Rasa - Iranian universities have voiced readiness to admit 100 war-stricken Syrian students for the new academic year, Syria’s Ministry of Higher Education announced on Saturday.

Rasa – In a proclamation sent to heads of Iran’s three branches of power, Ayatollah Khamenei outlined general policies on family, known as the cornerstone of the Islamic society.

Rasa - Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned against fomenting distrust of Muslims in the country amid parliamentary pressure to ban Muslim refugees and asylum seekers.

Rasa - Saudi Arabia has reportedly awarded the British security firm G4S a deal to make electronic bracelets for millions of pilgrims who have to wear them while travelling to Mecca to perform the annual Hajj.

Rasa - Suspected far-right extremists in northern Germany have blocked the entrance of a mosque with concrete blocks and covered it with anti-Muslim slogans in a show of protest against Chancellor Angela Merkel’s pro-refugee policies.

Rasa - The head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization says Saudi Arabia continues to withhold all cooperation toward compensating the victims of a deadly crush during Hajj pilgrimage rituals last year.

Rasa - The Bing web search engine operated by Microsoft has infuriated authorities in Riyadh by offering the Arabic acronym for the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group as the equivalent to “Saudi Arabia” in Arabic.

Rasa - The United Nations (UN) has welcomed a decision by a top French court to suspend a controversial ban on Muslim women’s full-body swimwear, known as burkini, saying such bans fuel religious intolerance in the country.

Rasa - Two Muslim women have filed a complaint with French authorities after being described as “terrorists” and kicked out of a Paris restaurant for wearing headscarves.

Rasa - Scientists found high concentrations of toxins linked to neurodegenerative diseases in the fins and muscles of sharks, suggesting that restricting consumption of sharks can have positive health benefits for consumers and for shark conservation.