Hamas said on Friday it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual nationals who died in captivity in Gaza. The Palestinian ...

The government has constituted a committee to probe the alleged corruption in construction of model mosques. "The Ministry of Religious Affairs has formed a committee, which will investigate the ...

Somalia is planning to provide military bases to Egypt for training Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers in battling Al Shabab ...

Somali officials say security forces have ended a 24-hour siege at a hotel in the central city of Beledwyne, leaving an unknown number of people dead, including all the al-Shabab militants who launche ...

Militants from Islamist group Al-Shabaab on Tuesday killed at least four people in an ongoing attack on a central Somali hotel hosting a meeting over the long-running insurgency, security and police ...

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a cast of exhausted soldiers, disappearing weapons, and Al-Shabaab—the only side winning ...

Turkey is not the largest power interested in Africa. Its economic engagement, arms sales, and foreign aid are dwarfed by one or more of the major powers.

Higher food prices make it more expensive to host iftars. And some new immigrants are avoiding mosques, fearing they will be ...

The final statement of the extraordinary Arab Summit held in Cairo on Tuesday emphasized the necessity of respecting the role ...

The ministry’s plans to build mosques also take into account the population density map along with engineering, architectural specifications, and heritage aspects within the framework of caring ...

Beneath an azure sky with the sun turning the crescent moon of a minaret into a shining golden disk, Woodland’s Muslim Mosque & Islamic Center has formally opened. More than 500 people from throughout ...

At the Musa mosque, some 200 meters from the Salvation Army Church building, Omar reportedly issued incendiary sermons against non-Muslims. According to Kenya's National Intelligence Service, the imam ...