the territory's tiny Christian minority.Cardinal Vincent Nichols praised Gaza's Christians, whose numbers...

Life has always been hard for Witold Pogorzelski, a farmer in eastern Poland. Fuel shortages in the communist era prevented him from transporting his produce. In the capitalist era, the nearby sugar factory that provided an income to him...

Anti-Muslim sentiment in China has sharply grown in recent years, most visibly on social media where spontaneous campaigns take aim at China's 21 million Muslims, half of whom are Hui. The descendants of Silk Road traders who settled in...

Amnesty International on Wednesday said it was increasingly concerned about the "dehumanising speeches" made by some European leaders aimed at foreigners and Muslims and of the "normalisation" of attacks on civilians in regions of...

Mar.07 -- President Donald Trump issued a revised version of his travel ban on Monday, removing Iraq from the list of targeted countries. Bloomberg's Tony Aarons examines what has changed in the new directive. He speaks on "Bloomberg...

MOFA BriefingSpokesperson: Geng Shuang Date: 28 April 2017Duration: 5 min 2 sec1. Some media reported that the upcoming UN ministerial meeting is expected to roll out new sanctions against North Korea. Any comment? The situation of the...

China has described the case of Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo, who had been held in detention until his recent transfer to a hospital after being diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer, as a "domestic affair", and says other nations should...

ASSOCIATED PRESSWashington, D.C. - 26 June 20171. Exteriors, Supreme Court 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Sherman, Associated Press Supreme Court writer: "The Supreme Court today said that it would hear the arguments over the Trump...

ASSOCIATED PRESSWashington, D.C. - 26 June 20171. Exteriors, Supreme Court 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Sherman, Associated Press Supreme Court writer: "The Supreme Court today said that it would hear the arguments over the Trump...

Rohingya Muslims climbing out of boats upon arrival in the Banglasdeshi coastal town of Teknaf has become an all too familiar sight.

The current exodus from Rakhine...

After a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims sparked allegations of ethnic cleansing, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday her country does not fear international scrutiny.

She told...

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Brussels' Great Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre works across the community to fight extremist ideolo
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A suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in western Kabul has killed at least 30 people and wounded 45, an Afghan official at the Interior Ministry said.

Maj. Gen. Alimast Momand says the attacker was on...

US President Donald Trump on Monday called the deadly church shooting in Texas an "act of evil".

On the first leg of a visit to Asia, he spoke with Texas Governor Greg Abbott from Tokyo and said the state...