An Egyptian military court has sentenced 11 Muslim Brotherhood members to life in prison for violence targeting the army in the port city of Suez last month.

      Al-Qaeda’s leaders have been bolstering their anti-drone efforts, setting up cells of engineers to shoot down, disable or hijack U.S. drones, the Washington Post reported late Tuesday classified documents.

      Receiving a simulating Hajj experience, thousands of Pakistani would-be pilgrims are finalizing a special training for the ceremonies of the life-time journey to avoid stampede and mistakes in the annual pilgrimage that draws 2-3 million Muslims from across the globe.

      More than two million Syrians are now refugees, with the total going up by a million in six months, the UN says.

Egypt’s public prosecutor referred deposed President Mohamed Morsi to trial on Sunday on charges of committing and inciting violence, the state news agency reported.

UN inspectors investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria have left Damascus.

The National Alliance for the Defense of Legitimacy, a coalition of largely Islamist groups that support ousted President Mohamed Morsi, has vowed to continue its protests and a campaign of civil disobedience.

A military jury sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, delivering the only punishment the Army believed fit for an attack on fellow unarmed soldiers. The sentence was one that Hasan also appeared to seek in a self-proclaimed effort to become a martyr.

A coalition of largely Islamist groups and figures supportive of deposed President Mohamed Morsi has called for a campaign of “civil disobedience” to kick off on Friday, August 30.

      Two Syrian pro-opposition groups are claiming that government forces carried out a “poisonous gas” attack near the capital Damascus, leaving dozens of people dead, Associated Press news agency has reported.