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Afghanistan

Taliban angry at ceasefire selfies in Afghanistan

Taliban insurgents posed for photos and shared hugs with their opponents during the three-day ceasefire.

World

Bridging cultures: Ramadan opens doors and minds

More than twenty years ago, the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding (SMCCU) was set-up to bridge the cultural gap between the local community and the estimated 200 nationalities living and working in the UAE.

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Pakistan's poor struggle to cope with heat during Ramadan

A heatwave has killed 65 people in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi over the past three days, a social welfare organisation said on Tuesday (May 22), amid fears the death toll could climb as the high temperatures persist.

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Marking the start of Ramadan - in a Brussels church

Muslims join together with Jews and Christians to celebrate Muslim Holy Month

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World

The Middle East embraces the spirit of Ramadan

As the Holy Month of Ramadan begins, we examine how children are embracing the spiritual time in the multicultural UAE. We also travel to Cairo to shine a light on ‘fawanees’, the colourful lanterns which hold great cultural significance for Egyptians at this time of the year.

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Muslims mark the first day of Ramadan in Kashmir

In Indian-controlled Kashmir, Muslims gathered at Srinagar's Grand mosque to offer their special prayers.

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After ISIL, Mosul has an Eid to really celebrate

The Iraqi city of Mosul is celebrating its first Eid festival in three years freed from ISIL occupation.

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Nigeria Muslims pray for peace as Ramadan holy month ends

Worshippers gathered in Lagos to mark the Eid-al-Fitr religious holiday

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Muslims mark the end of the Ramadan fasting month

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Muslim world readies for Eid al-Fitr but shadow hangs over festival in places

Iraq has high hopes ahead of Eid al-Fitr, but in Philippines Muslim festival is sombre affair this year

Saudi Arabia

Mecca suicide attack 'foiled' after police corner would-be bomber

The would-be attacker blew himself up after exchanging fire with police.

United Kingdom

London mosque attack: what we know about Darren Osborne

The man suspected of deliberately striking pedestrians near to a north London mosque Monday morning has been named Darren Osborne, 47, a father of four from a suburb of the Welsh city of Cardiff.

World News

Ramadan 2018: the Islamic holy month explained

Ramadan runs from Tuesday, May 15 to Thursday, June 14 this year. Here's our explainer.

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Indonesia begins Ramadan

More than 200 million of Muslims in Indonesia have started fasting on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.

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Ramadan - a month of sorrow after deadly attacks by so-called Islamic State

Tragedy in Orlando.

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Messages of love around the world in Eid prayers

Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Baghdad hold a memorial vigil for the estimated 250 killed in a massive suicide bombing, the worst to hit the city since the 2003 U.

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Muslims across the globe celebrate the end of Ramadan

Millions of Muslims across the globe are celebrating Eid al-Fitr to mark the end of Ramadan this week.

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Why Eid is different this year for the people of Falluja

The traditional image of the celebrations marking the end of Ramadan is far from the current reality experienced by the people of the Iraqi city.

Turkey

Turkish riot police disperse protesters after attack on Radiohead fans

Police in Istanbul fired tear gas, rubber pellet and water cannon on Saturday (June 18) to disperse protesters that gathered, angered by an attack the previous night on a record store that was celebra

United Arab Emirates

Ramadan for foreigners - as explained in the UAE

Ramadan is well underway, one of the most important periods on the Islamic calendar.