Turkey's Constitutional Court blocked on Monday the government's decision either to close prep schools or to convert them to private schools by a large majority. Following this decision, prep schools will not be closed. (Agencies)

In the press release issued by the Presidential House (Arg) on 20th July 2015, President Ghani expressed “profound sorrow over the death and wounding of a number of Afghan National Army soldiers as a result of Air strike by the International Forces”.

In the week when the US normalised relations with two of its historic foes – Cuba and Iran, the global media gave wall-to-wall coverage to the deal between the US and Iran, describing it as a historic deal that potentially changes the global political landscape. The accord was announced on Tuesday 14 July by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the European Union's Policy Chief Federica Mogherini in a…

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) (formerly known as the Organization of the Islamic Conference) is the second largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations which has a membership of 57 states spread over four continents. In its official online site, the organization states that it is "the collective voice of the Muslim world" and works to "safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of…