Sunni extremists have targeted holy sites sacred to the country's Shiite majority in the past. The attack comes as Iran has been convulsed ...

The White House talks between the two allies come just a week after a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State group, despite Baghdad dec...

On September 24 Usanas Foundation sent another petition to the UN Secretary-General and all the other entities mentioned above, in which it...

Kabul recently lodged protest with UNSC against Pakistan’s interference in its internal matters

A body representing Sufi-Sunni Muslims today claimed that dreaded terror outfit Islamic State (ISIS) is "active" in the country under "diff...

The Khilafat movement of the 1920s was massively Indians are happy with the lifting of UN sanctions on Iran after its nuclear deal with the...

"ISIS will benefit a lot from this deal; segments of the Sunni community in the region will see Iran as having won and brought in from the ...

Obama administration argues, arming and training Sunnis to defend their own territory is the only viable way to beat back Islamic State.

The Iraqi army, which the US has tried to build up into a viable fighting force, fled when faced with dozens of car bombs in the provincial...

US forces and their Iraqi counterparts have trained about 2,000 Sunni fighters in Iraq as part of efforts to defeat IS extremist group, say...

ISIS has declared areas in Syria and Iraq it has captured as a caliphate — but its agenda isn’t confined to that region alone.

There is possibility of sectarian passions flaring up in India, in the wake of protests and attempts to send Shia volunteers to fight in Ir...

Sworn enemies just over a year ago, the US & Iran are becoming unlikely allies in the fight against Sunni extremists in Iraq who are backed...

Moreover, the US must compel the Iraqi Army to adopt a sensitive, population-centered approach to reversing the militants' conquests.

The real threat to Pakistan's social fabric does not come from India, Afghanistan, the US or the army’s grip over the country’s affairs. It...

Authorities questioned a 15-year-old boy who has confessed to be part of the team that killed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.

Pakistan boosted security on Friday after a suspected Sunni extremist opened fire in a Shiite mosque then blew himself up, killing 10 peopl...