Muslim African-American women in the U.S. sometimes wear a hijab to signal their religious affiliation. They also want to dispel the assumption that all African-Americans are Christians, and that only ...

Shiite Muslims are commemorating Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith.

NPR has compiled a timeline of when local, state and federal officials posted warnings on social media as well as the timeline of events as presented by local officials.

Shiite pilgrims commemorate Ashoura in Karbala, Iraq, under tight security 1 of 7 | Tens of thousands of pilgrims on Sunday to marked Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite Muslims commemorate the ...

Dubai International Airport (DXB) has issued guidance for passengers travelling through the airport from Friday June 27.

U.S. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon in 1959 promised that the Washington Park loop of the Oregon Zoo train would be “the most elaborate and far flung recreation railroad ever built in our ...

Syria’s government unveiled a new visual identity on Thursday, representing the country’s history, unity and aspirations in the post-Assad era.

For more than two decades, Sean “Diddy” Combs was one of hip-hop's most nimble entrepreneurs, spinning his hitmaking talents into a broad business empire that included a record label, a ...

Here is a timeline of major events in his life story: 1990-1999 1990: Combs, then a student at Howard University, gets his start in the music business with an internship at Uptown Records in New York.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Cartooning for Peace, and Cartoonists Rights condemn the violence and arrests targeting the opposition satirical magazine LeMan in Istanbul. The editorial offices were ...

Those legal views remain honored, symbolically anyway, in the nation’s highest court. A frieze in the courtroom of the Supreme Court features the Prophet Muhammad, holding an open copy of the Quran, ...

Authorities have censored the satirical magazine LeMan due to the publication of a "Muhammad-Moses" cartoon in its Jun 26 issue. Courts have ordered the blocking of access to the magazine’s website ...