Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday in New York following his conviction on terrorism charges.

The fight against jihadist group Islamic State (IS) will take years, a US military spokesman has told the BBC.

Afghanistan’s election commission has declared Ashraf Ghani as the winner of the country’s disputed presidential election.

Fourteen Pakistani detainees were released from U.S. custody in Bagram Prison in Afghanistan and repatriated to Pakistan on Saturday, a Pakistani legal firm representing some of the prisoners said.

Three members of the Shiite militant Lebanese movement Hezbollah were killed in a car bombing that rocked the eastern part of Lebanon late on Saturday, a Lebanese security official said.

An archive of photos, architectural drawings and elevations of the first expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah is now on auction through world-acclaimed auction house Sotheby’s.

The United Nations has failed to mediate a peace deal between Yemen’s Houthi rebels and the government, as Shia fighters advanced into the capital in an escalation of violence that has brought the country to the verge of a civil war.

US jets have bombed ISIL fighters south of Baghdad who had attacked Iraqi soldiers, in the first expansion of the campaign against the armed group.

An explosion targeting a convoy of US-led forces has hit the Afghan capital, Kabul, leaving an unknown number of casualties.

An Egyptian court has sentenced Mohamed Badie, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and 14 others to 25 years in jail for murder and inciting violence, Reuters news agency has reported.