Mosque Attacks

Turkish police have arrested an 18-year-old masked man after five people were wounded in a stabbing attack in the northwestern city of Eskisehir, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday.

White body bags littered the floor and mourning filled the air after a school housing displaced Palestinians was struck with Israeli missiles Saturday -- a horrific and increasingly common sight in the Gaza war.

An Indian national was killed and three others were injured in a rare shooting attack by the Islamic State terrorist group near a Shia Muslim mosque in Oman's capital Muscat that claimed six lives, mostly foreigners.

Six people including four Pakistanis were killed and nearly 30 wounded in a shooting near a Shiite mosque in the Omani capital Muscat, officials said Tuesday, a rare attack in the country that was claimed by Islamic State.

An Indian was killed and another injured in a shooting incident near a Shiite mosque in the Omani capital Muscat, the Indian Embassy said in a social media post.

Six people including four Pakistanis were killed and nearly 30 wounded in a shooting near a Shiite mosque in the Omani capital Muscat, officials said Tuesday, a rare attack in the otherwise stable Gulf sultanate.

A gunman attacked a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed six people, a government spokesman said Tuesday, with local residents claiming the minority Shiite community had been targeted.

Palestinians visited the graves of loved ones killed in the Gaza war and prayed beside the wreckage of a mosque and in shattered streets as the devastating conflict cast a pall over the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

A retired police officer was shot dead by unidentified gunmen while offering prayers at a mosque in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla today. Kashmir police said that attackers fired on Mohammed Shafi during Azan in the mosque.

Over 100 years ago, during the First World War, Indian soldiers helped win the city for the British who defeated the Ottoman Empire.

Israeli aircraft struck a compound beneath a mosque in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday that the military said was being used by militants to organise attacks, and Palestinian medics said at least one person was killed.

The Israeli military announced it was stepping up its bombardment of Hamas-controlled Gaza Saturday just hours after the first aid trucks arrived from Egypt bringing desperately needed relief to civilians in the war-torn enclave.

Israel said Sunday it killed "terror operatives" from Hamas and Islamic Jihad who were planning attacks, in an air strike on a mosque in the West Bank's Jenin.

In mosques, football stadiums and towns across the Arab world, pro-Palestinian sentiment has surged after a shock Hamas attack on Israel, sparking a groundswell of solidarity for the Palestinians.

Israel and Mossad's impeccable success rate when it comes to thwarting external attacks has made the failure to anticipate the Hamas attack on Saturday all the more pressing.

Turkish police have arrested an 18-year-old masked man after five people were wounded in a stabbing attack in the northwestern city of Eskisehir, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday.

White body bags littered the floor and mourning filled the air after a school housing displaced Palestinians was struck with Israeli missiles Saturday -- a horrific and increasingly common sight in the Gaza war.

An Indian national was killed and three others were injured in a rare shooting attack by the Islamic State terrorist group near a Shia Muslim mosque in Oman's capital Muscat that claimed six lives, mostly foreigners.

Six people including four Pakistanis were killed and nearly 30 wounded in a shooting near a Shiite mosque in the Omani capital Muscat, officials said Tuesday, a rare attack in the country that was claimed by Islamic State.

An Indian was killed and another injured in a shooting incident near a Shiite mosque in the Omani capital Muscat, the Indian Embassy said in a social media post.

Six people including four Pakistanis were killed and nearly 30 wounded in a shooting near a Shiite mosque in the Omani capital Muscat, officials said Tuesday, a rare attack in the otherwise stable Gulf sultanate.

A gunman attacked a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed six people, a government spokesman said Tuesday, with local residents claiming the minority Shiite community had been targeted.

Palestinians visited the graves of loved ones killed in the Gaza war and prayed beside the wreckage of a mosque and in shattered streets as the devastating conflict cast a pall over the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

A retired police officer was shot dead by unidentified gunmen while offering prayers at a mosque in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla today. Kashmir police said that attackers fired on Mohammed Shafi during Azan in the mosque.

Over 100 years ago, during the First World War, Indian soldiers helped win the city for the British who defeated the Ottoman Empire.

Israeli aircraft struck a compound beneath a mosque in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday that the military said was being used by militants to organise attacks, and Palestinian medics said at least one person was killed.

The Israeli military announced it was stepping up its bombardment of Hamas-controlled Gaza Saturday just hours after the first aid trucks arrived from Egypt bringing desperately needed relief to civilians in the war-torn enclave.

Israel said Sunday it killed "terror operatives" from Hamas and Islamic Jihad who were planning attacks, in an air strike on a mosque in the West Bank's Jenin.

In mosques, football stadiums and towns across the Arab world, pro-Palestinian sentiment has surged after a shock Hamas attack on Israel, sparking a groundswell of solidarity for the Palestinians.

Israel and Mossad's impeccable success rate when it comes to thwarting external attacks has made the failure to anticipate the Hamas attack on Saturday all the more pressing.