Bangladeshi security forces arrested Abul Kalam Mohammad Yusuf, the leader of Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami, in Dhaka on May 12, a senior police official said, Reuters reported.
Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani registered to run in Iran's June 14 presidential election minutes before the registration deadline, Iranian media said, Reuters reported May 11.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin the week of May 13, Putin's spokesman said, Ynet reported May 11.
Chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has entered as a candidate in Iran's upcoming presidential election, according to state news agency IRNA, Ynet reported May 11.
Eleven people were killed and about 35 more were injured May 11 in an explosion near an office of the Awami National Party in Karachi, Pakistan, hospital sources said, Al Arabiya reported.
