
NORTH AFRICA
Lake Chad blasts kill over two dozen
At least 27 people are killed in a triple bombing on an island in Lake Chad.

At least 27 people are killed in a triple bombing on an island in Lake Chad.

The New York Times has in a rare move urged tougher gun laws in the US following the recent shooting attack in California.

The Iranian president says Iran seeks to help the establishment of regional stability and to reinforce unity among Muslims.

Iran is preparing to hold a key petrochemical conference in which representatives from 25 countries will participate.

The US president says his country will not be terrorized by the recent California shootings.

Iranian rock climber Mehdi Alipour finishes third at the speed event of IFSC’s Asian Youth Championship in Malaysia.

A new report has revealed that anti-Muslim prejudice is growing rapidly in the UK.

At least 32 workers have reportedly died in a blaze at an offshore oil platform in Azerbaijan-controlled waters in the Caspian Sea.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad does not have to step down before a “political transition” takes place in Syria.

India deploys hundreds of extra troops and relief workers to rescue flood-hit residents in Chennai.

A series of bomb explosions hit a Hindu gathering in northern Bangladesh, leaving at least six people injured.

At least 10 people are killed and nearly three dozen others injured in a series of bombings across the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad.

Takfiri Daesh terrorists reportedly plan to carry out Paris-style attacks in the UK within weeks.

The US spends about half of its federal budget on military production, that is six times the military spending of China’s, an American analyst says.

Iraqi President Fuad Masum says Turkey’s deployment of troops near Mosul is "a violation of international norms and law."

Three people are killed in northern Lebanon during a raid on the home of a suspected militant.

Egypt says only 28.3 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots during the recent parliamentary elections.

American Muslims are experiencing a wave of death threats, assaults and vandalism unlike anything they have experienced since 9/11, a report says.