In a separate ambush on Wednesday, a soldier was killed and two injured in an attack in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, a hotspot in the "Sunni triangle ... leading to their death or capture.

This past weekend’s sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of Syria after 14 ...

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days.

Rights groups reported dozens of revenge killings resulting from Sunni militants targeting the ... and conflicting death figures during attacks in Syria over the years have not been uncommon.

Of these some 5% are Shia, the rest are Sunni. The historical split occurred 1400 years ago, following the death of Muhammad in Medina, in modern day Saudi Arabia. Muslims who wanted to select his ...

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UN experts have accused Israel of committing sexual violence in Gaza, targeting hospitals and civilians, disproportionately affecting women and children. Israel rejects the UN's findings, labeling ...

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A month after a stampede at New Delhi railway station that killed 18, the government revealed 49,000 general tickets were sold on February 15, significantly higher than the average. This spike led ...

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The European and World Day against the Death Penalty is observed every 10 October. The day serves as reminder that despite the global trend towards the abolition, capital punishment still applies in ...