Kerry hails diplomat Pandith as `trailblazer, visionary`

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 19:23

Indian-American Farah Pandith, the first-ever US Special Representative to Muslim Communities, has left her post to join Harvard University.

Sonia Gandhi to visit Kishanganj on Jan 30

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 23:15

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be coming to Kishanganj on January 30 to lay the foundation stone of a centre of Aligarh Muslim University.

Gunmen kill leading figure in Yemeni Shi`ite Muslim group

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 13:54

Unknown assailants shot and killed a leader of the Yemeni Shi`ite Muslim Houthi group in Sanaa on Tuesday while he was on his way to attend reconciliation talks in the Yemeni capital, officials at the talks said.

Egypt`s army chief may announce presidency bid this week

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 00:44

Egypt`s powerful army chief Gen Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is likely to announce his presidency bid this week after over 98 per cent people backed a new draft constitution in a referendum billed as a popular endorsement of president Mohammed Morsi`s overthrow.

Egypt`s Morsi faces fresh trial for `insulting judiciary`

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 23:48

Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and 25 others, including liberal activists and journalists, will be tried for "insulting the judiciary", the fourth case slapped on the Islamist leader.

Islamist militants strengthen grip on Iraq``s Falluja

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 17:30

Al Qaeda and other insurgent groups have tightened their grip on Falluja, defying the Shi`ite-led Iraqi government`s efforts to persuade local tribesmen to expel them from the Sunni Muslim city, residents and officials say.

Egypt to announce results of constitutional referendum

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 14:25

Egyptian authorities are to announce Saturday the results of a constitutional referendum the interim government has hailed as a ringing endorsement of the army`s ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

China paper attacks `malicious` detained Uighur academic

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 13:52

China must punish the "brains" behind terrorists and fight against those who preach with "malicious intent", a state-run newspaper said Saturday in an editorial justifying the arrest of a prominent Uighur academic.

One killed in Egypt as police, Islamists clash: Security

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 20:54

At least one person was killed in clashes in Egypt on Friday as police dispersed protesters loyal to ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, security officials said.

Bodies of 14 kidnapped Sunni tribesmen found in Iraq

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 07:50

Bodies of 14 Sunni Muslim tribesmen were found in date palm groves north of Baghdad, a day after they were kidnapped by uniformed men in security forces vehicles, Iraqi police and medics said.

Egyptians back constitution, opening way to Sisi presidential run

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 07:50

Egyptians approved new constitution by referendum, a widely expected outcome that nudges army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ever closer to a bid for the presidency.

China detains prominent Uighur academic: Wife

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 22:33

Police in China have detained a prominent Uighur academic and outspoken critic of government policy towards the mostly Muslim minority, his wife said on Thursday.