Mauritanian soldiers have clashed with suspected fighters from Al-Qaeda’s North African wing (AQIM) in Mali, after the abduction of several foreign nationals in the region, Mauritanian security sources said.

MIRAMSHAH: A salvo of missiles fired by US drones killed 11 militants in Pakistan’s tribal badlands on Tuesday, the 10th strike targeting the lawless Afghan border area in 11 days, officials said.

Here in Zahedan while delivering Eid khutba (speech) in front of more than two lakes people the imam and khatib of Jumma prayer for sunnis Shaikh Abdul Hameed said, “we are much sorry we have not achieved our keen desires and wishes by great Islamic revolution. Even though thirty years of this revolution have passed […]

TEHRAN: The Iranian authorities have banned the Sunni community of the capital, Tehran to offer Eid prayers inside houses.

Bombs and missile strikes in Pakistan have left at least 15 people dead in different parts of the country, while a British journalist has been released from captivity in the northwest.

At least eight people have been killed in bomb blasts at the main airport in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, witnesses have said. The victims in Thursday’s blasts included African Union (AU) peacekeeping troops.

KABUL: Several hundred Afghans chanting “Death to America” rallied outside a mosque in the Afghan capital on Monday to protest against an American church’s plan to burn a copy of the Quran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

A US drone attack has killed at least eight people and wounded a dozen more in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt, amid growing public rage over such assaults.

Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan, has announced that he has set up a council to pursue peace talks with the Taliban. The formation of the High Peace Council was “a significant step towards peace talks,” a statement from Karzai’s office said on Saturday.

At least 54 people have been killed and nearly 200 injured in a suicide attack targeting a Shia Muslim rally in Pakistan’s southwest city of Quetta. Police officers said the bomber was among the 450-strong crowd and had detonated the device on reaching the main square in the city on Friday.