More than 300 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday halted a hunger strike after Israel prison authorities agreed to end “humiliating” body searches and return recently transferred prisoners, a rights group said.

Three more people have been killed by Indian security forces in the disputed region of Kashmir, bringing the death toll to 55 since unrest erupted following the killing of a local separatist leader in early July.

Human rights groups have condemned Israel’s approval of a new law allowing the imprisonment of children as young as 12 for “terrorist offences”, and which is expected to apply mostly to Palestinian children in occupied East Jerusalem. The “Youth Bill” allows authorities to imprison minors convicted of serious crimes such as murder, attempted murder or […]

A Russian transport helicopter was shot down in opposition rebel territory in northern Syria on Monday and all five crew and officers onboard were killed, the Kremlin said, in the deadliest single incident for the Russian military since its involvement in Syria’s civil war.

A new foundation is planned to be created to help finance the construction and administration of mosques in France, the head of the French Muslim Council has said, as the country’s prime minister and dozens of prominent French Muslims have called for action to stop “radicalisation”.

Seven religious parties in Balochistan have constituted a united religious front “Ethad- e-Milat Islamia” to end the sectarian hatred and religious intolerance in the province.

A Taliban truck bomb has struck a heavily guarded hotel for foreigners in the Afghan capital, just days after the deadliest attack in Kabul for 15 years.

One of the biggest maternity hospitals in a rebel-held area of Syria has been bombed, leaving an unknown number of casualties.

Shaikh Abdol-Hamid expressed his deep sorrow on the assassination of Mufti Ihtishamulhaq Asia-Abadi and his son condoling his family, students and followers.

A double bomb attack killed a least 44 people in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria on Wednesday, Syrian state television reported.