Headlines: • France Wants Gulf Arab States to Help Back African Forces in Mali• Report says Assad Residing on Russian Warship• Election is Banned in Islam: Saudi Scholar• US Pull-out from Afghanistan Worries India Details: France Wants Gulf Arab States to Help Back African Forces in Mali: With the French military operations in Mali expected to last longer than expected, Paris has sought funding from rich Arab Gulf states, saying…

Headlines: • U.N. Wants to Use Drones for Peacekeeping Missions• Israel's New Barrier with Syria: Another Brick in the ‘Apartheid' Wall?• Shia-Sunni Conflicts Plotted by Islam Enemies• U.S., Afghanistan Discuss "Last Chapter" in War Aims - Panetta• 6 Strikes, 8 Days, 35 Dead: The U.S. Drone War in Pakistan is Back Details: U.N. Wants to Use Drones for Peacekeeping Missions: The United Nations, looking to modernize its peacekeeping operations, is…

Sat, Dec 29th, 2012 3:58 pm BdST Dhaka, Dec 29 (bdnews24.com)- Two persons were injured as members of the banned Islamist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir clashed with the police in the city on Saturday. Police identified the injured as Nazimuddin Babla, 50, and Zahirul Islam, 24, a Dhaka College student. Police Inspector (patrol) Mohammad Shahid told bdnews24.com activists of the outlawed organisation suddenly gathered in front of the National Press Club…

Headlines: • US Study Endorses Islam as Fastest Growing Religion, Popular in Youth• End of Syria Regime 'Matter of Time': Turkey Minister • Iran Warns Patriot Missiles in Turkey Could Lead to World War III • Food Shortage Threatens to Kill Thousands of Yemeni Children• More British Troops to Leave Afghanistan by Summer 2013• America Pays Kayani and Zardari $688 million for being Its Watchdogs Details: US Study Endorses Islam…