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Islamic State: Kurdish forces threaten to stop guarding camps
Local forces in north-east Syria have told the BBC that they may be forced to abandon camps holding…
West African neighbours debate Islamist spill-over
Officials from several West African coastal states have been meeting in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, to discuss how…
Mali denies northern region under jihadist control
The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) has dismissed reports of an imminent fall of the north-eastern Menaka region to…
Mozambique Islamist militants surrender after pardon
Mozambican authorities say close to 90 Islamist militants alongside their hostages have surrendered to the government over the…
Thousands flee Togo homes as Islamist threat spreads
The government in Togo says more than 4,000 people have been forced to flee their homes this year…
Prominent German mosque sounds call to prayer for the first time
The Muslim call to prayer has sounded for the first time from one of Germany’s biggest mosques in…
Algeria orders Catholic charity shut after 60 years
The Roman Catholic Church says the Algerian authorities have ordered the closure of its charity, Caritas, after 60…
Influential Sunni Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi dies aged 96
The influential Egyptian Sunni Muslim cleric Yusuf Al-Qaradawi has died aged 96 in Qatar, his website says. Qaradawi…
33-day ‘Smiling Pope’ John Paul I beatified at the Vatican
Pope John Paul I, who led the Roman Catholic Church for 33 days in 1978, has been beatified…
Pope dissolves Knights of Malta leadership, issues new constitution
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Saturday dissolved the leadership of the Knights of Malta, the global…