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.

Former president of India, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam died on Monday after collapsing collapsing while delivering a lecture in Shillong, northeastern India.

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.

The prominent Sunni leader in Iran called the recent nuclear agreement of Iran with the world’s powers a big achievement for the Iranian nation and government on Saturday, July 18, 2015.

Tens of thousands Sunnis gathered on the conclusion of the Noble Qur’an in Taraweeh in Grand Makki Masjid at the night 29th Ramadan (July 16, 2015) in Zahedan, Iran.

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.