Teenage girls in northern Nigeria 'open their minds' with robotics
It is part of an innovative project that challenges local views of what girls should be doing in a socially conservative Muslim society.
Mon Aug 02 2021
Indonesian faces six years in jail over porn billboard
Police and cybercrime specialists in the largely conservative, Muslim-majority country launched a hunt for the perpetrator and on Tuesday arrested a 24-year-old IT analyst in his office.
Wed Oct 05 2016
Pakistani star's brother 'not embarrassed' by killing her
Her brother, arrested a day later after her father filed a police complaint against him for the killing, appeared in court briefly Sunday ahead of another hearing set for Wednesday.
Sun Jul 17 2016
Taboo or not taboo? Artists expose naked truths in Pakistan
Ali has a theory about why, in a developing country where women are traditionally veiled and even unproven allegations of blasphemy can stir mob violence, he has been so free.
Sun Jul 03 2016
Saudi put to death in kingdom's 151st execution of year
A Saudi convicted of murder was executed on Tuesday, in the 151st death sentence carried out this year in the conservative Muslim kingdom.
Tue Dec 15 2015