President Obama has announced that 300 American “advisors” would be deployed to Iraq to answer the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group, the American trained and supplied Al Qaeda/Takfiri militant group unleashed on the people of Syria some years ago.

Western countries are on red alert after reports that over a thousand ‘jihadists’ many from Britain and US have flown out to join the terrorist group ‘Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’ (ISIL) and will be returning home to inflict terrorist attacks.

Everyone seems to agree that the Sunni extremists who are striving to carve out a caliphate in Syria and Iraq have upended the region, but there is no consensus on what to call the militant group, in English at least.

The abduction of a Nigerian popular salafi scholar who teaches Islamic and Arabic lessons and his wife has raised alarms among the country’s Muslim leaders, accusing suspected government agents of being behind their disappearance.

As Indonesia braces for electing its first new president in a decade, democracy has been put at stake in the world’s most populous Muslim nation amidst prospects of change and fears of reviving the old authoritarian order.

In a city with one the highest crime levels in the world, Muslim worshippers praying tarawih prayers in a Johannesburg were attacked y a gang who stormed the mosque, robbing more than 200 Muslim worshippers.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has decried the recent Buddhist attacks against Muslims in Burma and Sri Lanka, appealing to his followers to stop violence against the religious minority.

Though remaining calm during the day, the streets of south-west Sydney suburb of Lakemba, Australia turns into a popular food hotspot during Ramadan nights, offering food and sweets till the early hours of the morning.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to visit Tajikistan in September to attend the summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

An Iranian lawmaker says Iran and China play an effective role in maintaining stability and peace in the Middle East.

The United States is the main obstacle to a comprehensive agreement between Iran and the six world powers on Tehran’s nuclear energy program, a senior Iranian lawmaker says.

Yesterday we learned that three Israeli suspects have confessed to burning to death Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdair. The killers even re-enacted their grisly deed for police.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has launched a barrage of rockets deep into Israel in response to the latest Israeli attacks against the besieged Gaza Strip.

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has rejected the results of last month's presidential run-off.

Foreign-backed militants fighting against the Syrian government say they have received the second batch of US-made anti-tank missiles.

Heavy clashes have reportedly erupted between Houthis and Takfiri militants in northern Yemen.

The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says no country can afford to launch a military attack on the country.

The European Union (EU) has agreed in principle to toughen its sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, EU diplomats say.