The Syrian government and opposition have traded insults after a week-long peace conference in Geneva ended with no firm agreement.

Fighting between Yemeni tribesmen and Houthi rebels killed at least 60 people in the north of the country on Friday, while at least 15 soldiers were killed by suspected al-Qaeda militants in the south, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.

Egypt’s toppled president, Mohamed Morsi, has appeared in court in Cairo to face charges linked to his escape from prison in 2011.

The UN has failed to break a deadlock at Syrian peace negotiations in Geneva, with talks interrupted after the government railed against a US decision to resume aid to the opposition.

The Indonesian government has launched a new campaign to reduce noise from mosque amplifiers, promising to improve the sound quality of worshipping houses sound systems, the Jakarta Post reported on Sunday, January 27.

More than two thousand people of different nationalities have reverted to Islam in Emirates in 2013, reflecting a growing preference for the religion around the globe.  

Women and children trapped in a Syrian city under government siege will be permitted to leave as soon as Sunday under a deal that marked the first tangible—if limited—sign of progress in peace talks.

An al-Qaeda inspired group has claimed it shot down an Egyptian military helicopter in the Sinai peninsula, in what the army said was an accident that killed five soldiers.

Information Minister Pervez Rashid has said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will review Taliban’s fresh offer for talks during a meeting today.

The Syrian military stepped up its airstrikes on Aleppo and Damascus on Friday as peace talks between Syrian government and opposition in Switzerland entered their third day.