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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -A large group of heavily armed militants killed 14 Burkina Faso soldiers and injured seven others in a...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis and other religious leaders made a joint appeal on Monday for next...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the Prophet Mohammad with...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Boko Haram insurgents have taken over multiple communities in Nigeria's north-central Niger state, offering villagers money...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican hopes a meeting where world religious leaders will take a common...

By Ruma Paul (Reuters) -Bangladesh's foreign minister vowed "stern action" on Saturday against the killers of Rohingya refugee leader Mohib...

By Poppy McPherson and Ruma Paul (Reuters) -For years, Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah, one of the most prominent advocates for...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia urged Tajikistan and Afghanistan to resolve any dispute in a mutually acceptable manner, saying it had heard...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and other...

ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigerian police denied killing members of a banned Shi'ite Muslim group who had gathered in the capital Abuja...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Five gendarmes were killed and four were injured when a convoy they were escorting to an Australian-owned...

By John Davison and Ahmed Rasheed NASSIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Elections in Iraq next month are being held early in...

By Ali Sawafta and Zainah El-Haroun RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel on Friday of destroying...

By Alasdair Pal and Jibran Ahmed (Reuters) - A little more than a month after toppling the Western-backed government in...

By Mahmoud Mourad CAIRO (Reuters) - Clerics from Egypt's ancient seat of Sunni study Al-Azhar, who spent years teaching in...

By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - When President Tayyip Erdogan opened a new court complex this month, Turkey's senior cleric...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is considering whether to deport a transgender businesswoman who was convicted this month of illegal entry...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo has said it has arrested a Middle Eastern national for alleged ties to...

By Cate Cadell URUMQI, China (Reuters) - When Ziba Murat last saw her mother, retired Uyghur doctor Gulshan Abbas, at...

(Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers said on Tuesday there was no evidence of Islamic State or al Qaeda militants being...