Several people have been killed and wounded in an explosion in the Syrian capital, Damascus, Syrian state TV reports.

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic of Iran poses no threat to the world and Tehran is ready for talks on its nuclear energy program with complete transparency.

 A twin suicide bombing killed more than 80 people and injured 130 others at a church service in Peshawar on Sunday in one of the deadliest attacks on Christians in the country.

 As world Muslims embark on hajj, a fewer number of Bangladeshi Muslims will have the chance to fulfill the soul-searching journey this year due to increasing restrictions imposed by both Bangladesh and the Saudi governments.

Pakistan has released Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the former Afghan Taliban second-in-command, from prison in an effort aimed at bringing peace to Afghanistan.

At least 57 people were killed on Saturday following a triple bombing that targeted a tent filled with mourners in Baghdad’s Shiite Muslim stronghold of Sadr City, officials said.

Armed Somali group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack and ongoing siege of an upscale shopping mall in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi that has left at least 39 people dead and 150 injured.

Fresh attacks attributed to al-Qaeda militants in Yemen killed 56 policemen and soldiers early Friday, Al Arabiya’s correspondent reported from Sanaa.

Pakistan is to release Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the former Afghan Taliban second-in-command, from prison in an effort aimed at bringing peace to Afghanistan.

 A fact-finding report on the Muzaffarnagar clashes that led to death of 47 people and mass exodus has accused Hindu ruling and opposition parties of complicity in attempts to cleanse Muslims from some Hindu-majority villages, a charge politicians denied vehemently.