A Taliban suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a Nato military convoy entering Kabul airport on Wednesday, killing himself but causing no other casualties.

Pakistan’s longest serving Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is now going to retire today (Wednesday).

The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques has begun the work of expansion of the mataf around the Kaaba, said Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, the chief of the Presidency. The execution of the second stage of this project was begun by demolishing the old structure around the Kaaba.

US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel has warned the US can stop economic aid to Pakistan if it fails to keep the ground supply routes open.

A nine-year-old Imam has fascinated worshippers during last Friday’s prayer at a mosque in Jordan where hundreds of Jordanian Muslims flocked to the mosque to attend his sermon, Emirates 24/7 reported on Monday, December 9.

A war crimes court in Bangladesh has ordered prison authorities to hang an Islamist leader, months after he was sentenced to death.

At least 11 explosions tore through predominantly Shi’ite Muslim areas in and around the Iraqi capital on Sunday, killing at least 39 people at crowded market places, commercial districts and car repair shops, officials said.

 A large number of members of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) on Saturday staged sit-ins and held protest demonstrations across the country against killing of ASWJ’s Punjab chapter President Maulana Shamsur Rehman Muawiya.

Fourteen women jailed in Egypt over a protest in support of ousted President Mohammed Morsi have been freed after an appeal court ruling.

Fourteen prisoners alleged to have been held in secret and without charge by the Pakistani army have appeared before the Supreme Court in Islamabad.