Mosques closed to protest attacks: Baghdad Sunnis

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 21:05

Iraqi Sunni religious leaders said that they have decided to close down the sect`s mosques in Baghdad indefinitely to protest attacks targeting clerics and worshippers.

`28 involved in sectarian violence in Rawalpindi identified`

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 18:02

Pakistani authorities on Thursday claimed they had identified 28 people involved in the recent sectarian clashes in the garrison city of Rawalpindi that claimed 11 lives.

Curfew imposed following sectarian clashes in Rawalpindi

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 23:44

Curfew was imposed in Rawalpindi on Saturday where sectarian clashes left eight people dead and more than 40 injured, officials said.

Triple bombs kill 8 Shiites during Ashoura ritual in Iraq’s Baqouba

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 14:16

Ashura is an annual mourning period during which Shia Muslims commemorate the martyrdo of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala, Iraq.

Pakistan fatwa denounces `martyr` title for Hakimullah Mehsud

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 14:21

Pakistan`s Sunni Ittehad Council has denounced the title of "martyr" for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan`s slain chief Hakimullah Mehsud.

Double bombing, shooting kill 7 people in Iraq

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 18:20

A double bombing of a Sunni mosque in Baghdad and a shooting west of the Iraqi capital killed seven people on Friday, officials said, the latest attacks in a wave of violence roiling the country.

Shootings kill 4 in north-central Iraq: Officials

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 20:58

Authorities in Iraq say shootings have killed four security members, including two anti-al Qaeda militiamen, in north-central Iraq.

Yemen Sunni Islamists, Shiite rebels cease fire: Official

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 17:20

Shiite rebels and Sunni Islamists have stopped fighting in a northern Yemeni town after reaching a ceasefire that was urged by the Red Cross, a military official said Saturday.

Iranian Sunni militants claim attack near Pakistan border

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 00:25

A Sunni militant group, Jaish-ul Adl, has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 14 Iranian border guards in the country`s mountainous southeast, a media report said on Sunday.

Bahrain court cuts terms for police jailed over death

Last Updated: Sunday, October 27, 2013, 19:42

Bahrain`s appeals court on Sunday cut the jail terms of two policemen convicted of torturing to death a Shiite detainee after a 2011 crackdown on protests, a judicial source said. The court reduced the terms of the men from seven years to three after a lower court had convicted them in December over Abdul Karim Fakhrawi`s death in custody in April 2011.

Iran hangs 16 in reprisal for Pakistan border killings

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 18:18

Iran said it executed 16 "rebels" Saturday in reprisal after gunmen killed at least 14 border guards near the border with Pakistan, in a rugged area often rocked by violence.

Iraq violence including Baghdad car bomb kills 19

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 19:31

A car bomb near an ice-cream shop in Baghdad killed 12 people on Saturday, while seven died in other attacks, officials said, bringing the October death toll to more than 420.