A court in Tajikistan has sentenced three men to prison sentences ranging from two to 26 years for attempting to kill the Central Asian republic's chief mufti last year, the head of the Supreme Court ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers. Two years ...

Uzbekistan grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev has cleared the air on he refuted to shake hands with Vaishali Rameshbabu in the ongoing Tata Steel chess tournament. Nodirbek Yakubboev has cited his ...

Colorful Ortakoy mosque and Bosphorus Bridge in the background. Istanbul is known for its incredible Ottoman-era (and beyond) architecture and that extends to its mosques and other places of worship.

The Kebbi Government on Thursday said it has awarded the contract for the repairs and renovation of 97 mosques across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state. The State Commissioner for ...

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A little-known NHS scheme can enable families in Huddersfield to get free medicines for 20 different common ailments. The Minor Ailments Service (MAS) has been running since around 2013, and was ...

Anti-Muslim graffiti has been found daubed on seven London buildings this month, including mosques, community centres and a primary school. The Metropolitan Police said it is investigating ...

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) — With Uzbekistan close to qualifying for the men’s World Cup for the first time, national-team coach Sre?ko Katanec resigned Wednesday citing health reasons.

A video shot by a witness and posted on social media networks on Monday appears to show sour gas leaking to the surface at numerous locations around a troubled gas well in Uzbekistan where two ...

The configuration of the mosque, the worshipping place for Muslims, traces its history to the courtyard of the religion's founder. The first mosques were, therefore, simple open spaces marked for ...