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The Muslim world has begun celebrating Eid al-Adha, a festival where humility and solidarity within the community is put promoted.

Following reports of mass arrests and acts of brutality against participants in the Oakland chapter of the Occupy movement, the hacker cell of the Anonymous collective has enacted a revenge attack, hacking the Oakland Police networks.

Moammar Gadhafi's cruel assassination has put Aisha Gadhafi back in the spotlight. Described as the "Claudia Schiffer of North Africa" by the Arabic press could have easily graced the pages of Vogue magazine but she opted for a role to further her father's cause.

Gadhafi Dynasty: Once Glorious Family of the Deposed Dictator [RARE PHOTOS]

Slain tyrant Col. Moammar Gadhafi's lifestyle, female virgin bodyguards, a crush on Condoleezza Rice and "Bunga Bunga" parties

News that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has died has been confirmed by several NTC officials, but NATO has warned it will need more times to confim the reports.

Justice may still come to bear for the former 'King of Kings' .

The recent killing of two transsexuals by their relatives in Turkey raises questions as to whether transsexuals have become a new target for the country's notorious honour crimes.

Tunisian police on Sunday broke up a mob of angry Salafists who tried to attack a TV network that aired a film on the Iranian revolution, raising fears the growing movement could provoke more unrest just two weeks away from elections where Tunisians will choose members of a constituent assembly tasked with crafting a new constitution.

A new group reportedly made up of Syrian military defectors which calls itself the Free Syrian Army have said they plan to overthrow President Bashar Assad's "murderous" regime.

With Russia and China vetoing a UN Security Council resolution threatening action against Syria following the deadly and brutal crackdown on protests, cracks within the UN Scecurity Council are becoming more apparent.

As high profile Al-Qaeda leader Awlaki was killed in a strike on his convoy directed by the CIA and carried out with the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command's firepower, Obama it seems wants to prove he is in control when it comes to the war against terror, leaving little room for the republicans to attack him on the subject during the next presidential campaign.

Despite accusations by the U.S., the Afghan Taliban Haqqani terrorist network has denied being supported by Pakistan, according to CCN, raising questions over American accusations towards the Pakistani government's involvement with Pakistani terrorist groups.

Reports that Syrian Christians are throwing their support behind President Bashar al-Assad, despite months of a brutal crackdown on civilians protesters that call for an end to the regime, have emerged since the beginning of the uprising.

With Muammar Gaddafi out of the picture, many thought, that the long and sometimes very provocative speeches, at the UN would be history. Iranian president Ahmadinejad however showed Thursday September 23 that he still had some fire left, positioning himself as the voice of the oppressed.

As the date set for the Palestinian UN statehood bid approaches, tensions between the supporters and opponents to the planned request are mounting, and with the U.S publicly opposing the bid, Obama's image in the Muslim world is set to dwindle even more.

As a UN list proves, children are still being recruited and used in warfare while schools are repeatedly being attacked and closed with a UN official saying this was "another tragic year" for the world's youngsters.

Ten years after 9/11 many analysts still insist the U.S. response to the attacks by waging a war on terror and invading Iraq and Afghanistan is yet another illustration of the country's struggle to operate outside of the cold war mentality which saw it become the hegemon.

A day after the United States observed the tenth anniversary of 9/11, a taped message from Osama bin Laden surfaced, four months after his death.

Following 9/11 and despite Al-Qaeda claiming the attacks, conspiracy theories emerged rapidly, with many blaming a Zionist enterprise. While many claim a Zionist involvement, very few seem able to explain how Bin Laden, a symbol of the fight against the West and the infidels for many Islamist extremists, apparently worked hand in hand with the Jewish lobby groups to prepare the attacks.

As the tenth anniversary of the Al-Qaeda-led 9/11 attacks on New York took place yesterday, both President Obama and former President George Bush addressed the crowds as ceremonies were held at various locations.

The "war on terror" declared by the U.S. and its allies ten years ago, following the Al-Qaeda-led 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre in New York, has failed to deliver peace but instead led to a resurgence of al-Qaeda and the Taliban, the British Science Association's annual Festival of Science was told yesterday.

With the tenth anniversary 9/11 fast approaching, U.S. counter-terrorism officials say the threat of a car or truck bomb attack in New York or Washington is "specific, credible but unconfirmed."

A decade after the attacks on New York and Washington, has the American and British "war on terror" made either the Western or the Islamic world signficantly safer place, or has it simply bred resentment on all sides?

As the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches and details of the U.S. employing controversial measures in Guantanamo Bay to obtain information on Bin Laden, the former head of the MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence service, said the use of torture is "wrong and never justified".

A spokesman for Tripoli's new military council says National Transitional (NTC) have found Muammar Gaddafi and know where he is hiding, warning he will soon be captured or killed, the Associated Press reported.

Vallares PLC announced Wednesday that it plans to merge with Genel Energy International Ltd, the largest oil producer in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

Younis al-Mauritani, a senior al-Qaeda commander, who experts say acted as the organisation's "foreign minister", has been captured by Pakistani security forces working together with the CIA, the Pakistani army said on Monday.

After months of conflict, the rebels control most of Tripoli, but there is still no news of Moammar Gaddafi and his followers are still setting up resistance.

In a speech to the British Council later Monday, Deputy Prime Minster Nick Clegg is expected to say the Libyan people will be safe with the departure of Moammar Gadhafi.