STOCKHOLM: A cursed Swedish artist who created an international furore by depicting the Prophet Muhammad PBUH as a dog was assaulted as he delivered a university lecture.

LONDON/DHAKA: The Security service is facing fresh accusations of involvement in the abuse of terrorism suspects after a British man was detained in Bangladesh and allegedly tortured while being questioned about his activities and associates in both countries.

Al-Qaeda in Iraq has been blamed for a wave of deadly attacks across the country that left at least 85 people dead and more than 300 injured.

NEW YORK – Following up on her stiff warning to Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that there are people in the Pakistani government who know the whereabouts of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Omar.

MOSCOW: The death toll from the Siberian coal mine disaster at the weekend rose to 43 on Tuesday, Russian news agencies quoted emergency officials as saying, reports Reuters.

At least 22 people, mostly Iraqi soldiers and police, have been killed and around 80 others wounded after a series of attacks on security checkpoints across the capital Baghdad.

Hundreds of people have taken to streets of Istanbul burning Israeli flags in protest at a recent attack against Palestinian mosques by Israeli settlers.The demonstrators — who rallied after the Friday prayer in the Turkish city’s monumental Fatih Mosque — chanted anti-Israeli slogans and warned of massive demonstrations against aggressive Israeli policies in the occupied […]

File photo of the Dimona facility, which is closed to any monitoring. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will discuss Israel – the owner of Middle East’s sole atomic arsenal — and its nuclear activities.

The Pakistani Taliban was behind the failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in the heart of New York City, the United States attorney general has said.

DAMASCUS, (PIC)– Hamas movement described on Saturday the PLO executive committee’s decision to return to negotiations with the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) as a “political sin”.