BRUNEI’S SULTAN ANNOUNCES STRICT ISLAMIC PENALTIES
In this photo taken Thursday, Oct, 10, 2013, Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah speaks during the closing ceremony and handover of the ASEAN Chairmanship to Myanmar in Bandar Seri Begawan. The…
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EGYPT: ISLAMIST TO BE TRIED FOR INSULTING JUDGES
By MARIAM RIZK Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against army during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. Thousands of Morsi supporters took to…
QUEBEC SEEKS CURB ON RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS
By BENJAMIN SHINGLER Demonstrators take part in a protest against Quebec’s proposed “charter of values” in Montreal on Saturday Sept. 14, 2013. The plan by the ruling party, the separatist…
EGYPT’S BROTHERHOOD VILIFIES ARMY AHEAD OF RALLIES
By SARAH EL DEEB In this image released by the Delegation of European Union in Egypt, Egyptian Minister of Defense, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, meets with High Representative of the European…
MISS WORLD DRAMA FUELED BY HOST COUNTRY INDONESIA
By MARGIE MASON In this Friday, Sept. 6, 2013 photo, Muslim women hold posters reading: Indonesia is not America, left, and Reject Miss World, during a protest demanding the cancellation…
ANALYSIS: UN MAY SEE BIG ACTION ON SYRIA, IRAN
By STEVEN R. HURST This combination made with file photos shows, from left, President Barack Obama, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, Syrian President Bashar Assad, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. After…
MISS WORLD OPENS IN INDONESIA AFTER PROTESTS
The 63rd Miss World Pageant contestants wear Indonesian’s traditional dress during opening ceremony in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati) BALI, Indonesia (AP) —…
MALDIVES’ EX-LEADER: ANTI-ISLAMIC LABEL COST VOTES
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Mohamed Nasheed, center, Maldives’ first democratically elected president, addresses the media at his residence in Male, Maldives, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. Nasheed, who was ousted last year…