Leaving a power vacuum in southern Afghanistan, Ahmad Wali Karzai, a controversial half brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, was shot dead on Tuesday, July 12, probably by one of his inner circle, Reuters reported.

A number of Libyan revolutionaries have finished military training courses in the city of Misratah to further continue their fight against loyalists of the country’s ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

Turkey’s Department of Religious Affairs and China’s Islamic Association signed a cooperation protocol on Wednesday.The agreement was signed by Turkey’s Religious Affairs Head Mehmet Gormez and Chen Guangyuan, the head of China’s Islamic Association.

At least six policemen have been killed or left injured when a bomber blew himself up near a police checkpoint in Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province.

The Libyan government says 19 civilians have been killed in a NATO air strike on the home of one of Muammar Gaddafi’s top officials, a day after the Western military alliance admitted killing civilians in a separate attack.

A court in Tunisia has sentenced ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife to 35 years in prison after finding them guilty of embezzlement and other charges.

Bringing back bad memories of the Soviet repression, the Tajik parliament passed a bill last week that would ban children and adolescents from attending mosques, drawing sharp criticism from Muslim leaders as a crackdown on religious freedom.

Following the success of the young imam show, a new Malaysia TV show will be testing young Muslim women’s religious knowledge, skills and personality to choose the best women preachers.

At least three soldiers with the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been killed in separate attacks in eastern and southern Afghanistan.

Gun battles between forces loyal to Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi and rebels in Libya’s northwestern city of Nalut killed at least 8 rebels and wounded 13 more, a rebel fighter in Nalut said on Saturday.