Saudi Arabia's conservative clerics have a new relationship with the government under Mohammed bin Salman

Under Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi ... To discuss the state of the clerics today, The World's host Carolyn Beeler spoke to Raihan Ismail, a professor of contemporary Islamic studies at the Oxford ... Read More

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Visits to China by American officials like Secretary of State Antony J ... even as overseas campuses have stayed relatively calm. Prosecutors in Guatemala, which has a history of targeting ... Read More

Horrifying Islamic State attack is a warning to the world

Picture: AFP Islamic State chief propagandist Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari late last week released a statement on the Telegram social media app calling on followers around the world to attack ... Read More

Influential Iraqi cleric backs US campus protests

Iraqi religious leader Moqtada Sadr on Saturday expressed his support for pro-Palestinian encampments at universities in the United States and called for an end to police action against them. Read More

Turkey detains dozens over alleged Islamic State ties

Turkish authorities have detained 36 people over suspected ties to Islamic State, in operations carried out across four provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Sunday. Read More

Champions League matches will go ahead despite Islamic State terror threat

"We have seen, among others, a statement from the Islamic State ... News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world. Read More

Islamic State jihadists ‘execute’ eight Syrian soldiers after desert ambush

Islamic State (IS) group jihadists have “executed” eight Syrian soldiers after an ambush, a war monitor said on Sunday, as it reported that the jihadists had killed 14 troops in recent days. Read More

German police arrest teenagers ‘planning Islamic State-style terror attack on churches’

German police have detained two teenage boys and two teenage girls on suspicion of planning an Islamic State-style knife and firebomb attack on churches. Three of the four suspects, all teenagers ... Read More

Soccer-Champions League Host Nations Tighten Security After Islamic State Threats

The threats against some of the world's most-watched soccer matches underline the resurgence of Islamic State after several deadly attacks this year, including in Iran and Moscow. They also point ... Read More

Saudi Aramco Suspends Two Oil Contractors

The company said in January that the state had ordered ... % lower orders from the Saudi giant. Meanwhile, Aramco officials have on numerous occasions warned that the world’s oil production ... Read More

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Experts say the partisan political context in Washington is a driver behind the spread of protests at American universities even as overseas campuses have stayed relatively calm. By Amanda Taub ... Read More