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The crescent: Islam’s accidental symbol
A self-proclaimed fundamentalist movement gave Moroccan pharmacists one month to dismantle the bright green crosses representative of the pharmaceutical industry in many countries around...
Sudan-Turkey: Al-Bashir skips Islamic summit
Sudanese President al-Bashir has cancelled a visit to Turkey amid an EU push to arrest him for war crimes charges, notes AlJazeera. Omar...
Sudan-Turkey: Fear keeps Al-Bashir out of Muslim summit
Sudan’s president, Mr. Omar Al-Bashir has expressed distrust in Turkey, as the International Criminal Court (ICC) wanted leader declines to attend a Muslim summit...
Sudan: President Bashir tests new Obama policy on Sudan
With the news that President Omar al-Bashir plans to travel to Turkey and Egypt in the coming days, President Obama faces the first test...
Immigration: Italy accepts embattled Turkish cargo
After four days of talks, Italy finally decided to accept Sunday, 140 African migrants rescued from a sinking ship by a Turkish Pinar, RFI...
Comoran-registered Turkish ship capsizes off Tripoli, 5 missing
Five crew members are missing while two have been rescued after a Comoran-registered Turkish ship capsized in the waters off the Tripoli Port on...
Islamic heads say women have the right to fight back
Sunni Islams highest authority, Egyptian Sheikh Abdel Hamid Al Atrash, has said that women have the right to fight back against their husbands if...
Gay rights group ordered to close in Turkey
Although homosexuality is not legally criminal in Turkey, a court ruling has demanded the closure of a gay rights group called Lambda. The ruling...
Thousands of Armenians commemorate 1915 mass killings.
According to France 24 thousands of Armenians gathered in the capital Yerevan to mark the 93rd anniversary of the 1915 massacre. The killing occurred...
Turkey becomes the 25th AfDB non-regional member
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved Turkey's application to join the Bank Group, a statement issued by...