Relative calm prevailed Saturday in wide parts of war-ravaged Syria despite sporadic violations and clashes after a deal to set up “de-escalation zones” in mostly opposition-held areas went into effect, opposition activists and government media outlets said.

The 30th Tehran International Book Fair was kicked off on 2nd May, 2017 in Tehran. About 11 Iranian Sunni publishers also take part in the fair.

An Egyptian artist who educated himself after dropping out of school has spent three years creating what he hopes is the world’s biggest Quran.

At least eight people were killed in a large explosion in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, officials said, with reports saying the target was a NATO convoy.

Pakistan on Tuesday welcomed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s offer to aid dialogue between Pakistan and India to resolve the lingering Kashmir dispute.

“More than 50 Afghan soldiers have been killed” in a Taliban attack Friday on their base near the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, a US military spokesman told AFP.

Malaysian minister Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki lamented that Muslims here care more about the halal status of their food, compared to the status of their source of income, Malay Mail Online reported on Friday.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has welcomed the “Yes” vote in the referendum to amend Turkey’s constitution and grant the country’s presidential office new executive powers.

Nearly 70 children were among those killed when a suicide car bombing tore through buses carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns in Syria, a monitor said on Sunday.

The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting Wednesday to discuss a chemical weapons attack in Syria that has killed scores of people, amid a continuing global chorus of condemnation over the incident.