OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Members of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’ Fatah party asked Israel to attack rival Palestinian movement Hamas in 2007, diplomatic cables leaked by whistleblower WikiLeaks show.

Former prime minister Iyad Allawi, whose cross-sectarian coalition won the most seats in Iraq’s March election, said on Sunday he will join Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s government.

GAZA, (PIC)– Five Palestinian resistance fighters were killed in an Israeli air raid on their position in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip at a late hour on Saturday night.

Oregon’s various Muslim communities are gathering in downtown Portland for “peace and understanding” from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, 19 December. More than two dozen organizations — including Christian, Jewish and Buddhist groups — have added their names to the sponsorship list for the event

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has continued settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, as it gave the green light for the construction of 24 settlement units near Al-Zaiton Mount the overlooks the Aqsa Mosque.

Inspired by a groundbreaking exhibition that was held in Munich 100 years ago, The Future of Tradition, Munich’s major exhibition of Islamic art and artefacts tcombines contemporary works by Islamic artists with some of the items from the original collection.

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has paid millions of dollars in legal fees to shield its employees accused of using waterboarding on suspects. The agency agreed to cover at least $5 million in legal fees for Jim Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, former US officials said on Friday.

A suicide attack has killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 60 others near a mosque in the southeastern Iranian city of Chabahar as Shias marked the climax of Ashoura.

Ethica Institute, a Dubai-based leader in Islamic finance training and certification, and Australia’s La Trobe University have launched Australia’s first ever Islamic Finance e-learning program.

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani’s recent call for self-determination for his people has drawn the ire of the country’s Arab leaders, who argue that it presages a break-up of Iraq.