Royal couple begin three-nation trip of the Gulf, starting with landmark house of worship in Abu Dhabi

Souad al-Shammar, a liberal feminist who roots her arguments in Islam, takes on kingdom’s powerful religious establishment

In first, religious authorities sanction the parent of a man who has denied his paralyzed wife a divorce for a decade

Spokesman for GOP nominee accuses anti-hate group of playing partisan politics, says it should focus on ‘real anti-Semitism and hatred’

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces begin advance on self-declared Islamic State capital, amid coalition air support

Residents return to find their homes occupied by other families or destroyed for ‘urban renewal’; others afraid to come back due to forced conscription

Erin Schrode, 25, hit in lower back while interviewing Native American man amid protest over oil pipeline that would run near Indian reservation

Leaflet depicts Jewish Democratic challenger Josh Gottheimer with devil’s horns, a sinister goatee, alongside a pitchfork