At least 50 people are reported to have been killed in north-eastern Nigeria in a gun and bomb attack by suspected Boko Haram militants.   Pictures from the village of Dalori show burned-out buildings and charred livestock.   Fires from the burning village could be seen in the the city of Maiduguri, nearly 10km (six miles) away.   One witness ...

Observers said the beheadings were made in a bid to terrorise ISIS members who may leave their posts in the war-torn region. (File photo)   ISIS has reportedly beheaded over 20 of its fighters in full public view for trying to flee a war zone in Iraq’s Mosul city, sending out a chilling warning to others in the terror group ...

The Sayyida Zeinab mosque contains the grave of a granddaughter of the Prophet Mohammed and is particularly revered as a pilgrimage site by Shiite Muslims. Beirut, Lebanon:  At least 45 people were killed and 110 wounded today in three bomb blasts near a revered Shiite shrine south of the Syrian capital Damascus, state media reported. State news agency SANA had ...

President Barack Obama will make his first visit as president to a U.S. mosque next week in a defense of religious freedom, the White House said, following a rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric in the United States. Obama will visit on Wednesday the Islamic Society of Baltimore mosque, where he will hold a roundtable with the community and deliver remarks, a ...

Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket Team vice-captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto laid down a historic milestone as he became the highest run-getter in the history of youth ODIs with 1747 runs, including two centuries and 2 fifties. The middle-order batsman Shanto completed this remarkable job during the Bangladesh vs Scotland Group-A 2nd match of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup at Sheikh Kamal ...

Young tigers have won their second group match quite comfortably by 114 runs against Scotland in the 14th fixture of ICC U19 World Cup today. After a steady start from openers Scotland stumble in their chase of a competitive target of 257 against Bangladesh. Earlier in the day, two hundred-run partnerships from Bangladesh batsmen took the host to 256 for ...