Saudi urges Umrah pilgrims to request refunds over coronavirus ban
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has told Umrah pilgrims who've already paid for pilgrimage visas and other services to request a refund after...
United States-Taliban deal: The Empire concedes defeat
Saturday’s signing in Doha of the peace agreement between the American government and the Taliban movement is an admission of defeat by the Trump...
United States and Taliban sign peace deal to end Afghanistan war
The United States and the Taliban have signed a final peace deal in Qatar's capital Doha to end the United States's longest ever war,...
Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Malaysian PM amid ruling coalition turmoil
Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has announced his resignation but has been asked to stay on as interim leader by the country's king.
Mahathir...
Former Egyptian dictator and Western ally Hosni Mubarak dies
The former long-serving Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has died in Cairo at the age of 91 in a military hospital.
Mubarak, a key Western ally,...
Indonesia Parliament bill describes homosexuality as ‘sexual deviance’
A draft bill proposed by members of Indonesia’s House of Representatives defines homosexuality as "sexual deviance" and requires LGBT people to report to the...
The forgotten spiritual side of Malcolm X
February 21 marks the 55th anniversary of the murder of the great American Muslim Malcolm X. Malcolm is mostly renowned as a political figure...
Hanau attack suspect Tobias Rathjen “hated ethnic minorities”
The suspected gunman who killed nine people in the German town of Hanau has been named by local media as Tobias Rathjen, a far-right extremist...
Bahrain jails man who burned Israeli flag
A Bahraini man who burned an Israeli flag during a pro-Palestine protest has been jailed for three years.
The pro-government Al-Bilad website confirmed that the Supreme Court...
Saudi Arabia and U.S. celebrate 75 years of ‘strategic partnership’
Saudi Arabia and the United States have been celebrating “75 years of strategic partnership” in a series of events over the past week including...
