More than a million Muslim pilgrims poured into the holy city of Makkah ahead of the annual Hajj, with authorities vowing to hold a safer pilgrimage amid searing desert heat and a massive crackdown on illegal visitors.
UN chief Antonio Guterres called Monday for an independent investigation into the killing of dozens of Palestinians near a US-backed aid centre in Gaza after rescuers blamed the deaths on Israeli fire and the military denied any involvement.
Iran said Monday it will not accept a nuclear agreement that deprives it of what it calls 鈥榩eaceful activities鈥�, a reference to uranium enrichment, as it pressed the United States for guarantees it will drop sanctions.
Iraq鈥檚 prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Sunday condemned Israeli attacks on Lebanon as he hosted Lebanese president Joseph Aoun, on his first visit to Baghdad since taking office.
Iran on Sunday warned it would retaliate if European powers that have threatened to reimpose nuclear sanctions 鈥榚xploit鈥� a UN report showing Tehran has stepped up production of highly enriched uranium.
Human Rights Watch said on Sunday that migrant workers in the Gulf were at risk from extreme heat, urging countries to extend protections for labourers exposed to soaring temperatures...
The foreign ministers of five Arab countries who had planned to visit the occupied West Bank this weekend on Saturday condemned Israel鈥檚 decision to block their plans...
Lebanese official media said an Israeli strike killed one person in the south on Saturday despite a six-month-old ceasefire, as Israel said it targeted a Hezbollah militant.
Turkish authorities have issued 47 arrest warrants for municipal officials and staff across Istanbul, whose mayor鈥攖he main political rival to president Recep Tayyip Erdogan鈥攈as been jailed since March, the state news agency Anadolu reported on Saturday.
Iran has further stepped up its production of highly enriched uranium, according to a confidential UN nuclear watchdog report, as foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Saturday that Tehran deems nuclear weapons 鈥榰nacceptable鈥�.
With artificial intelligence, more shade and misting machines, Saudi authorities are preparing to welcome more than a million Hajj pilgrims amid punishing summer heat that has a deadly history in the holy city of Makkah.
The White House said Thursday Israel had 鈥榮igned off鈥� on a new Gaza ceasefire proposal submitted to Hamas, but the Palestinian group said the deal failed to satisfy its demands.
The UN warned Friday that the entire population of Gaza was at risk of famine, as an Israeli far-right minister urged the use of 鈥榝ull force鈥� against Hamas.
At least 44 people were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, rescuers said, a day after a World Food Programme warehouse in the centre of the territory was looted by desperate Palestinians.
Israel said Wednesday its military killed Mohammed Sinwar, Hamas鈥檚 presumed Gaza leader and the brother of Yahya, the slain mastermind of the October 2023 attacks that sparked the Gaza war...