Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, a veteran Baloch nationalist leader, passed away in a hospital after a protracted illness here Tuesday.

Five U.S. servicemen were killed in southern Afghanistan in a friendly-fire air strike during a security operation, Afghan police said on Tuesday, days before a run-off round in the country’s presidential election.

A Kenyan Muslim preacher was shot dead near a mosque in Kenya’s coast city of Mombasa on his way to attend Fajr prayer on Tuesday, June 10, joining other Muslim scholars who have been killed recently by unknown assailants.

Five Taliban leaders have arrived in Qatar after being freed from Guantanamo Bay in a swap deal for a US soldier held in Afghanistan for nearly five years.

Famous young Indian actress Monica has decided to leave the life of lights behind her back, choosing to revert to Islam, don Islamic headscarf and quit the film industry, Times of India reported on Saturday, May 31.

US President Barack Obama has announced a pullout plan for Afghanistan that will leave 9,800 troops in the country after 2014, overriding previous plans of a complete withdrawal by the end of the year.

The government of the Muslims’ most holy city of Makkah has designated one million square meter area for a new project to defend Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and offer the true teachings of Islam and its Prophet.

Ikhwanul Muslimin Mesir telah menyatakan memboikot pemilihan presiden yang dijadwalkan akan digelar pada 26-27 Mei.  

India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to hold landmark talks with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on his first day in office.

A bomber blew himself up close to an army minibus in the Afghan capital on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring nine, the Defence Ministry said.