Mahshad: The Iranian authorities have released Sheikh Ali Reza Rasouoli, the young  Sunni scholar of Khurasaan province in Mashhad city on Saturday, 10th of April, after being detained  32 days in jail.

At least 73 civilians were killed when an army jet bombed a remote village in Pakistan’s tribal region of Khyber, a local official has told the BBC .He said the incident took place on Saturday but news was slow in being reported because of the inaccessibility of the region

Another strike by a US drone aircraft has killed at least 13 civilians and injured several others in Pakistan’s tribal region.

At least four civilians were killed and 18 others wounded when Nato forces fired at a bus in southern Kandahar province, sparking angry protests.Nato expressed its “deep regret” over the incident and said forces treated the injured at the scene.

Khartoum (Agencies) Sudanese were voting on Sunday in the country’s first multi-party elections since 1986, but the polls have been marred by an opposition boycott and accusations of fraud.

The second term exam at Darululoom Zahedan University had begun at 3rd April on Saturday, and ended at 8th April on Thursday.

The elder brother of the Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Qasim Qasimi (Chairman of Dar-ul-Iftaa Darululoom University of Zahedan and professor of Hadeeth) Mr. Abdul Qadir has passed away in Karachi, Pakistan. The deceased had been on bed for a long time for seeking treatment in a Karachi hospital.

Another foreign soldier has been killed in Southern Afghanistan, bringing to 147 the number of US-led forces killed in the country this year.

Reports say at least 25 Afghan civilians have been killed in a NATO airstrike on a compound in Nahr-e-Saraj, a district in Helmand province.

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement has said that it will partially boycott elections set for Sunday.