Pilgrims immunised against coronavirus circled Islam's holiest site in Saudi Arabia's Mecca city on Tuesday as they performed the year-round umrah pilgrimage on the first day of the fasting month of...More
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has told Congress it is proceeding with more than $23 billion in weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates, including advanced F-35 aircraft, armed drones...More
Turkey will host a peace summit for Afghanistan from 24 April to 4 May meant to jump-start efforts to end the war and sketch out a possible political settlement, Turkish authorities said on Tuesday...More
Tunisian police on Tuesday clashed with journalists at the state news agency demonstrating against a new chief executive whose appointment they see as an attempt to undermine editorial independence...More
Iran said on Tuesday it will start enriching uranium to 60% purity, a move bringing the fissile material closer to levels suitable for a bomb, after accusing Israel of sabotaging a key nuclear...More
Egyptians are celebrating the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in more normal conditions despite concerns about a rise in coronavirus cases and a possible third wave of infections. Last...More
President Joe Biden’s planned announcement on Wednesday of a complete U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by 11 September aims to close the book on America’s longest war, as critics warn that peace is...More
Iran imposed a 10-day lockdown across most of the country on Saturday to curb the spread of a fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, state media reported. The lockdown affects 23 of the country’s...More
The United Arab Emirates has selected the first Arab woman to train as an astronaut, as the Gulf country rapidly expands into the space sector to diversify its economy. Emirati national Nora al-...More
Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh and a delegation of ministers will make their first visit to Turkey on Monday since taking office last month, the Turkish presidency said on Sunday. Libya’s...More
An incident at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility on Sunday was caused by an act of “nuclear terrorism”, the country’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said, according to state TV, adding that Tehran...More
Thirteen people who describe themselves as "victims of forced confessions broadcast on Chinese television" are urging European satellite operator Eutelsat to reconsider carrying Chinese channels CGTN...More
As Pakistani transgender woman Jiya measures customers at her tailoring shop in a brand new Karachi market, her eyes gleam with the prospect of a busy Ramadan season and her ambitions to expand...More
Jordan’s King Abdullah appeared in public Sunday alongside his half-brother Prince Hamzah, state TV showed, their first joint appearance since a palace crisis involving the prince rocked the kingdom...More
Israel will work with Washington to ensure any “new agreement” on Iran’s nuclear programme will safeguard regional security, Defence Minister Benny Gantz told his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin on...More
An expedition of Egyptian archaeologists has unearthed a 3,000-year-old "lost city" in present-day Luxor, a discovery that is being described as one of the most important finds in Egypt since...More
India reported another record number of new COVID-19 infections on Friday with daily deaths also hitting their highest in more than five months as the country battles a second wave of infections and...More
A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its executives, saying CEO Mark Zuckerberg made "false and deceptive" statements to Congress when he said the giant social network removes hate speech and...More
Israel on Thursday said it had formally decided not to co-operate with an International Criminal Court war crimes investigation into the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories . The ICC's...More
India 's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea to stop the government from deporting to Myanmar some 150 Rohingya Muslims police detained last month, paving the way for them to be sent to a...More
The United States committed on Wednesday to move all remaining combat forces from Iraq , although the two sides did not set a timeline in what would be the second withdrawal since the 2003 invasion...More
An Egyptian court sentenced Mahmoud Ezzat, the former acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood , to life in prison on Thursday, months after he was detained in a Cairo apartment. Security forces...More
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that talks in Vienna on rescuing a troubled 2015 nuclear deal had opened a "new chapter". An Iranian delegation met on Tuesday with representatives...More
Myanmar 's ambassador to Britain accused a Yangon military-linked figure of occupying the embassy on Wednesday and barring him access, in an extraordinary diplomatic stand-off a month after the envoy...More
U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday restored aid to the Palestinians to a tune of $235 million, drawing a rebuke by ally Israel , as he promised to press for a two-state solution. In his sharpest...More
The European Commission hit out on Wednesday after its chief, Ursula von der Leyen, was left without a chair as Turkey's president sat down for talks with her male counterpart. Video from Tuesday's...More
