Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has claimed the abduction of five French nationals in Niger and said  that it will make demands to France regarding them.

At least nine US-led troops have lost their lives in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force says.“The cause of the crash is under investigation,” a NATO statement said on Tuesday.

KURDISTAN: Few days ago the Iranian forces arrested the Sunni scholar, Shaikh Mullah Muhsen Husaini, imam and khateeb of the Sunni community in Kamyaran city of Kurdistan province.

At least 23 soldiers have been killed in Tajikistan after a convoy was attacked by suspected Muslim fighters, according to a spokesman for the Central Asian nation’s army.

At least 10 people have been killed in rocket and bomb attacks by suspected Taliban fighters as voting took place in Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections.

Mauritanian soldiers have clashed with suspected fighters from Al-Qaeda’s North African wing (AQIM) in Mali, after the abduction of several foreign nationals in the region, Mauritanian security sources said.

MIRAMSHAH: A salvo of missiles fired by US drones killed 11 militants in Pakistan’s tribal badlands on Tuesday, the 10th strike targeting the lawless Afghan border area in 11 days, officials said.

Here in Zahedan while delivering Eid khutba (speech) in front of more than two lakes people the imam and khatib of Jumma prayer for sunnis Shaikh Abdul Hameed said, “we are much sorry we have not achieved our keen desires and wishes by great Islamic revolution. Even though thirty years of this revolution have passed […]

TEHRAN: The Iranian authorities have banned the Sunni community of the capital, Tehran to offer Eid prayers inside houses.

Bombs and missile strikes in Pakistan have left at least 15 people dead in different parts of the country, while a British journalist has been released from captivity in the northwest.