More than two million white-clad Muslim pilgrims from around the globe have begun moving on Friday, August 9, to Mina on the first leg of their journey of a lifetime, preparing for the climax of Hajj when they ascend Mount Arafat.

Indian forces went on high alert across Kashmir to head off protests after Friday prayers in mosques as tensions remained high over the ending of the disputed region’s autonomy, residents and reports said.

The Syrian army has resumed operations against armed rebels in Idlib, scrapping a ceasefire in the last opposition-held stronghold.

The Indian government has rushed through a presidential decree to scrap a special status for the disputed Kashmir region, hours after imposing a major security clampdown in the region.

Shaikh Abdol-Hamid said in a meeting with Shia scholars and top provincial officials in grand Makki mosque that Sunni scholars unanimously fight with extremism and bigotry.

At least two children were killed in airstrikes carried out by the Bashar al-Assad regime forces in de-escalation zone in northern Syria on Wednesday

A Pakistani military plane on a training flight has crashed into homes near the garrison city of Rawalpindi, killing at least 17 people, most of them on the ground.

US President Donald Trump wants to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan before the 2020 election, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday.

A Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli army fire during a weekly protest in the Gaza Strip, according to the health ministry in the besieged enclave.

Ten Pakistani soldiers have been killed by armed rebels in two separate incidents on Saturday in the country’s northwestern and southwestern provinces, the military said.