From Kaçkar to Kansai, via rugged mountains, luxurious railways, cool cities and ancient footpaths, CNN Travel’s editors and ...

Although it’s a huge country, Kazakhstan isn’t necessarily on the radar for many people when it comes to top travel ...

The Supreme Court on December 12, 2024, issued a nationwide directive barring civil courts from registering fresh suits or passing orders in pending cases seeking the survey of mosques to ...

Visit the Central State Museum. See the Zenkov Cathedral, Panfilov Park, Almaty Central Mosque. Go to Medeu Skating Rink and Shymbulak Ski Resort, one of the highest-altitude outdoor skating rinks ...

12/16/2024 December 16, 2024 In India, historic mosques are becoming flashpoints for religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims. Hindu nationalist groups claim that these mosques were built on ...

A day after raids in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, the district administration reported uncovering power theft worth Rs 1.25 crore from four mosques and a madrasa. This discovery comes amid a campaign ...

Built in the 12th century, this mosque served as the place where Khoja Ahmed Yasawi ... Kazakhstan recently launched the Silk Road Railway Tour, featuring an inaugural Almaty–Turkistan–Tashkent–Almaty ...

Thousands of Syrians flooded the Ummayad Mosque in the Old City on Friday for the first Friday prayers held since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad six days ago. Abu Mohammed Golani, the rebel ...

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Police in Almaty recently dealt sternly with a prayer congregation ... of the country against preachers of the Islamic proselytising movement who were using mosques to spread their ideology. Tablighi ...

Footage showed the head of the National Intelligence Organization at the city’s Umayyad Mosque, four days after Syrian rebels led by HTS, or the Organization for the Liberation of the Levant ...

One such wonder is the Blue Mosque, or the Sultan Ahmed Mosque as it is known to locals. The Blue Mosque is a striking memento of Istanbul’s nearly 500-year stint as the imperial capital of the ...