TEHRAN (IQNA) – Twenty-six years ago, on February 25, 1994, a Zionist settler named Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli army physician, opened indiscriminate fire from his army-issued automatic rifle at hundreds of Muslims as they were performing the dawn prayer on a Ramadan day at the Ibrahimi Mosque in southern West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron).

TEHRAN (IQNA) – President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday two Turkish troops were killed in Libya where they back the internationally-recognized government in the North African state’s conflict, adding “allied Syrians are honored” to fight there too.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The family of the convicted top Egyptian militant Hisham al-Ashmawy has not been formally notified about his execution on Monday, his lawyer Khaled El-Masry said.

TEHRAN (IQNA) –  A former chief justice of Gambia has suggested Pakistan approach the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the continuing rights violations in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Al-Shabab attacked two Somali military bases using an explosive-laden vehicle driven by a suicide bomber along with dozens of heavily-armed fighters.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Violations of an arms embargo in Libya have become a joke and it is imperative that those who breach it are held to account, a senior UN official said on Sunday.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Google Maps shows Kashmir as part of India — as long as you view it from within the borders of the country — but for people outside the country, the outlines of the region are shown in dotted lines, suggesting it to be a “disputed” territory, The Washington Post reported.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – An Islamic scholar from Indonesia blamed politics for some clerics’ stance against Shia Islam.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A US-Taliban peace deal could be signed this month if the Taliban significantly reduces violence, which could lead to an eventual withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, two Afghan government sources and a Western diplomat said on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the Indian government’ unilateral steps taken on August 5 last year were in clear violation of UN resolution on Kashmir dispute.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Personal belongings of the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, where over 8,300 Muslims were killed by Serbian forces, are set to go on permanent display, conveying the brutality of the massacre to future generations.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The annual 'Kashmir Solidarity Day' was observed in Jhang, Pakistan’s Punjab province, throughout the district like all other parts of the country.