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A worker sprays disinfectant inside the Banya Bashi Mosque in Sofia. (AFP)

Mosques to stay shut for Eid prayers in Saudi Arabia, UAE

Dubai government listed a series of Eid customs that should not be observed, including family visits and exchanging...

22 May 2020 6:00 PM IST

Salah Khashoggi, the son of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (AFP)

Khashoggi's sons forgive his killers citing Ramadan tradition

Five Saudi agents had been sentenced to death for Khashoggi's murder that cast a cloud of suspicion over the Saudi's...

22 May 2020 2:47 PM IST

The United Nations has warned of an alarming uptick in violence against civilians in Afghanistan. (AFP)

Afghan mosque attack kills eight worshippers breaking Ramadan fast

Taliban denies responsibility of the attack, saying Afghan security forces are to blame

20 May 2020 1:02 PM IST

Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)as it is moored pier side at Naval Base Guam. (AFP)

US Navy issues warning to Iran

The notice to mariners follows president Donald Trump's threat last month to fire on any Iranian ships that harass US...

20 May 2020 9:11 AM IST

Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (AFP)

Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria: Khamenei

Khamenei say America's actions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria had led to them being hated

18 May 2020 11:35 AM IST

Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, a prominent investigative media outlet in Egypt. (AP)

Independent Egyptian media outlet says top editor arrested

Amnesty International called Attalah's detention a shocking development, and called for her to be immediately and...

18 May 2020 8:42 AM IST

A Yemeni doctor talks to a patient receiving treatment and lying on a bed at a hospital in Aden, Yemen. (AP)

Yemen's fragile health sector struggles to keep virus spread in check

WHO says its models suggest that half of Yemen's population of 30 million could be infected and more than 40,000 could...

16 May 2020 12:30 PM IST

Dr. Marwa al-Khafaji. (AP)

Iraqi doctor's fight with virus shows proof of a battered system

Dr Marwa came home after 20 days in isolation, only to find her house's entrance blocked with concrete

15 May 2020 4:02 PM IST

Afghan and foreign security personnel stand guard in front of a hospital after gunmen attacked, in Kabul. (AP)

US blames Islamic State on Kabul hospital attack

Afghan president orders military to switch to offensive mode against the Taliban following the hospital attack and...

15 May 2020 12:17 PM IST

Violence flares in Afghanistan as hospital, funeral attacked. (AFP Photo)

Afghanistan: Deadly suicide attack targets hospital, funeral in...

Special forces rescued 80 people including mothers and babies from the Kabul hospital after three gunmen launched a...

12 May 2020 3:55 PM IST

The Konarak support vessel which was struck during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman, is docked in an unidentified naval base in Iran.(Photo provided by the Iranian Army)

Iran missile accidentally hits its own ship, 19 sailors dead

The incident comes amid months of heightened tensions between Iran and US since Trump unilaterally withdrew from...

11 May 2020 3:27 PM IST

Militants have carried out several roadside bombings and rocket attacks in Kabul and other parts of the country in recent weeks. (AP)

Four back-to-back bomb explosions rock Kabul city

The explosions come as authorities are trying to impose a lockdown in the capital to curb the spread of coronavirus in...

11 May 2020 3:14 PM IST