Phone and Internet networks were down across most of Syria for a second straight day on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

The security chief in the east Libyan city of Benghazi was assassinated, a security official told AFP.

The security chief in the east Libyan city of Benghazi was assassinated, a security official told AFP.

An Israeli air strike killed three Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday, medics said, with Palestinian security sources confirming they were Hamas militants.

Concerned over terror groups investing in stock markets through spurious companies, India on Tuesday sought international cooperation to deal with it.

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, join Syria's rebellion and to ensure Egypt implements sharia, SITE Monitoring reported on Saturday, citing a two-part film

Syria’s foreign ministry said the country’s military leaders were studying a proposal by international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi for a ceasefire to mark the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, and would announce their decision on Thursday.

The trio of unseasoned astronauts that will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) this week say they are undaunted by the initial busy workload of their six-month mission.

The Moroccan navy on Thursday blocked the Mediterranean harbour in which a controversial Dutch "abortion ship" was due to dock in the first such trip to a Muslim country, one of the organisers said.

President Hugo Chavez has a 10-point lead over challenger Henrique Capriles ahead of Venezuela's October 7 presidential vote but a potentially decisive number of voters are undecided, a poll showed Tuesday.