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By Sylvia Westall and Tom Finn | DUBAI/DOHA Just 10 days after President Donald Trump called on Muslim countries to stand united against Iran, a public feud between Qatar and some of its Gulf Arab neighbours is jolting his attempt to tip the regional balance...

Turkey’s Red Crescent aid organization, Kizilay, is planning to reach millions of people across the world with food aid during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the agency said Sunday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency in southern Mersin province, Kerem Kinik, the president of the Turkish...

JEDDAH, KSA (Saudi Gazette)—Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Labor and Social Development (MLSD) Ali Al-Ghafis signed a bilateral agreement with Ethiopia’s Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Abdulfatah Abdullahi to recruit Ethiopian domestic workers. According to the agreement, the Ethiopian government will send qualified domestic workers...

Arab-Islamic-American summit condemns perpetrators that commit terrorist acts in the name of religion. Riyadh summit discusses ways of rooting out terrorism US President Donald Trump, leaders and representatives of 55 Arab and Muslim-dominated countries kicked off their Arab-Islamic-American summit in Riyadh on Sunday, focusing on unity...

Elected for a second term, Iran's president says people 'interaction with the world' over violence and extremism. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, after securing a decisive re-election, has pledged to open the country to the world and deliver freedom its people have yearned for. Rouhani sealed a...

More than 30,000 Somali refugees have apparently returned to Somalia from Yemen, the United Nations refugee agency said, and an increasing number are seeking aid to return home. Babar Baloch, spokesperson at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), today told reporters...

Final results show incumbent president emphatically beating rival Ebrahim Raisi to extend his time in office. Iran's reformist President Hassan Rouhani has decisively won the country's presidential election, according to official results, fending off a challenge by principlist rival, Ebrahim Raisi. With all of votes in...

US president receives warm welcome by King Salman as he seeks to repair ties with Washington's closest Arab ally. US President Donald Trump has arrived in Saudi Arabia on the first leg of his first foreign trip since taking office, in a crucial test abroad...

The Peninsula-The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) recently sponsored ‘Shida’, the Fourth Annual Forum of the Somali Community in Qatar, organised by Weyak, a Doha-based voluntary organisation that works to foster understanding of mental health issues with outreach activities both regionally and within...

By Tim Cocks and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin | DAKAR In an upmarket suburb of Senegal's seaside capital, a branch of Iran's Al-Mustafa University teaches Senegalese students Shi'ite Muslim theology, among other subjects. The branch director is Iranian and a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...