At least 90 people were killed and hundreds wounded Wednesday when a massive truck bomb ripped through Kabul’s diplomatic quarter, bringing carnage to the streets of the Afghan capital just days into the holy fasting month of Ramazan.
A mass hunger strike staged by Palestinian prisoners over conditions in Israeli jails was suspended on Saturday after a deal with Israel, officials said.
A suicide car bomber targeted vehicles belonging to members of the local police force campaign in Khost province on Saturday, local officials said.
Two blasts have rocked a public-transport terminal in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, and caused two casualties, police said on Wednesday.
Hassan Rouhani overwhelmingly won presidential election scoring 57% of votes fending off a challenge by principlist rival Ebrahim Raisi.
A leading figure of Iran’s minority Sunnis endorsed moderate President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday ahead of this week’s election, despite the government’s “shortcomings”.
At least 25 people have been killed and over 40 others injured in an explosion in Balochistan’s Mastung district, which is around an hour’s drive from the provincial capital, Quetta.
The international quarterly magazine of Neday Islam and monthly magazine of As-Sahwat-ul-Islamia have taken part in the 8th Istanbul International Press Exhibition.
Ismail Haniya has been elected as the new leader of Hamas’s political bureau, according to the Palestinian movement’s news agency.
Relative calm prevailed Saturday in wide parts of war-ravaged Syria despite sporadic violations and clashes after a deal to set up “de-escalation zones” in mostly opposition-held areas went into effect, opposition activists and government media outlets said.