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Deadly blast hits Benghazi hospital

Mon May 13, 2013 19:23:26

At least 12 people, including children, have died in a car bomb blast near a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi.

Salehi heads to Jeddah for OIC meeting on Mali

Sun May 12, 2013 19:03:50

Iran Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has left for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to attend a ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on the crisis in Mali.

Qatar intelligence chief dies of wounds in Somalia

Tue May 7, 2013 20:17:27

Qatar’s intelligence chief has died of his wounds after the Sunday car bomb blast in Somalia, Lebanese ad-Diyar newspaper reports.

4 Saudis arrested after Tanzania church blast

Mon May 6, 2013 22:13:34

Tanzanian police arrested six people on Monday, including Saudi nationals, over a deadly bombing at a church mass that President Jakaya Kikwete described as an "act of terrorism".

Egypt Sheikh slams Qaradawi for praising US

Sat May 4, 2013 22:53:28

Sheikh Hafiz Salama, the leader of the popular resistance in the Egyptian city of Suez, rapped the Qatari Mufti Yusuf al-Qaradawi for praising the U.S. over its aid to armed militants in Syria.

260,000 people die in Somalia famine: UN

Thu May 2, 2013 18:37:49

A UN report finds that nearly 260,000 people have died during the famine that hit Somalia from 2010 to 2012, the worst famine in the last 25 years.

Libyan foreign ministry under siege for 2nd day

Mon Apr 29, 2013 20:46:06

Dozens of gunmen have kept Libya's foreign ministry under siege for a second day, as violence spread when police officers firing their guns in the air stormed the interior ministry demanding higher wages.

French embassy in Libya hit by car bomb, 2 hurt

Tue Apr 23, 2013 22:20:14

A Libyan security source says two French guards have been injured in a car bomb attack targeting France’s embassy in Libya’s capital Tripoli.

187 killed, 77 injured in Nigeria clashes

Mon Apr 22, 2013 23:06:31

Heavy fighting between Nigerian troops and insurgents has killed 187 people and injured 77 others, with massive blazes that raged after the clashes leaving nearly half the town destroyed.

Mufti: serving Syrian terrorists sexually is haram

Sat Apr 20, 2013 20:22:30

Giving sexual services to terrorists under the name of religion (jihad) in Syria constitutes adultery, which is religiously haram (forbidden), according to the Mufti of Tunisia.

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