Hours after being evicted from New York's Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, Occupy Wall Street protesters were setting up in a new location pledging amid religious prayers to continue the movement with a new occupation.
The entire affair paints a poignant picture of the idea of freedom of religion in Iran, where Zoroastrians are vulnerable to pressures of conversion, official retaliation and discriminatory practices in employment and education.
Khan, a vociferous opponent of the current leadership in Pakistan, has also spoken out against the rise of Islamic militancy.
Egyptians are facing a blizzard of posters and TV adverts seeking their votes in the first free parliamentary election in decades but some campaigners are turning to tricks like tearing down rival posters in a race where every vote counts.
For a lot of people the day begins amid the chaos of a transit pressure-cooker. Agitated workers wedge onto trains or buses to make the stressful commute to work and arrive feeling frazzled, a state that only worsens as the day wears on.
The United Nations on Friday accused Sudan of bombing a refugee camp in South Sudan and called for an investigation into the attack, evidence of the escalating tensions between Khartoum and Juba.
Muslim leaders are worried about the 24-hour prayer rally happening Friday near Detroit.
A woman and her daughter were stoned to death in Afghanistan's Ghazni province on Thursday and officials are blaming the Taliban for the gruesome act, according to BBC News.
A refugee camp in South Sudan's Unity state was bombed on Thursday, South Sudan officials and witnesses said, threatening to raise tensions with Sudan.
The red poppy flower is a symbol of the remembrance of the dead from the Great War.
Christians and Hindus together account for only about 3 or 4 percent of Pakistan’s population.
The Greek nation has had a vastly different history and trajectory from the dominant countries of Western Europe.
For the first time, a transsexual woman and an openly gay man were sworn into the Polish parliament on Tuesday, as Anna Grodzka and Robert Biedron took their elected seats in Warsaw.
A stampede at a religious festival in northern India, on the banks of the Ganges River, killed at least 16 people Monday, officials said.
World-wide, Muslims are slaughtering animals in celebration Eid al-Adha, a holiday based on Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his own son for Allah.
Fighters who toppled dictator Muammar Gaddafi in Libya's uprising will keep their weapons for now to aid in security, an Islamist commander said.
A suicide bomber killed eight people during religious celebrations in northern Afghanistan on Sunday.
Sunday marked the beginning of Eid al Adha 2011, the first day of the three-day religious holiday for Muslims worldwide to celebrate Prophet Abraham's sacrifice with mass prayers, feasting of meat and sweets and well-wishing and tranquility.
Are you still pondering about the much awaited cataclysmic 2011 dates - Oct 21 and Oct 28, a prediction that passed by quite uneventfully? It could still be worthwhile to muscle up courage and brace up for the next two dark dates of 11/11/11 or Dec. 21, 2012.
Gunmen attacked a church in Nigeria late Thursday, killing at least two people.
A group of almost 30 protesters have been occupying Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's Capitol Hill office since Thursday morning.
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has condemned the petrol bomb attack on the Paris offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hedbo, saying it was an assault on freedom of expression.
