King Abdullah on Thursday said the West should realise that in the absence of a just solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the world is headed towards decades of more violence and extremism.

The Lebanese army has continued shelling Fatah al-Islam positions in a refugee camp near Triopli as Katyusha rockets were fired at villages nearby.

Thousands have protested across Pakistan against a government raid on Islamabad’s Red Mosque that left more than 100 dead.