The elder brother of the Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Qasim Qasimi (Chairman of Dar-ul-Iftaa Darululoom University of Zahedan and professor of Hadeeth) Mr. Abdul Qadir has passed away in Karachi, Pakistan. The deceased had been on bed for a long time for seeking treatment in a Karachi hospital.

LONDON: Former US president George W Bush and his top aides were accused on Friday of covering up that many Guantanamo Bay detainees were innocent, amid fears releasing them could harm the ‘war on terror’.

WASHINGTON: The effort to prevent nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism were the focus of an address today in Louisville by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Opposition leaders in Kyrgyzstan say they have seized power after taking control of security headquarters, state television and other government buildings following two days of unrest.

WASHINGTON (Agencies) U.S. air marshals subdued a Qatari diplomat on a flight to Denver on Thursday in a bomb scare triggered after he reportedly smoked a cigarette and joked he was trying to light his shoes, officials said.

BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraq said it was in “open war” with Al-Qaeda, after bombings in Baghdad killed dozens, as Washington insisted the bloodshed will not delay the withdrawal of its troops from the war-ravaged country.

Another foreign soldier has been killed in Southern Afghanistan, bringing to 147 the number of US-led forces killed in the country this year.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has fired another broadside at Israel over its aggression against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Reports say at least 25 Afghan civilians have been killed in a NATO airstrike on a compound in Nahr-e-Saraj, a district in Helmand province.

BELGRADE – Facing a dearth of donations over government pressures, Muslim education institutions in Serbia are risking to shut down over the lack of funding.