Two simultaneous powerful blasts near Quetta’s Zarghon Road killed five people and left at least 17 injured on Wednesday.

Maulana Zahirshah Chitrali, a senior Islamic scholar and teacher of Darululoom Karachi, Pakistan, passed away on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013.

In response to the government’s written request, the Supreme Court has sought names of judges from high courts for constitution of a three-member special court to hear treason case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf under Article 6.

Pakistan has reimposed a curfew in the northern city of Rawalpindi, after sectarian clashes that have claimed at least nine lives, officials said.

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) ameer Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Saturday that the Rawalpindi tragedy proved failure of the security agencies.

At least 10 people have been killed and more than 20 injured in a suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Moved by images of destruction and desperation in Philippines deadliest natural disaster, world Muslims have rushed to offer help to survivors, urging donations to several humanitarian organizations.

Syrian opposition fighters retook a strategic base in the northern Aleppo province on Saturday, as shelling killed at least 11 people in nearby Aleppo city.

The Taliban have ruled out talks with the government, saying the chances of negotiations after the killing of their leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike were “below zero”.

A senior Philippine official says at least 10,000 people are feared dead in the central province of Leyte after Typhoon Haiyan swept through the Southeast Asian country.