Hajj began in Saudi Arabia on Saturday under strict COVID-19 precautionary measures, the second year in a row the annual Islamic ritual has been held during extenuating circumstances.

Egypt’s highest appeals court has upheld the life sentences of 10 leaders of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood…

Israeli forces opened fire on hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators who rallied against an illegal outpost in the…

Taliban officials said on Friday the insurgent group had taken control of 85 per cent of territory in Afghanistan,…

Prominent religious scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani said he escaped unharmed after a man pulled a knife on him at the Darul Uloom Korangi seminary during the early hours of Thursday morning.

Israeli forces have demolished the family home of a Palestinian American man accused of being involved in a shooting…

Angry demonstrators clashed with Palestinian security forces during a third day of protests…

Israel launched air raids on the Gaza Strip after Palestinian groups in the besieged enclave sent incendiary balloons into southern Israel.

No foreign pilgrims will be allowed to perform the Hajj once again this year after Saudi Arabia restricted the annual pilgrimage to citizens and residents…

At least 32 people have been killed and scores injured after a train collision near the southern Pakistani town of Dharki,