Bangladesh’s highest court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for the leader of the country’s largest -party for crimes during its 1971 independence struggle, paving the way for his execution within months.

A new political movement that describes Islam as a “fascist ideology” was launched in Britain on Tuesday.

The diplomatic crisis surrounding Saudi Arabia and Iran widened on Tuesday as Kuwait recalled its ambassador to Tehran and Bahrain severed air links in the face of growing international concern.

A U.S. soldier was killed and two wounded Tuesday in an operation in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, where Afghan troops are battling to push back Taliban insurgents, U.S. and NATO officials said.

Saudi Arabia’s regional allies have stepped up diplomatic pressure on Iran, breaking or downgrading relations with the country following an attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran, which followed executions in the kingdom.

Three Sunni mosques in Iraq have been bombed and partially destroyed while at least two people have been killed in suspected retaliation for the execution of a Shia leader in Saudi Arabia, officials and police say.

Israeli forces on Monday destroyed the east Jerusalem homes of two Palestinians who killed four Israelis in one of the deadliest days in the recent surge in violence.

Saudi Arabia has announced it is severing diplomatic ties with Iran following Saturday’s attack on its embassy in Tehran during protests against executions in the kingdom.

Israeli public prosecutors filed Sunday indictments against two Jewish settlers for the murder last summer of a Palestinian family — including an 18-month-old child — in an arson attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

IRAN – TORBAT-E-JAAM: Mawlana Abdullah Rahimi, the rector of ‘Taleem-ul-Qur’an’ seminary of Salehabad city, Khorasan province passed away on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015.