The three top officials in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province were killed when their own guards opened fire on them at a security conference on Thursday, the deputy provincial governor said, however, a Taliban spokesman said the target was Washington’s top general in Afghanistan, General Scott Miller, who escaped without injury, according to Nato.

Pakistan has hanged a man convicted for the rape and murder of six-year-old Zainab Ansari in January.

The Ramallah-based Palestinian government on Wednesday condemned Israeli airstrikes in the blockaded Gaza Strip.

Aisha al-Rabi, 48, a Palestinian mother of seven, has died after her vehicle came under attack by a group of stone-throwing Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

At least 7 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured on Friday when the Israeli occupation forces heavily opened fire at the peaceful protesters taking part in the Great March of Return.

The Council of Ulema Tariqas of Indonesia declared all FETO activities as “haram” (forbidden) on Friday with an Islamic ruling (fatwa).

Dozens of Palestinians demonstrated high unemployment rates in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, which has been reeling under a crippling Israeli blockade since 2007.

According to local media, the Indonesian government has announced that residents can buy food from markets and the state would cover the expenses.

At least seven Palestinian civilians were killed and dozens injured on Friday when the Israeli occupation army opened fire at the Palestinians protesting along Gaza border with the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.

Almost 50 people have been confirmed dead after a strong tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit a coastal Indonesian city on Friday.