Muslim World

Fresh violence in Bangladesh kills three

At least three people were killed and many were injured when police opened fire on Jamaat e Islami activists who…

12 years ago

UN: several peacekeepers killed, wounded in Mali

A bomb explosion killed and wounded several members of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali in the troubled northern…

12 years ago

BD executes top Islamist for war crimes

Bangladesh on Thursday hanged an Islamist leader known as the “Butcher of Mirpur”, making him the first person to be…

12 years ago

Bangladesh’s top court upholds death penalty for Jamaat leader

Bangladesh's highest court upheld the death penalty for a top Islamist leader convicted of war crimes, just two days after…

12 years ago

Bangladesh stays execution of politician

Bangladesh's highest court has halted the execution of a top opposition leader, just an hour and a half before he…

12 years ago

Deadly explosion rocks Mogadishu hotel

A suspected car bomb attack outside a popular hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Friday evening killed at least…

13 years ago

Tajikistan’s Rakhmon re-elected president

Tajikistan's President Imomali Rakhmon has won a new seven-year term in Wednesday's election, receiving 83.1 percent of the vote after…

13 years ago

Bangladesh sentences 152 to death for 2009 mutiny

A court in Bangladesh on Tuesday sentenced 152 people to death for their actions in a 2009 border guard mutiny…

13 years ago

Tajikistan holds presidential election

Polling has opened in the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan in a presidential election in which incumbent Emomali Rakhmon is…

13 years ago

Deadly fuel-hike protests continue in Sudan

Sudanese security forces have opened fire on demonstrators, killing at least four, as thousands marched through the streets of the…

13 years ago