An Iranian ship believed to be a base for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and anchored for years in the Red Sea off Yemen has been attacked, Tehran acknowledged on Wednesday. Iran's Foreign...More
A Turkish court on Wednesday jailed 32 former soldiers for life in a mass trial involving nearly 500 military defendants implicated in a failed 2016 bid to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan . In...More
Pakistan rights campaigners have accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of "baffling ignorance" after the former playboy cricketer blamed how women dress for a rise in rape cases. In a weekend interview...More
China accused the United States of "politicising sports" on Wednesday, after Washington said it would discuss calls to boycott the Beijing Olympics with its allies after growing pressure to shun the...More
Jordan 's Prince Hamzah pledged loyalty to the king on Monday as the monarch accepted mediation over a rift within the royal family that saw the prince placed under house arrest, the palace said. The...More
Many Indian state leaders have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open up vaccinations to most of the country's hundreds of millions of adults, following a second surge in infections that has...More
Saudi authorities said on Monday that only people immunised against Covid-19 will be allowed to perform the year-round umrah pilgrimage from the start of Ramadan , the holy fasting month for Muslims...More
The United Nations raised the alarm on Monday over reports that Tanzania forcibly returned hundreds of Mozambicans fleeing jihadist raids last month. Thousands of people fled into surrounding forest...More
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused dozens of retired admirals of eyeing a "political coup" by attacking his plans for a canal linking the Black Sea to the Mediterranean . Police...More
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas flew to Germany on Monday for a medical check-up, Palestinian officials said. Abbas, 85, has long been in poor health and was admitted to hospital with pneumonia...More
Montenegro's Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic on Monday launched the procedure to dismiss the justice minister over his denial of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide and asked parliament to back the motion...More
A grand parade conveyed 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies in special capsules across the capital Cairo on Saturday to a new museum home where they can be displayed in greater splendour. The convoy...More
Jordan’s neighbours and allies reacted with statements of support after the Jordanian military said on Saturday that King Abdullah’s half-brother and former Crown Prince Hamza bin Hussein had been...More
Jordan’s military has told King Abdullah’s half-brother Prince Hamza bin Hussein to halt actions targeting “security and stability” in what people familiar with the matter said could be related to a...More
The UN special envoy for Myanmar warned on Wednesday that the country faces the possibility of civil war "at an unprecedented scale'' and urged the UN Security Council to consider "potentially...More
Foreign ministers from Egypt , Ethiopia and Sudan will meet in Kinshasa from Saturday for talks on the controversial Ethiopian dam on the Nile, DR Congo officials said. The three-day meeting will be...More
US President Joe Biden 's administration said on Wednesday that Israel's control of the West Bank is indeed "occupation", clarifying its stance after the release of a report that seemed to downplay...More
Authorities in western Libya released 120 fighters from a rival eastern force on Wednesday, the latest move towards reconciliation in a UN -backed peace process aimed at ending years of violence. The...More
War-torn Yemen received the first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday, the UN children's agency said, a week after the country's coronavirus committee warned of a public health "emergency"...More
A French air strike killed 19 civilians in Mali in January, a UN report said on Tuesday, prompting a strong denial from France . The French air force struck near the remote village of Bounti on 3...More
Turkey's top court on Wednesday refused to hear an appeal by a leading pro-Kurdish lawmaker against his expulsion from parliament over terror charges linked to a social media post. Parliament this...More
Facebook Inc said it was taking steps to combat hate speech and misinformation in India as the world's biggest democracy started its months-long multi-phase elections in four big states. "We...More
Egypt 's president said on Tuesday that his country's share of the Nile River's waters are "untouchable" in a stark warning apparently to Ethiopia , which is building a giant dam on the Nile's main...More
President Joe Biden nominated several Black women, an Asian American and the first Muslim ever to federal judgeships on Tuesday in a push for diversity in the US court system. Breaking with...More
US President Joe Biden 's administration on Tuesday held off using the term " Occupied Territories " in an annual human rights report, a formulation abandoned by staunchly pro-Israel predecessor...More
Pakistan 's prime minister has responded to a recent peace overture from his Indian counterpart, writing in a letter to Narendra Modi that Islamabad also desires peaceful relations with New Delhi,...More
Ramadan, the Islamic holy month marked by fasting, has come to an end. Now Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Fitr despite the pandemic and violent conflicts. Here's a look at how some people are marking the festival. By Uta Steinwehr
