Strongly denouncing French magazine ‘Charlie Hebdo’ for republishing offensive cartoons of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Shaikh Abdol-Hamid called such actions as aiding extremism and terrorism in the world.

Afghanistan’s warring sides started negotiations for the first time, bringing together the Taliban and delegates appointed by the Afghan government Saturday for historic meetings aimed at ending decades of war.

The Afghan government has deliberately delayed the release of Taliban prisoners to impede the so-called intra-Afghan talks, Taliban officials have told Al Jazeera, as at least 100 inmates remain in jail.

The US will call back some 2,200 soldiers from Iraq by the end of September, a top commander announced on Wednesday.

At least 10 people were killed and 15 others wounded in an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan’s Vice President Amrullah Saleh in central Kabul early Wednesday, officials said.

Amin Ahmad Usmani, secretary of Delhi-based Islamic Fiqh Academy (IFA) of India breathed last Wednesday, 2 September, 2020 at Delhi’s Majeedia Hospital.

Peace talks between warring Afghan factions are finally set to begin in Doha after protracted delays over prisoners’ exchange as a Taliban delegation has returned to the Qatari capital and Afghan government negotiators are scheduled to reach there on Sunday (today).

A court in New Zealand has sentenced a self-confessed white supremacist who killed 51 Muslims as they prayed at two mosques in Christchurch to life imprisonment without parole, the first time such a sentence has been handed down in the country.

Israel said it carried out air attacks on Hezbollah observation posts in Lebanon on Wednesday after shots were fired from across the border towards its troops the previous evening.

A delegation from Afghan Taliban’s Qatar-based political office arrived here on Monday for talks on issues impeding the start of the intra-Afghan dialogue for ending the 19-year-old conflict in Afghanistan.