The main opposition candidate in Turkey’s presidential election has conceded defeat to prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Many national leaders condemned the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, but few ventured any public advice to Pakistan's leaders on how to deal with potentially explosive passions unleashed by the terrorist strike.

Malaysia warned the Hamas and Fatah groups today that their infighting in Gaza was playing into Israel’s hands, and destroying plans for an independent Palestinian state.

Leaders and ministers of more than 50 Muslim countries urged their nations to fight terrorism and called for moderation within Islam, as they opened a summit yesterday in a palace overlooking Islam’s holiest shrine.