Among the supporters of a new law to give greater autonomy to a Muslim-majority region of the Philippines are local evangelical Christians. “We will support the law,” Aldrin Penamora, an evangelical Christian, told Anadolu Agency. “The law will make many contributions to the region. I...

The U.S. special representative for Afghanistan has extended his stay in Pakistan as he is still expecting a meeting with Afghan Taliban representatives to break the deadlock that has hit the Afghan peace process, officials said on Saturday. Zalmay Khalilzad, who has been in Islamabad for...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian shoe-cleaner boy fell six stories in Lebanon’s Beirut after being chased by the municipality police last Wednesday.   The 14-year-old refugee lost his life immediately in a tragic incident sparks new outrage over mounting abuses against Syrians sheltered...

Tunisia’s largest labor union has announced a two-day general strike for public-sector employees on Feb. 20.  “The general strike is a necessity,” Noureddine Taboubi, the head of the Tunisian General Labor Union (TGLU), said in statements after a union meeting in the eastern city...