Reports

Dutch law required animals to be stunned before slaughter but made an exception for ritual halaal and kosher slaughters.

Iraq shares a religious link with Iran, and both nations have expressed similar critical views of the mounting regional and international pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign.

Gazzar became a victim of the former Egyptian dictatorship as well as U.S. authorities, who had mistakenly detaining him for eight years in Guantanamo.

A police raid in Karachi uncovered 45 brutalized students chained in a Madrassa basement.

Holland is reviewing its policy of funding the UNRWA agency for Arab ”refugees," which treats them differently than other refugees.

The 66-year-old only returned home after Ben Ali was toppled in January by an unprecedented popular uprising.

Middle East expert Professor Eyal Zisser: If Assad feels threatened by the anti-regime protesters, he may attack Israel.

Gaza terrorists are taking a leaf from history and learning to hide their explosives in newer, more creative ways.

"Both ministers agreed on the need to intensify cooperation on cross-border operations and joint investigations in the fight against crime and illegal trafficking, including the exchange of information and data,"

The book, “Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going” was a collection of interviews published in January and was included in a list of 15 books declared as forbidden by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim).