MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Boko Haram freed 13 hostages, Nigeria’s presidency said on Saturday, after authorities negotiated their release with the Islamist militants. The kidnappings were part of a campaign of attacks last year by the jihadist group whose bid to create an...

Riyadh (AFP) - Saudi women should not have to wear the loose-fitting abaya robe to shroud their bodies in public, a senior cleric said, in the latest sign of a far-reaching liberalisation drive. "More than 90 percent of pious Muslim women in the Muslim world do not wear abayas," said...

Anime fans in war-torn Iraq have flocked to the country's annual festival celebrating Japanese animation and comic book culture. Thousands of Iraqis turned up on Friday for the Otaku Matsuri convention in the capital Baghdad dressed up as their favourite anime characters, local media...

Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin on Saturday called for an end to racism, xenophobia and discrimination. In a column in local Daily Sabah titled: “Erdogan's Vatican visit promises hope for global peace” Kalin praised Pope Francis' message of inclusiveness and openness....