Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has announced plans to transform the Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims into a sovereign state.

Besides imposing severe rules on women, new laws require men to grow fist-length beards and bar them from imitating ...

A British doctor who carried out life-saving work in Afghanistan said it will "make a significant difference" to the ...

As the power of the "morality police" in Afghanistan grows, so do the restrictions on individual freedoms - "Should we have ...

A roadside blast caused by an improvised explosive device, targeting a convoy of foreign diplomats, killed a policeman and ...

Security personnel examine the site of a bomb explosion, at Malam Jabba in the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province ...

Disputes over national anthems and flags often reflect deeper political tensions.

By Emma Collet in Termez Uzbekistan is once again asserting itself as one of the most active countries in Central Asia in its ...

The Bektashi Order, making up about 10% of Albania's Muslims, reportedly will receive sovereignty similar to that of the ...

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says a roadside blast caused by an improvised explosive device, targeting foreign diplomats’ ...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announces plans to grant sovereignty to Bektashi Muslims in Tirana, promoting tolerance and ...

By bne Tehran bureau Suhail Shaheen, head of the Taliban's political office in Qatar, has criticised the exclusion of the ...