For some in China's ethnic Hui Muslim minority here, a recent ban on young people engaging in religious education in mosques is an unwelcome interference in how they lead their lives.

Israel's Knesset has passed its first vote on a new bill defining Israel as 'a national home of the Jewish people'.

 Munatha Jasim watched Iraqi civil defense workers in red suits scurry among the ruins of her neighbors' homes Friday, extracting the dead and zipping them into blue body bags.

Liverpool Football Club fans have embraced Mohamed Salah, an Egyptian player, with a new chant that celebrates the 25-year-old forward's faith.

"Mo Sa-la-la-la-lah, Mo Sa-la-la-la-lah, if he's good enough for you, he's good enough for me, if he scores another few, then I'll be Muslim too," fans have been filmed chanting from the stadiums to the pubs as they watch Salah's footwork at play.

MOSUL, Iraq — A sharp rise in the number of civilians reported killed in U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria is spreading panic, deepening mistrust and triggering accusations that the United States and its partners may be acting with an unprecedented disregard for lives of noncombatants.

International NGO with operations in 90 countries is 'serving Palestinian propaganda,' Foreign Ministry says; governments never like what we publish, but they let us act, HRW official says.