Far right, anti-fascists protest in Finland a year after knife attack
Supporters of the far right and anti-fascists staged rival marches on Saturday in the city of Turku, the scene of Finland’s first militant Islamist attack a year ago.
Iran says its economy not at ‘dead end’ from U.S. sanctions
Iran said on Saturday it would resist the pressures of U.S. sanctions by relying on its natural and human resources, as Washington pushes allies to cut economic ties with Tehran.
Iranian spiritual leader sentenced for ‘insulting Islam’
An Iranian court has sentenced the founder of a spiritual movement to five years in jail, his lawyer told ILNA news agency on Saturday, after he was accused of corrupting Muslims.
Turkey’s Erdogan says to challenge ‘games’ on the economy
A day after two major ratings agencies downgraded Turkey closer to junk status amid a currency crisis, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he would challenge those playing “games” on the economy.
China’s top diplomat says supports Turkey’s efforts to safeguard stability
China supports the Turkish government’s efforts to safeguard security and economic stability and believes that it will overcome its “temporary difficulties”, China’s top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, told Turkey’s foreign minister on Saturday.
Iran says its economy not in ‘dead-end’ from U.S. sanctions
Iran’s vice president said on Saturday the Islamic Republic would resist pressures from U.S. sanctions by relying on its oil and other natural resources.
Madagascar president, former presidents to run in Nov. 7 vote
Incumbent Madagascar President Hery Rajaonarimampianina and his political rival, former president Marc Ravalomanana, will vie for the post at an election scheduled for November, part of a move aimed at defusing a political crisis on the Indian Ocean is…
Tributes laud Annan as man of peace and champion of rights
Leaders around the world paid tribute to former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan, who died in hospital in Bern, Switzerland, in the early hours of Saturday aged 80.
Muslim pilgrims flock to Mecca ahead of haj
Hisham Mostafa briefly forgot the war in Syria and his financial worries as he looked upon Islam’s holiest sites for the first time, standing among hundreds of thousands of white-clad Muslims gathered in Mecca ahead of the haj pilgrimage.
U.S. missionary thrust to the center of Turkey-U.S. crisis
When Andrew Brunson saw a police summons on his door in late summer 2016, the U.S. evangelical pastor thought it was a routine appointment to sort out his residency papers in Turkey, his home for nearly a quarter of a century.
