Chinese authorities have shut down three mosques in Weishan town of the country’s southern Yunnan province, media reported. The mosques belonging to Hui Muslims were shut for what the authorities said “illegal religious education,” the South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong-based...

The stabbing of three people in a central Manchester station is being treat as a “terror related” incident, British police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on New Year’s Eve as the attacker stabbed a man and woman in their 50s, and a British Transport Police officer in...

At least 8 people were injured as a vehicle ploughed into pedestrians in central Tokyo where people gathered for New Year festivities, local media reported on Tuesday. According to Japanese Kyodo news agency, police sources say the incident was an act of terrorism. “The police...

Israel has officially withdrawn from UN heritage agency UNESCO.   In October 2017, Israel said it will quit the UN agency, citing what it described as UNESCO’s “bias” toward the Palestinians.   The withdrawal decision went into effect on Tuesday.  ...