In a quick reaction after the Grand Mosque crane crash tragedy in Makkah, the Saudi King Salman suspended Binladen Group on Tuesday, September 15, from new contracts, barring its board members and senior executive from travel.

The majority of Muslims worldwide will celebrate `Eid Al-Adha, which crowns the hajj pilgrimage, on Thursday, September 24, Al-Arabeya satellite channel reported.

Eight people were killed on Saturday and another 22 injured in separate attacks in Iraq’s violence-plagued Baghdad and Diyala provinces, according to local security sources.

Outgoing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned on Sunday the “aggression” committed by the Israeli army on Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound.

Saudi Arabia has received around 2.5 million Syrians since the start of the conflict in their country, an official source in the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has revealed, elaborating that the Kingdom has adopted a policy not to treat these Syrians as refugees, or place them in refugee camps “in order to ensure […]

As Saudi Arabia promised to open investigation on Saturday after the death of at least 107 pilgrims in the crash of a huge crane in the Grand Mosque in Makkah, world leaders expressed condolences over the incident.

The Egyptian cabinet has submitted its resignation to president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who has accepted the resignation. The Egyptian agriculture minister resigned last week amid corruption allegations.

At least 107 people have been killed after a crane toppled over at Mecca’s Grand Mosque, less than two weeks before Islam’s annual Hajj pilgrimage.

The mother of a Palestinian toddler killed in a West Bank arson attack was buried in her village Monday hours after succumbing to wounds sustained in the attack, which also killed the child’s father and is believed to have been carried out by Jewish extremists.

The photo of a three-year-old Syrian toddler lying face down on the beach, after he and his family drowned, has sparked outcry worldwide, reflecting the heartbreaking horrors and tragedy of Syria’s refugees.