Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a Saudi-educated scholar for what they claim are links with Zahran Hashim, the suspected ringleader of the Easter Sunday bombings, throwing a spotlight on the rising influence of Salafi-Wahhabi Islam on the island’s Muslims. Mohamed Aliyar, 60, is the...

Syrian security officers hung Muhannad Ghabbash from his wrists for hours, beat him bloody, shocked him with electricity and stuck a gun in his mouth. Mr. Ghabbash, a law student from Aleppo, repeatedly confessed his actual offense: organizing peaceful antigovernment protests. But the...

British Prime Minister Theresa May should set a date for her departure next week when she meets leaders of an influential group of Conservative lawmakers to address her future, the group's chairman said Saturday. Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee, which can make or break party...

  The  Libyan authorities  decided  to prevent the Syrian refugees to  enter  the country by land and  only  allow those who come through Dama scus International Airport. Two years  ago, Libya decided ...