Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who led revolts against U.S. forces in Iraq before their pullout and became a major influence in the government, said he is leaving political life and has dissolved his movement. Sadr gave no reason for the retirement announced...
Islamist militants disguised as security officials killed three Tunisian policemen and a civilian in an attack near the border with Algeria, the state news agency TAP said on Sunday. The agency did not name any group in the attack. Tunisia's security forces have been battling...
Deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi appeared in court on Sunday on charges of conspiring with foreign groups to commit terrorist acts in Egypt , in a further escalation of the crackdown against his Muslim Brotherhood. Declaring it "the biggest case of conspiracy in the...
The death toll of al-Yadouda car explosion in Daraa Friday rose to 47 people, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Activists have accused regime forces of carrying out the attack near a mosque in al-Yadouda town, the number of martyrs is likely to rise...
