Arson attack on Swedish mosque injures five
An arsonist set fire to a mosque in the Swedish town of Eskilstuna yesterday, injuring five people, police said.
About 15 to 20 people were...
US-Jordanian war games
Mustaq Abu Aman from the Revolution Observer writes that the Jordanian government is ready to facilitate a US military attack on Syria.
"Jordan will not...
India’s Hindu nationalist leader says Muslims should be “steralised”
The leader of an Indian Hindu nationalist party made a public statement saying Muslims and Christians should be sterilised in order to check their...
Outrage as police storm Masjid al-Aqsa
Palestinians have protested to the United Nations after Israeli police stormed Masjid Al Aqsa to disperse a protest, hours before parliament debated a nationalist...
Pakistani counter-terror funds spent on luxury gifts
Pakistani officials used a secret counter-terrorism fund to buy wedding gifts, luxury carpets and gold jewellery for relatives of ministers and visiting dignitaries, according...
Austria to ban “ISIS symbols” in crackdown on Islamist groups
Austria plans to ban Islamist groups' symbols and strip citizenship from people who travel abroad to fight with ISIS in a crackdown announced by...
US releases six Guantanamo prisoners to go Uruguay
The US government has freed six Guantanamo Bay detainees and sent them to Uruguay for resettlement.
A Pentagon statement on Sunday identified the men as...
Vladmir Putin and Saudi defence minister agree on “common goals” in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia’s defence minister have agreed that Moscow and Riyadh should pursue "common goals" in Syria, including national reconciliation...
Egyptian man who moved to America for a “better life” killed in car sale...
An Egyptian man who moved his family to the United States for a "better life" was shot dead in Cleveland during an online car...
President Erdogan says Afrin is under Turkish and Free Syrian Army control
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said that Turkish-backed rebels have taken total control of the Kurdish-majority city of Afrin in northern Syria.
Yesterday morning,...