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Baghdad (Xinhua/UNI) An explosion was heard in the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad in Iraq on Sunday evening, while sirens could be heard following the blast, a security source said. more
Five migrants killed, 39 wounded in road accident in Southeast Turkey: Reports

Ankara (Sputnik/UNI) As many as five undocumented migrants were killed and 39 others were injured in a road accident involving a truck in Turkey's southeastern Van province, local med ...

Sri Lanka: Police arrest Islamist preacher for inciting extremism on social media

Colombo: Sri Lankan security officials have arrested an Islamic preacher on charges of using social media platform to air extremist views, media reports said.  

Egyptian court sentences two people to death for attack on Coptic Church: Reports

Moscow (Sputnik/UNI): A court in the Egyptian capital of Cairo sentenced two people to death for staging an attack on a Coptic church in the Egyptian city of Helwan, local media reported ...

Syrian army foils rebels' attack in Hama

Damascus (Xinhua/UNI) The Syrian army on Friday foiled rebels' attack on military posts in the central province of Hama, state news agency SANA reported.

London: Gun fired at Ilford Seven Kings mosque

London:  A gunman opened fire outside a mosque in London city on Thursday, media reports said.

WikiLeaks whistleblower manning released from US jail - reports

Moscow, May 10 (Sputnik/UNI) Chelsea Manning, the former US military informant of whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, was released from prison in the state of Virginia, after having spent o ...

US airstrike in Somali mountains nets 13 dead Terrorists, no civilians killed : AFRICOM

Washington (Sputnik/UNI) A US airstrike targeting a mountain outpost of the Islamic State terror group (banned in Russia) killed 13 terrorists with no civilian deaths, the US Africa Comma ...

Fourth Palestinian killed by Israeli airstrikes on Saturday - Medics

Gaza Strip (Sputnik/UNI) A fourth Palestinian was killed by Israeli airstrikes on Saturday, a spokeswoman for the Gaza's Health Ministry said.

Israel Defence Forces say they registered over 90 rocket launches from Gaza

Tel Aviv (Sputnik/UNI) The Hamas movement has fired more than 90 missiles at Israel since Saturday morning, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said, updating the previous figures.