Taliban militants on Wednesday shot dead Pakistan's only Christian government minister for challenging a law that mandates the death penalty for insulting Islam, the latest sign of instability in a country where many fear radical Islam is becoming more mainstream.
Talibanism is on the rise in Pakistan and the government is helpless about it, Wednesday's ruthless assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, the nation's only Christian lawmaker to hold a cabinet rank, has confirmed.
Militants linked to the Taliban shot dead Pakistan's minorities affairs minister Shahbaz Bhatti, who was a staunch critic of the controversial blasphemy law, on Wednesday.
An Islamist who worked as a British Airways computer expert was found guilty on Monday of plotting with a radical cleric to blow up a plane bound for the United States.
International Business Times spoke to Dilshod A. Achilov, a professor of political science at East Tennessee State University, in Johnson City, and an expert on the Middle East and Islam about the feasibility of Arab nations emulating the models found in Turkey and Indonesia. Here is part 1 of the interview:
British designer, John Galliano has been suspended by couture house Christian Dior following reports of anti-Semitic insults by the designer during a drunken incident at a Paris café.
Tens of thousands of mainly Shi'ite Bahrainis gathered in Manama on Friday, declared as a day of mourning by the government, in one of the biggest anti-government protests since unrest erupted 10 days ago.
Tens of thousands of anti-government Bahrainis assembled in the capital city of Manama on the twelfth straight day of the tiny nation's protests demanding democratic reforms, including a new constitution, and the establishment of more rights for the dispossessed Shia majority.
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Emboldened by the pending repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell law, President Barack Obama, and his top legal official, have concluded that in two pending cases, the Administration will not defend a federal law that defines marriage as being the union between one man and one woman.
Anonymous dealt have taken down Westboro Church's websites and left a stern message to the radical religious group.
Westboro Baptist Church fires back at Anonymous, saying the group tried and failed to attack their websites.
Rapper Bun B has threatened legal action against the designers of a line of T-shirts bearing his likeness and that of his late UKG bandmate, Pimp C
Vatican talks with a controversial Catholic splinter group are nearing an end without any accord on reintegrating the ultra-traditionalists, including a bishop whose denial of the Holocaust has embarrassed Pope Benedict.
In a bizarre and unexpected development, an Israeli magazine reported today that Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi may actually seek refuge in Israel.
A purported threat from the hacker group Anonymous against the Westboro Baptist Church has them trading barbs and threats.
Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) raised a cudgel against Anonymous, claiming that its website is under threat from the outfit known for taking down sites with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
Libyan army's Thunderbolt squad had switched sides after days of violence that mark the most serious challenge to Gaddafi's 42-year rule, threatening Gaddafi's 42-year rule.
Visitors to the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul can now get to see the treasures of King Tut as the exhibit, Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs is now open, and continues to attract tourists through September 5.
Dr. Paul Beran, the Outreach Director at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University is a researcher, writer and teacher on civil society in the Middle East. International Business Times spoke with Beran to discuss the current unrest in the region.
Holy Mount Zion of England's all-Jewish Maccabi Southern Football League has been suspended for league play amid allegations that non-Jewish players were used.
Attacks by a renegade militia in south Sudan's oil state of Jonglei have killed at least 211 people, a southern minister said Tuesday, doubling earlier estimates of the death count.
