At least 10 people have been killed and Sunni mosques firebombed in suspected reprisal attacks following a series of ISIL attacks on Shia Muslims in Iraq that left scores dead.

The death toll of Russian air strikes in Syria’s Idlib province has nearly reached 100, as several dozen of those who were critically injured in the attacks on Saturday have died, a volunteer rescue group reports.

Hundreds of mosques across France are participating in a major open-house event this weekend, offering visitors the opportunity to come in for tea and a chat about Islam in a country shaken by extremist attacks.

Egypt’s top appeals court upheld on Saturday a three-year prison sentence for ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons for corruption.

Aid agencies say a deal has been reached to send food and medicine into beseiged towns in Syria, where tens of thousands of people are in danger of starving to death.

A Muslim woman was kicked out of a Donald Trump presidential campaign rally after staging a silent protest against the Republican frontrunner, who has called for a ban on Muslims entering the US.

Alluding to Saudi-Iran severed ties over the execution of a Shia cleric and other incidents after it, Shaikh Abdol-Hamid termed cutting ties of Iran and Saudi Arabia against the interests of the Muslim world.

Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said a war between his country and Iran would be the beginning of a catastrophe, and Riyadh will not allow it, British magazine The Economist reported on Thursday.

Israeli forces shot dead four Palestinians in two different incidents in southern occupied West Bank for allegedly trying to stab soldiers Thursday night, Palestinian and Israeli authorities said.

The US military said on Friday it released the last of 12 Kuwaiti nationals detained at its Guantanamo Bay prison for years without charge.