More than 700 people fleeing Africa and the Middle East may have drowned in shipwrecks in theMediterranean over the last week, bringing the death toll this year to almost 3,000, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Monday.

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday that he ordered his air force to halt strikes on civilian areas, comments that followed government attacks this year which rights groups say have indiscriminately targeted civilians.

United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday said that Egypt could play a decisive role in an international fight against terror by rejecting the ideology of the so-called ‘Islamic State’ (IS) organization.

Cut from the outside world for days, thousands of stranded, homeless and hungry Kashmiris have been fearful over the new landslides that added to their misery after the region’s worst floods in 50 years, making the task of rescuers even harder.

A court in Pakistan has ordered 100 opposition activists to be sent to jail for staging illegal protests and committing several other violations, causing chaos and anger among activists.

The US has announced that Nato allies have agreed to form a coalition to fight the Islamic State, with Barack Obama stating the group’s “savage nihilism” must be confronted.

At least 73 people have been killed across Pakistan after heavy rains brought flash floods and caused homes to collapse in the Punjab and Kashmir regions, government officials said Friday.

An audit of votes from Afghanistan’s disputed presidential election has been completed, officials say, but results will not be made public for days.

Fired up and full of vitriol, Hindu activist Rajeshwar Singh is on a mission to end centuries of religious diversity in India, one conversion at a time.

“The Iraqi tradition was built upon forgiveness and acceptance of the other on the basis of the national identity. This was eliminated in 2003 and the years that followed.