A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked eastern Taiwan on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring more than 100 others, according to Taiwan’s official Central News Agency (CNA).  According to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the quake’s epicenter was 22 kilometers (13 miles) northeast...

Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan was denied bail in France Tuesday, judicial sources said, four days after he was remanded in custody on charges of rape that have sown divisions in the Muslim community. Two Muslim women have accused Ramadan, a 55-year-old Oxford University...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday called on the government to strip Turkey's main medical association of the adjective "Turkish" in its name after it vehemently opposed the military operation in Syria. Erdogan accused members of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) of...

Iranians have political, economic and social demands which must be heard, President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday, one of his clearest statements of the right to air grievances since demonstrations were put down violently in December and January. "People have criticism and...