At least seven people were killed and four injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying workers in Syria’s Homs province. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the victims belonged to the Alawite minority. No group has claimed responsibility, and the motive remains unclear.
Human rights groups say Iranian authorities are intensifying the confiscation of assets belonging to members of the Baha’i community, amid a broader crackdown on religious minorities, dissidents and government critics. Rights organizations report arrests, home and business raids, and seizures of property, while Amnesty International says repression against Baha’is has intensified since the June 2025 Iran-Israel war.
New threats targeting Kashmiri Pandit government employees in Indian-administered Kashmir have renewed fears over the safety of those who returned to the Valley under a federal rehabilitation scheme. The threats included personal details such as home addresses, vehicle registration numbers and phone numbers.
An Ahmadiyya community official, Mirza Safdar Mahmood, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Pakistan’s Mandi Bahauddin district, allegedly in a killing motivated by religious hatred. Police have registered a murder and anti-terrorism case and launched an investigation.
Two men were injured in a knife attack at a gurdwara in Edmonton, Canada, early Friday, with police arresting a 27-year-old suspect. The victims, aged 75 and 51, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
A local leader of the banned Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat was killed and his 10-year-old son injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire in Hangu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
At least four people were killed and 13 others injured after a bomb planted inside a passenger minibus exploded in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana on Thursday. Syrian authorities said the blast was caused by an explosive device hidden in the vehicle, while no group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques, several vehicles, and agricultural land in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials. The attacks came amid escalating tensions following recent deadly clashes between Palestinians and Israeli settlers.
Clashes near the village of Tal, southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, killed four Palestinians and one Israeli on Friday. Palestinian and Israeli officials gave conflicting accounts of how the confrontation began, while the circumstances remain independently unverified.
