For more than two years, the world has stood by as the violence in Syria has intensified. (more…)
Taliban’s reclusive leader Mullah Mohammad Omar could contest the presidential elections, due in 2014, President Hamid Karzai told A German…
Deputies of the Muslim Brotherhood and their allies in the Islamist-led Shura Council (the upper house of Egypt's parliament, currently…
Israeli prison guards have fired teargas on Palestinian inmates in several Israeli jails who have been protesting the death of…
The Taliban militant group claims it has shot down a US drone in the Afghanistan’s eastern province of Parwan. (more…)
Pakistani youth would prefer Islamic law or military rule over democracy, a British Council survey suggests. (more…)
Islamic banking industry has grown rapidly during the past three decades spreading itsoperations in many parts of the globe. (more…)
Fresh battles broke out in a flashpoint district of Aleppo on Monday, while violence raged on the road linking the…
The Shura Council of Hamas has re-elected Khaled Mishaal as head of the movement's political bureau for another term, according…
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has said that he will release all political detainees, as tensions ease following recent agreements with…