Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and Muslim rebel leader Al Haj Murad Ebrahim have met for the second time in Japan and discussed on the peace process between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front ( MILF), a senior government official disclosed Thursday.
Hundreds of army, police and police special forces deployed in the southern Sri Lankan town of Aluthgama dispersed a large Buddhist mob on Monday as communal riot that killed three and wounded about 80 continued despite an indefinite curfew.
An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned members of the Muslim Brotherhood from running in the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, the official MENA news agency reported.
An Egyptian court dismissed on Wednesday Muslim Brotherhood appeals to change the judges panel for their espionage and jailbreak trials, official news agency MENA reported.
An Egyptian court adjourned Tuesday the trial of 683 Muslim Brotherhood supporters, including the group's top leader Mohamed Badie, until April 28, official MENA news agency reported.
Palestinian Hamas movement on Thursday rejected the accusation by Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim that it was involved in an attack that killed 16 people in Egypt last month.
Nearly three years after the downfall of ex-ruler Hosni Mubarak, Egypt still struggles to find a way out of chaos, as negotiations remain almost a mission impossible in the deeply polarized nation.
Bringing ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to trial on Monday may not help rid Egypt of social unrest because of the gap between pro- and anti-Morsi camps.
At least 51 people were killed and about 270 injured in Egypt's clashes between security forces and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) on Sunday, official news agency MENA reported, citing the health ministry.
An Egyptian court sentenced one member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), from which ousted President Mohamed Morsi hails, to life in prison over violent acts against the army last month, state-run Ahram website reported Tuesday.
Egyptian police arrested a wanted senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood ahead of the group's massive protests aiming to reinstate Mohamed Morsi as president, official news agency MENA reported Thursday.
The National Alliance for Supporting Legitimacy, a pro-ousted President Mohamed Morsi bloc, called for massive protests on Friday in an attempt to pressure for the reinstatement of the "legitimate leader," official news agency MENA reported Wednesday.
Peace talks between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the largest Muslim rebel group in the country, resumed Thursday in Malaysia.
Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Fatah al-Sisi vowed on Sunday to stand firm against violence, as supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi cancelled some of their planned marches in Cairo for "security reasons."
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak called on Muslims in the country to unite for turning Malaysia into a modern and progressive Islamic country.
Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi was reportedly under home arrest as of early Thursday, according to official newspaper Al-Ahram.
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