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[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] Germany will not recognise polygamy or marriages involving minors, Justice Minister Heiko Maas has said “No-one who comes here has the right to put his cultural values or religious beliefs above our law,” he told Bild. In some Islamic countries, men are allowed to take up to four …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] A number of witnesses have told US media outlets that the perpetrator of the Orlando gay nightclub massacre was a regular visitor at the venue. Omar Mateen killed 49 people at the site on Sunday in the worst mass shooting in US history before being shot dead by …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] WASHINGTON  – US State Department on Wednesday has urged Pakistan and Afghanistan to reduce tension at the Torkham border. During a press briefing in Washington, State Department spokesman John Kirby said that they are watching the tensions at Torkham border very closely and are in touch with officials …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] Wang Zhan, who is touring Chabahar Free Trade Zone heading of a delegation, made the remarks in a meeting with several local Iranian officials in this southeastern province. Wang said he is on a governmental mission to survey the investment opportunities in different regions across the globe. He …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] Baghdad –Iraqi Defense Minister, Khalid al-Ubaidi, received in his office on Monday the US Ambassador to Iraq, Stewart Jones. Statement by the Iraqi Defense Ministry received by AIN cited “Both Ubaidi and Jones discussed during their meeting means of consolidating cooperation between Iraq and the US in the …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] Baghdad- The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon arrived at the Iraqi Parliament on Saturday. Ki-Moon was received by the Iraqi Speaker Salim al-Jubouri. Earlier on Saturday morning, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Chairman of the International Fund as well as the chairman of the Islamic Bank have …

[/tie_full_img] The U.S. Navy’s Third Fleet will send more ships to East Asia to operate outside its normal theater alongside the Japan-based Seventh Fleet, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, a move that comes at a time of heightened tensions with China. The Third Fleet’s Pacific Surface Action Group, which …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] ANKARA: The EU’s top diplomat in Turkey has stepped down after a row with Ankara over his criticism of the government’s conduct in a landmark migrant deal, his office said on Tuesday. The departure of Hansjoerg Haber is indicative of the increasingly fractious relationship between Ankara and Brussels, …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] SYDNEY: A British Islamic scholar who toured Orlando this year and had preached in 2013 that “death is the sentence” for homosexual acts left Australia on Tuesday after the government launched an “urgent” review of his visa because of his comments. Farrokh Sekaleshfar, a senior Shia Muslim scholar, …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] BEIRUT: Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, threatened on Tuesday to “set fire” to the nuclear deal sealed with world powers if US presidential candidates reneged on the agreement. Presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump said last August it would be hard to “rip up” the deal, but if …