Militants gained ground on Monday in a battle for a strategic Shiite enclave in northern Iraq that provides a corridor to Syria, officials and residents said.
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined the vital importance of boosting unity among Muslim nations, and called on Islamic countries to be watchful of the plots hatched by enemies to wreak havoc on them.
Shiite Huthi rebels have overrun strongholds of powerful tribes in northern Yemen, witnesses said Sunday, in a major advance following weeks of combat that have left scores dead.
Unidentified gunmen Saturday attacked Shiite Muslims at two different mosques in eastern Pakistan and killed a prayer leader and two more worshipers, police and witnesses said.