A Libyan court on Tuesday sentenced slain dictator Muammar Qaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam and eight other defendants to death for crimes during the 2011 uprising.

Turkey and the US have agreed on a plan to drive the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group from a strip of Syrian territory along the Turkish border, officials say.

A Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli army gunfire at a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to a Palestinian medical official.

Fragments of what is believed to be the world’s oldest Qur’an have been found in the University of Birmingham with experts saying the manuscripts date back to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) era some 1370 years ago..

Israeli police fought their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque Sunday to root out Palestinian protesters suspected of stockpiling fireworks and petrol bombs in preparation for a riot, police said, according to Agence France-Presse.

Iran and the European Union say the conclusion of nuclear talks between the Islamic Republic and six world powers marks a “historic day” after more than a decade of intensive talks.

Mekka’s Masjid al-Haram was full with around two million Muslims who performed Taraweeh prayer late on Monday, marking the 27th night of Ramadan.

People, who hit the streets this day in different parts of the Muslim world, do so to demonstrate their support to Palestine and call for putting an end to Jerusalem occupation.  

Former Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has died, Saudi officials told Al Jazeera, two months after he retired following 40 years in the job.

Former Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid, along with 24 other militants, were killed in a US drone strike on Thursday, according to Afghan news  agencies.