Tired of seeing Muslims portrayed as terrorists or oppressed women in TV and movies, a U.K. film buff co-created the Riz Test. Named after British actor Riz Ahmed, it evaluates films and TV shows on how they portray Muslim characters as nuanced complex human beings or stereotypes.

Sunday's presidential election in Turkey is so pivotal that almost half of the three million Turks living outside the country have already marked their ballots.

In post-coup attempt Turkey, being linked to a secretive messaging app has cost thousands of Turks their jobs, their freedom or worse, writes Nil Kksal.

More than 1,600 years after his death, there is still a dispute about where St. Nicholas's remains may be.

Women make up half of Syria's population, but so far have had little say in the conversations about what comes next for their country, Nil Kksal writes.

Workers who stuffed pleas into pockets of clothing sold at Zara say they still havent been paid despite promises of compensation.