Sunni

Nigeria mosque suicide attack leaves 120 dead

KANO: At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded on Friday when two… Read More

Shiites in fear as deadly bigotry spreads to new shores

LONDON: A flood of anti-Shiite propaganda online and on satellite television is spreading bigotry and… Read More

Obama doubles US troops in Iraq in expanding war on IS

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Friday unveiled plans to send 1,500 additional troops to Iraq… Read More

Saudi blames Qaeda for deadly anti-Shiite attack

RIYADH: Saudi authorities have blamed militants linked to Al-Qaeda for an unprecedented attack that killed… Read More

Houthis, Sunni supporters clash in central Yemen

SANAA: Yemeni Shi'ite Houthi fighters and supporters of the Sunni Muslim party Islah clashed in central… Read More

Islamic State tightens siege of Syria town, more Europeans join alliance

KARACA, TURKEY/BAGHDAD: Islamic State fighters tightened their siege of a town on Syria's border with… Read More

British journalist purportedly shown in ISIL propaganda video

BEIRUT: Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria released a video on Thursday that… Read More

Kerry opposes Iran role in anti-Islamic State coalition

WASHINGTON: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday it was "not appropriate" for… Read More

Islamic State accused of mass killings by U.N.

GENEVA/BAGHDAD: The United Nations on Monday condemned "appalling, widespread" crimes by Islamic State forces in Iraq,… Read More

Iran deputy foreign minister to visit Saudi Arabia

DUBAI/RIYADH: Iran's deputy foreign minister will visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for the first bilateral… Read More

Obama may seek new funds to battle Iraq’s ISIL: Senate aide

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama could ask the U.S. Congress in coming weeks to approve new… Read More

Iraq Kurds retake Mosul dam from ISIL

BAGHDAD: Iraqi and Kurdish forces recaptured Iraq's biggest dam from Islamist militants with the help… Read More

Inqilab March: MWM’s Nasir warns of country wide protests

ISLAMABAD: Majlis-e-Wahdat-ul-Muslimeen (MWM) leader Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri on Sunday said that if Dr.Tahir-ul-Qadri’s demands… Read More

U.S. says conducts air strikes in Iraq near Arbil and Mosul dam

WASHINGTON: The United States on Saturday conducted air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State fighters… Read More

Maliki of Iraq steps down

BAGHDAD: Nuri al-Maliki finally bowed to pressure within Iraq and beyond on Thursday and stepped… Read More

Iraq’s Maliki finally leaves premiership paving way for Haider al-Abadi

BAGHDAD: Nuri al-Maliki finally bowed to pressure within Iraq and beyond on Thursday and stepped… Read More

US ready to help new Iraq PM, Iran welcomes choice

BAGHDAD: Iraq's new prime minister-designate won swift endorsements from uneasy mutual allies the United States… Read More

All with Hamid Raza, not with Imran Khan: Faisal Raza Abidi

KARACHI: Former Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) senator Faisal Raza Abidi on Thursday claimed that the… Read More

Ayatollah Sistani urges PM Maliki to step aside

BAGHDAD: Iraq's most influential Shi'ite cleric urged political leaders on Friday to refrain from clinging… Read More