Germans are more critical of Islam and less tolerant of building mosques than their neighbours in France, Denmark, the Netherlands and Portugal, a new survey has found.Despite the often fractious relationships other European countries have with their Muslim communities, people in those countries were relatively positive about Islam and its followers compared to Germany, according […]

The US unemployment rate has hit an unexpected seven-month high, prompting renewed fears about the country’s economic recovery. Unemployment rose to 9.8 per cent in November, according to figures from the US Labour Department on Friday.

At least 36 people have been killed by a forest fire that is raging out of control in the Carmel Mountains near the northern Israeli city of Haifa, with many others injured, the Israeli rescue service said.

Surveillance cameras at a US prison have captured a footage showing a Muslim prisoner being severely beaten by a fellow inmate, as jail officers look on. For several minutes and in front of at least three prison guards, Hanni Elabed was brutally beaten by another prison inmate.

Six months after Israel partially lifted its infamous blockade, Gaza continues to suffer. According to the aid agencies and human rights groups working inside the Palestinian territories, the people of Gaza continue to face severe economic hardships.

A Swiss Islamic organization – Central Islamic Council of Switzerland – said on Monday it was launching a popular initiative to reverse a ban on building new minarets in the Alpine state, saying voters would decide differently if the matter came up for referendum again.

A new survey shows that majority of Americans are still opposed to US President Barack Obama’s handling of the war in Afghanistan, amid mounting calls for withdrawal of the troops.

The early results from Egypt’s parliamentary elections are hardly surprising. Most observers expected the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) to keep its two-thirds majority; the banned Muslim Brotherhood to lose its one-fifth strong opposition bloc; and a better but still humble performance from the smaller opposition parties who participated in the vote.

An Iranian academic has been killed and another university professor and his wife wounded in two separate car explosions in Tehran. Yet unknown terrorists exploded the cars of Doctor Majid Shahriari and Professor Fereydoun Abbasi in separate places on Monday morning between 7-8 a.m. local time, IRNA reported.

A fire at an Islamic centre in the western US state of Oregon was started intentionally, US police say. They say the blaze gutted one room of the Salman Alfarisi Islamic Center in Corvallis. No-one was injured.