Muslim organizations in France have condemned the fresh publication of a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on the new edition of Charlie Hebdo, describing it as "discrimination against Muslims". Their comments came after the French satirical...

(Reuters) - Al Qaeda in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, saying it was ordered by the Islamist militant group's leadership for insulting the Prophet Mohammad, according to a video posted on YouTube. Gunmen killed a...

Oil income of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant is at its lowest in the past six months due to the U.S-led international coalition’s airstrikes, Iraqi parliament members have said Tuesday. “ ISIL will be in a bad financial situation as its current...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Falling oil revenues and intensifying fighting across  Libya  mean the humanitarian situation is worsening and basic public services may collapse, aid agencies said. Three years after the overthrow and killing of Muammar Gaddafi, two...

(Reuters) - Yemeni authorities have questioned a member of the Baha'i faith suspected of contacts with  Israel  and charged him with seeking to establish a base for the community in the predominantly Muslim country, state news agency Saba reported. But the accused' s wife and...

(Reuters) - Charlie Hebdo will publish a front page showing a caricature of the Prophet Mohammad holding a sign saying "Je suis Charlie" in its first edition since Islamist gunmen attacked the satirical newspaper. With demand surging for the edition due on Wednesday, the weekly...

(Reuters) - A Saudi judge has sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer to an additional five years in jail, his wife said, after he refused to show remorse or recognize the court that handed down his original 10-year term for sedition. Walid Abu al-Khair, founder and director of...

(Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that countries behind the fall in global oil prices would regret their decision and warned that  Saudi Arabia  and Kuwait would suffer alongside Iran from the price drop. "Those that have planned to...

(Reuters) - Security forces have found the body of an Egyptian police officer kidnapped by gunmen this week in the Sinai Peninsula, home to Islamist militants seeking to topple the government, the army spokesman said on Tuesday. The officer was snatched on Sunday in the border town of...

(Reuters) - Egypt's high court on Tuesday overturned the only remaining conviction against Hosni Mubarak, ordering a retrial in the embezzlement case and opening the way for the ousted former president's possible release. Mubarak, 86, was sentenced to three years in prison in May for...

(Reuters) - When protests erupted in Cairo in 2011, liberal activist Hassan El-Erian quickly mobilized demonstrations in his hometown of Zagazig, risking arrest, or worse, to push for democracy.  Inspired by the toppling of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Arab Spring uprisings...

n">(Reuters) - The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the U.S. military command that oversees operations in the Middle East were hacked on Monday by people claiming to be sympathetic toward the Islamic State militant group being targeted in American bombing raids. "American soldiers, we...

(Reuters) -  Israel  shut down three local Islamist groups on Monday, accusing them of stoking tensions at a contested shrine in occupied East Jerusalem that has seen increased visits by Jews. Al Aqsa mosque compound in East Jerusalem is Islam's third-holiest site and the...

Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d'Or award for the second year running and the third overall on Monday after a prolific, trophy-filled year with Real Madrid. The Portuguese forward won 37.66 percent of the vote to finish well ahead of Lionel Messi, his bitter rival, who...

BEIRUT (The Daily Star)- The Nusra Front Monday issued a new threat against the captive soldiers and policemen being held on Lebanon’s northeastern border after police raided a notorious prison packed with Islamists earlier in the day. In response, the families of the captives...

Writing by Balqis Abu Rachid; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Muslims in general, Syrian in particular, rejected latest attacks in France, considered them nothing more than terrorist attacks, which are completely not related to Islam and its principles. 17...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on attending Sunday's anti-terrorism march in Paris despite being asked by French President Francois Hollande not to do so, Israeli media reported Monday. "Hollande conveyed a message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the...

(Reuters) - Iraq may need three years to rebuild and restructure its military, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday, as the country battles Islamic State militants who pose the biggest threat to its security since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. The...

(Reuters) - Pakistan's intelligence chief met Afghanistan's new president to discuss ways to boost coordination in fighting militant attacks in the region, an official said Monday, in a sign of improving ties between the often uneasy neighbors. It was the third trip to...

(Reuters) - Roche Holding will acquire a majority stake in molecular and genomic analysis firm Foundation Medicine Inc for up to $1.18 billion, it said on Monday, in a move to bolster the Swiss drugmaker's personalized cancer treatments. This targeted approach to treating...