December 6, 2016 Merkel calls for burqa ban in Germany Angela Merkel has called for a burqa ban wherever “legally possible” and says the full Islamic veil is “not appropriate” in Germany.
December 6, 2016 AP Explains: What's behind persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority face discrimination and violence from the Buddhist majority in the Southeast Asian country.
December 6, 2016 Now in Bangladesh, Rohingya describe rape, murder in Myanmar The Myanmar soldiers came in the morning, the young mother says.
December 5, 2016 Russian patriarch blesses new Paris church, a Putin project The patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church is consecrating a new church near the Eiffel Tower seen as a controversial symbol of President Vladimir Putin's influence in Europe.
December 5, 2016 Cuba to prohibit naming of monuments, streets after Fidel President Raul Castro announced that Cuba will prohibit the naming of streets and monuments after his brother Fidel, and bar the construction of statues of the former leader and revolutionary icon in keeping with his desire to avoid a cult of personality.
December 4, 2016 Iraq's government ferrying relief supplies to Mosul A senior Iraqi government official says authorities are sending food, heating oil and drinking water to civilians in areas retaken from the Islamic State group in and around the northern city of Mosul.
December 4, 2016 Malaysian PM leads protest against 'genocide' of Rohingya Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has led a protest rally against what he called a "genocide" of Muslim Rohingya minority in Myanmar.
December 4, 2016 Indonesians rally for tolerance after blasphemy protests Tens of thousands of Indonesians rallied in the center of the capital Jakarta on Sunday, calling for tolerance and unity after massive protests by conservative Muslims against the city's minority Christian governor.
