A 50-member delegation has been sent by Islamabad to Kabul to discuss a potential extension of a ceasefire with the Pakistani Taliban that expired this week.
This spring Minneapolis became the first large city in the United States to allow the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, to be broadcast publicly by its two dozen mosques.
Yemen truce's went into effect on April 2 and significantly reduced the intensity of fighting in a conflict the United Nations says has triggered the world's worst humanitarian crisis.