The Italian government has granted political asylum to a former imam of Milan's central mosque who was recently jailed on terrorism charges, unnamed sources in the interior ministry have told Adnkronos. Radical preacher Abu Imad was arrested in April after Italy's top appeals court upheld a previous sentence and jailed him for 44 months.
Over a 1000 people are believed to have been rescued so far. Atleast 30 people are feared dead. The death toll could rise.
A senior Pakistan Taliban leader may have been killed in a clash with Afghan forces near the border, a senior Afghan police officer said on Thursday, in what would be a major victory for Swat Valley security forces.
Australia will outline laws in the second half of 2011 to equalize the tax treatment of Islamic finance and conventional banking, a government official said on Thursday.
Rebels suspected of derailing passenger train causing crash.
Hizbullah is increasing its efforts to recruit Arab citizens of Israel as spies, according to a report compiled by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet).
Ultra-fundamentalist militia claims UNRWA-run camp immoral.
CAIRO – A U.S.-born cleric who has encouraged Muslims to kill American soldiers called for the killing of U.S. civilians in his first video released by a Yemeni offshoot of al-Qaida, providing the most overt link yet between the radical preacher and the terror group.
The International Criminal Court will ask the UN Security Council to intervene given Sudan's "lack of cooperation" in pursuing two senior government allies for alleged war crimes, according to a court document seen Wednesday.
Police began a major manhunt in the Tel Aviv region Wednesday following reports of an attempted terrorist attack.