At least four Afghan security forces and a US service member have been killed in two separate attacks claimed by the Taliban as violence continues across Afghanistan despite efforts to end the 18-year war.

A U.K.-based rights group has accused the Bashar al-Assad regime and Russian forces of killing hundreds of civilians in Idlib city of Syria over past few weeks.

Shaikh Abdol-Hamid denounced Chinses government’s oppression and discrimination against the Uighur Muslim minority and called Muslim countries’ silence on this issue “a crime”.

At least 19 civilians were killed and scores injured in attacks by Syrian regime forces and Russia on de-escalation zones in northern Syria

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has banned the wearing of the niqab – a full-face veil – in public institutions with immediate effect, citing security reasons.

Israeli warplanes have fired missiles targeting Syrian military positions in Homs and the Damascus outskirts in Syria in an attack that killed at least four civilians and wounded another 21, Syrian state media said.

A total number of 200,000 Indian Muslims are set to perform the life-time journey of hajj this year, setting a record for the Muslim community in the Indian peninsula, Outlook India reported.

Egypt’s ousted president Mohammed Morsi on Monday collapsed during a court session and died, state television reported.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said that 46 protesters were injured by the Israeli occupation army’s gunfire while taking part in the Great March of Return on Friday.

Four years on, the man who committed the atrocities in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has been sentenced to life in prison, Time reported.