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Nigeria mosque suicide attack leaves 120 dead

KANO: At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded on Friday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up and gunmen opened fire during weekly prayers at the mosque of one of Nigeria's top Islamic leaders.

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 violence to countries which have so far had little experience of the sectarian hatred that has set the Middle East alight.

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 to help Baghdad government forces strike back at Islamic State jihadists, roughly doubling the number of US soldiers in the country.

Saudi blames Qaeda for deadly anti-Shiite attack

RIYADH: Saudi authorities have blamed militants linked to Al-Qaeda for an unprecedented attack that killed Shiite worshippers and stoked sectarian tensions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Houthis, Sunni supporters clash in central Yemen

SANAA: Yemeni Shi'ite Houthi fighters and supporters of the Sunni Muslim party Islah clashed in central Yemen on Saturday, residents and local officials said, another sign of sectarian warfare in the violence-prone country that borders Saudi Arabia.

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 Turkey on Friday despite U.S.-led air strikes aimed at defeating the militants in both Syria and Iraq, in a coalition which has now drawn widespread European support.

British journalist purportedly shown in ISIL propaganda video

BEIRUT: Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria released a video on Thursday that they said shows British journalist John Cantlie in captivity saying he will soon reveal "facts" about the group to counter its portrayal in Western media.

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 Iran to join talks on confronting Islamic State militants, as he appeared to play down how fast countries can commit to force or other steps in an emerging coalition.

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, including mass executions of prisoners that could amount to war crimes.

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 talks between the Middle East's most intractable Muslim rivals since Iran's political landscape shifted in 2013, media in both countries reported

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 funds for airstrikes against Islamic State targets, according to a congressional aide, following the militants' beheading of an American journalist and activities in Iraq.

Iraq Kurds retake Mosul dam from ISIL

BAGHDAD: Iraqi and Kurdish forces recaptured Iraq's biggest dam from Islamist militants with the help of U.S. air strikes to secure a vital strategic objective in fighting that threatens to break up the country, Kurdish and U.S. officials said on Monday.

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 are not fulfilled within the 48 hour ultimatum, his party along with Qadri’s other allies will stage sit-ins across the country, ARY News reported.

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 near the Kurdish capital of Arbil and the Mosul dam, the U.S. Central Command said.

Maliki of Iraq steps down

BAGHDAD: Nuri al-Maliki finally bowed to pressure within Iraq and beyond on Thursday and stepped down as prime minister, paving the way for a new coalition that world and regional powers hope can quash a Sunni Islamist insurgency that threatens Baghdad.

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 down as prime minister, paving the way for a new coalition that world and regional powers hope can quash a Sunni Islamist insurgency that threatens Baghdad.

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 and Iran on Tuesday as he called on political leaders to end crippling feuds that have let jihadists seize a third of the country.

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 current Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) government wasted twelve months by not starting a decisive operation against Pakistan's Taliban rebels in North Waziristan, ARY News reported.

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 to their posts - an apparent reference to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who has defied demands that he step aside.

Sudanese Salafi group endorses Islamic State’s new caliphate

"Our Brothers in the Islamic State ... announcing an inclusive caliphate is a good job," said Sudan's Al-Attasam belKetab wa al-Sunna, which broke from...
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