Three women have been killed when a US remote-controlled drone fired a rocket at a car in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province. The spokesman for the Helmand governor’s office, Dawood Ahmadi, said that the incident took place late on Wednesday in Nad Ali district of the province.

SINGAPORE: Malaysia’s outspoken ex-prime minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday blamed Western lending practices for the world’s financial problems and hailed Islamic banking as a “superior” model.

KABUL: Taliban militants claim they have shot down two chopper belonging to the US-led military forces in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar. The Taliban said at least 17 American soldiers were killed after their helicopter was shot down in the troubled region.

A senior member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has called on the Islamic countries to take “a unified stance” against Islamophobia in the world. Abdullah Alam, the assistant secretary general of the OIC, stressed on the necessity to develop cooperation among Muslim countries.

At least 35 people have been killed and 40 others injured in clashes that erupted between rival clans in northern Somalia. The casualties that have been dramatically rising in the past few weeks are reported to be mostly children and women.

At least 50 people have been killed and dozens more injured in two bomb blasts inside a government building in northwestern Pakistan. The blasts destroyed parts of a compound, leaving at least 50 people killed and many others wounded, a Press TV correspondent reported on Monday.

KABUL: An explosion outside a military base used by foreign forces in southeastern Afghanistan killed “some people” and wounded at least four Afghan soldiers on Sunday afternoon, an Afghan military source said.

The Taliban claim that they have killed five members of Afghan national police during an attack on a police checkpoint. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Afghan Islamic Press that their forces shot dead five policemen in the central Logar province on Saturday.

Islamic Civilization in the Mediterranean: an International Conference is being held from 1-4 December, 2010 at the Near East University, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus. The conference is organized jointly by OIC’s Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture and Near East University.

US President Barack Obama has told US troops at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan that they will have difficult days ahead during their deployment in the country.“Progress comes slow” and “there are going to be difficult days ahead,” Obama told the 3,850 troops at Bagram Air Base, a Press TV correspondent reported on Friday.