Home
Discover Islam
Quran Recitations
Lectures
Fatwa
Articles
Fiqh
E-Books
Women
Boys & Girls 
ArticlesThere are 17996 articles
-
‘Friends of Syria’ pledge to arm opposition forces
Western and Arab countries have agreed to give urgent military support to Syrian opposition forces against Bashar al-Assad, and to channel that aid through a Western-backed opposition military command. In a statement following talks in Qatar on Saturday, ministers from 11 nations in the Friends of Syria group agreed "to provide urgently all the.. More -
'Friends of Syria' consider how to arm opposition
Foreign ministers of the "Friends of Syria" group are gathering in Doha, the Qatari capital, to discuss how to organize the delivery of military and other kinds of aid for Syrian opposition. Saturday's meeting takes place only hours after Syrian opposition forces stated that they had received a new shipment of weapons from their allies and.. More -
India monsoon flooding kills nearly 600
Rescuers have found bodies in the River Ganges and in the muddy, broken earth left by landslides, raising the death toll from monsoon flooding in mountainous northern India to nearly 600, officials have said. The air force dropped paratroopers, food and medicine for people trapped in up to 100 towns and villages cut off since Sunday in the Himalayan.. More -
India battles to rescue flood survivors
Monsoon flooding in northern India has claimed more than 120 lives, stranding thousands of people due to high water levels and landslides, officials say. Torrential rain and landslides since Sunday have stranded pilgrims at four revered Hindu shrines, washed away bridges and roads and caused other damage in Uttrakhand province. Prime Minister Manmohan.. More -
US to hold direct peace talks with Taliban
The US will engage in direct negotiations with the Taliban in Qatar next week, aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan, senior White House officials have said. Tuesday's announcement came as the Taliban opened a political office in the Qatari capital, Doha, to help start talks on ending the 12-year-old conflict, saying it wanted a political solution.. More -
US identifies Guantanamo indefinite detainees
The Obama administration has publicly identified for the first time 46 prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base whom it wants to hold indefinitely without charge or trial because it says they are “too dangerous to release but cannot be prosecuted”. The Defense Department released the names on Monday after the Miami Herald newspaper.. More -
Blast near parliament in Kabul
An explosion has hit the Afghan capital Kabul near the parliament, on a day NATO forces formally hand over security to national forces. Tuesday's blast occurred at around 9am local time in an area called Karta-e Seh, a Kabul police source said. It came as hundreds of local and international officials gathered on the capital's outskirts ahead of a.. More -
Huge blast shakes Damascus military airport
A huge explosion shook the Mezze military airport on the western edge of Damascus on Sunday, and ambulances were seen heading to the compound, a major base for President Bashar al-Assad's elite forces, activists said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group based in Britain with a network of observers in Syria, said it appeared.. More -
Syrian warplanes hit Damascus suburbs
Syrian artillery and warplanes have hit areas of Damascus, as Russia has warned against any attempt to establish a no-fly zone over the country. The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group, said jets and artillery had attacked Jobar, a battered district where opposition forces operate on the edge of central Damascus, on.. More -
Egypt cuts diplomatic ties with Syria
Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's president, has announced that Egypt is cutting off diplomatic relations with Syria and has ordered that Damascus Embassy in Cairo to be closed. Morsi told thousands of supporters in a rally held on Saturday that his government is also withdrawing the Egyptian charge d'affaires from Damascus. Morsi also called on Lebanon's Hezbollah.. More -
Iran celebrates Rouhani's presidential win
Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani has called his defeat of conservative hardliners a victory of moderation over extremism and pledged a new tone of respect in international affairs. Thousands of jubilant Iranians poured onto the streets in celebration of the victory on Saturday, chanting: "Long live reform! Long live Rouhani!", according to.. More -
Austria begins withdrawal from Golan Heights
Austria began pulling out its UN peacekeepers from the Golan Heights days after Vienna decided to quit the mission over deteriorating security concerns. An AFP photographer said on Wednesday 20 soldiers in jeeps accompanied by tanks entered the Israeli side of the Quineitra Crossing – the only direct passage between Israel and Syria. Another.. More -
Egypt warns Ethiopia over Nile dam
Egypt's president has warned Ethiopia that “all options are open" in dealing with its construction of a Nile dam that threatens to leave Egypt with a dangerous water shortage. Speaking in a live televised speech before hundreds of supporters on Monday, Mohammed Morsi said Egypt was not calling for war, but it is willing to confront any threats.. More -
US spy leak source goes into 'hiding'
A former US intelligence worker has apparently gone into hiding a day after revealing himself as the source of leaked details of widespread US spying on private internet and phone records. Edward Snowden, 29, was reported to have checked out of a Hong Kong hotel on Monday following the publication by the Guardian newspaper of an interview about his.. More -
Several killed at Yemeni security branch
At least seven people have been killed and at least 30 wounded in a gun fight next to the National Security Agency building in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. The violence broke out as Shia Houthi rebels attacked the national security building with automatic weapons and grenades on Sunday, Al Jazeera's Mohamed Adow reported. The protesters were demanding.. More
Sub-sections
