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Iranian Supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech. (AP)World
Iran detains head of US-based -'terrorist-' group

Jamshid Sharmahd, alleged head of opposition royalist group known as the Kingdom Assembly of Iran, is charged with a...

2 Aug 2020 5:51 PM IST

Israeli medical workers are briefed during an exercise of the new COVID-19 department at Rambam Hospital in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Israel. (AP)World
Israeli minister for Jerusalem tests positive

Peretz is the second Israeli minister to have been infected with the virus after former health minister Yaakov Litzman

2 Aug 2020 1:29 PM IST

Mulism pilgrims praying on Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the holy city of Mecca, during the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (AFP)World
Pilgrims stone Satan with sanitised pebbles in this year-'s Hajj

Only up to 10,000 Muslims are taking part in the Hajj after millions of international pilgrims were barred due to...

31 July 2020 2:47 PM IST

King Salman bin Abdulaziz chairing a virtual cabinet meeting from his office at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh. (AFP)World
Saudi’s King Salman discharged from hospital

The King’s health is closely watched because of the absolute powers he holds over one of the world-'s top oil-rich...

31 July 2020 12:28 PM IST

A Muslim pilgrim attending prayers at at Namira Mosque, on Arafat Day, the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabias holy city of Mecca. (AFP)World
A virtual Hajj is the best case scenario for many

Pilgrims who won the ticket for this year-'s downscaled Hajj is making sure their family members also get the experience...

31 July 2020 10:15 AM IST

An installation depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a mock \Last Supper\ by Israeli artist Itay Zalait, is placed at Rabin square in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP)World
Last Supper of Israeli democracy: Artist slams Netanyahu with...

Critics accuse Netanyahu of clinging to power while on trial for corruption and using emergency powers under the guise...

29 July 2020 3:09 PM IST

An Iran Mockup Aircraft Carrier Bandar Abbas on February 15, 2020. - Iran has moved a mock aircraft carrier to the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the US, satellite photographs released on July 27, 2020 show, likely signaling the Islamic Republic soon plans to use it for live-fire drills. (Photo by Handout/AFP)World
Iran launches missiles at UAE airbase where India-'s Rafales were...

However, the message of the drill seems to be targeted at the United States, which saw two American bases go on alert...

29 July 2020 1:34 PM IST

Though police did not confirm how she was murdered the scene of crime suggested that he might have poisoned her as there was froth at her nose and mouth.World
Kerala girl falls to death from apartment building in Sharjah

An official from the Sharjah Police told reporters that investigations are currently going on whether this was a case of...

27 July 2020 3:30 PM IST

Pilgrims arrive to King Abdulaziz Airport for the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP)World
Saudi-'s downscaled Hajj season begins with restrictions and caution

Pilgrims are required to be tested for coronavirus before arriving in Mecca and will also have to quarantine after the...

27 July 2020 9:44 AM IST

A man wearing a face mask stands in front of Hagia Sophia during the preparations for the Friday prayer in Istanbul, on July 23, 2020. - The first prayers at Hagia Sophia since the Istanbul landmark was reconverted to a mosque will take place on July 23, 2020. (AFP)World
First Jummah held in Hagia Sophia after mosque reconversion

Experts say Erdogan-'s move to reconvert Hagia Sophia is an attempt to galvanise his conservative and nationalist base

24 July 2020 3:56 PM IST

An employee demonstrates a coronavirus breathalyser test by exhaling into a small bag called the Air Trap at the laboratory of NanoScents headquarters in Misgav industrial zone near the northern Israeli city of Karmiel. (AFP)World
Israeli firm developing coronavirus breathalyser test, gives results...

NanoScent, the firm making the test kits, said an extensive trial within Israel delivered results with 85 percent...

24 July 2020 11:09 AM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to join hundreds of worshipers Friday, July 24, 2020, for the first Muslim prayers at the Hagia Sophia in 86 years, weeks after a controversial high court ruling paved the way for the landmark monument to be turned back into a mosque. The conversion of the edifice, once the most important church of Christendom and the jewel of the Byzantine Empire, has led to an international outcry. (AP)World
Five things to know about the Hagia Sophia

The conversion of the edifice, once an important church of Christendom and -'jewel-' of Byzantine Empire, has led to an...

24 July 2020 10:32 AM IST

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