A car bomb has exploded on the Syrian side of the main Bab al-Hawa crossing with Turkey killing at least seven and injuring many more, according to Turkish news agency Dogan.

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has sentenced an Islamist leader to death for war crimes during the country’s 1971 war of independence, revising an earlier life sentence and triggering outrage from his lawyers and protests from his supporters.

 The Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday insisted they were still at war with the government troops because peace talks had yet to start and the military was still launching multiple offensives against them.

 A Palestinian militant has been shot dead by Israeli troops in a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin.

      A suicide bomber has detonated explosives at a funeral in northern Iraq, killing more than 20 people and wounding scores, officials said.

      The Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) confirmed on Saturday in an Internet posting, the death of senior AQAP member Qaeed al-Dhahab in a U.S. drone strike late last month.

      At least 22 people have been killed when a US-led assassination drone carried out an attack in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Kunar, Press TV reports.

      At least 25 workers have been killed and 15 others injured when a coal mine collapsed in Afghanistan’s central province of Samangan, Press TV reports.

      Two roadside bombs exploded outside a mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba killing 30 people, as Sunni Muslim worshippers were leaving following Friday prayers, police said.

      Taliban militants have launched an attack on a US airbase in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar.