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- Syrian opposition resumes unity talks key to peace conference
 By Khaled Yacoub Oweis ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria's opposition resumed talks on Saturday aimed at creating a coherent front crucial to a proposed international peace conference, struggling under Western and Arab pressure to close their fractious ranks and elect a viable leadership. Failure of the opposition to unite could weaken the hand of conference co-sponsors Russia and the United States in ending Syria's civil war, which has killed 80,000 people and threatens to spill across borders and whip up wider sectarian conflict. The U.S. ...
- Syria town under heavy army shelling
Rebel positions in Qusair in western Syria come under heavy shelling as government troops step up their offensive to recapture the strategic town.
- Hezbollah, Syria government forces push for advance in Qusair
 BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah launched a fierce campaign to seize more rebel territory in the border town of Qusair on Saturday, sources on both sides of the conflict said. Rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad said additional tanks and artillery had been deployed around opposition-held territory in Qusair, a Syrian town close to the Lebanese border. "I've never seen a day like this since the battle started," said Malek Ammar, an activist speaking from the town by Skype. "The shelling is so violent and heavy. ...
- 2-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence.
- Suicide car bombing in Russia's Dagestan injures 11
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew herself up in car near a police building in Russia's Dagestan region on Saturday, injuring 11 policemen and passers-by, Russian media reported. Dagestan, an ethnically mixed, mostly Muslim region between Chechnya and the Caspian Sea, has become the most violent province in the North Caucasus, where insurgents say they are fighting to carve out an Islamic state out of southern Russia. ...
- American University Of Afghanistan Celebrates Dedication Of Women's Center, Historic Graduation
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) will hold a historic dedication Saturday for the International Center for Afghan Women's Economic Development – the only such place for women in Afghanistan to meet with academic, business, and government leaders. The $5 million, 54,000-square-foot center marks a remarkable achievement for a country long affected by gender inequality, and will serve to coordinate international and Afghan efforts to advance the role of women in the nation's economy. ...
- Female suicide bomber injures 12 in Russian region
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — A female suicide bomber identified as a widow of two killed Islamists blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday injuring at least 12, including two children and five police officers, police said.
- Murder sparks anti-Muslim backlash
There has been a huge increase in anti-Muslim incidents since the murder of a British soldier in Woolwich, an inter-faith charity has said.
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