Greece’s parliament has approved a legislation obliging public sector bodies to hand over their cash reserves to the country’s cash-strapped central bank as Athens edges closer to a debt default.

A strong earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale has hit an area near Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu, causing extensive damage to buildings, officials say.

In an initiative to promote peace in Muslim societies, 350 religious leaders from around the world are due to meet in Abu Dhabi next Sunday, April 26th, to attend the Second Annual Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies.

Ayatollah Bushehri, Qom’s Friday prayers’ leader, referred to the consequences of the failure of the Saudi-led war in Yemen, saying that the led to the creation of solidarity and empathy among the Yemeni people of different faiths with Yemen.

Iranian Armenians have gathered in a church in the capital city of Tehran to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman forces.

“Clerics should keep shouldering their duties toward Islamic Ummah,” said General Secretary of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thought.

Needs to strengthen dialogue with Muslims have been cited by the Vatican as a way to build forces against "the barbarism underway" by terrorists claiming to be Muslims.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Saudi Arabia’s chargé d'affaires in Tehran to express its protest over Riyadh’s interception of an Iranian aid flight to war-wracked Yemen.

A large number of Bahraini demonstrators have once again held a massive protest rally to show their outrage at a court decision to extend the detention of the main opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman.

Iranian Sunni prayer leader highlighted affection as the sole means to boost Islamic unity noting that this affection is created only by following Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and his household.

Lebanese prominent cleric received General Secretary of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thought and appreciated his effort in the area of promoting unity and rapprochement.

A senior Iranian cleric has denounced Saudi Arabia’s aggression against Yemen as a political defeat and humiliation for the Persian Gulf monarchy which "deems itself a Muslim state."

Fresh Saudi airstrikes have killed two people and injured nine others in the Yemeni city of Harad in the northwestern Hajjah province.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has highlighted the importance of Asia-Africa ties, saying the South-South cooperation flies in the face of unilateralism.

A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator says Iran and the P5+1 group have started drafting the text of mechanisms related to the removal of sanctions imposed on Tehran over its peaceful nuclear program.

The Conference titled “Study, Cultural Awakening, and Possible Horizons” was held with General Secretary of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thought in attendance.

Considering the critical developments on the security and humanitarian fronts in Yemen, and following the announcement of the end of operation Decisive Storm and the start of operation Restoring Hope, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation is planning to hold an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States.

Senior Iranian cleric met with top Lebanese scholar stressing the firm stance of the Islamic Republic of Iran on maintaining Islamic unity and cooperation among Muslims.