Nearly 2 million Muslims from around the world have begun the yearly hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia at Mecca, Islam's holiest site.
"We are very blessed by Allah to be in this...
Israel's navy Saturday seized a Swedish-flagged sailboat carrying activist passengers that was trying to breach the long-standing blockade of the Palestinian Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military said the vessel, named "Freedom for...
ISLAMABAD — Afghan authorities say an attack on a government building in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 15 people. Officials said the assailants targeted the department for refugee affairs in Jalalabad,...
The U.N. secretary-general said in a statement Saturday that he was "gravely concerned" about the escalation of violence in Gaza and southern Israel.
"I call on Hamas and other Palestinian militants to...
JERUSALEM — Nearly four months of Palestinian protests on the border of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and Israel are raising concerns of yet another war.
Israel has been fighting brush fires on the...
Israel’s parliament early Thursday passed a highly controversial law that states only Jews in Israel have the right to self-determination and encourages Jewish settlement.
The so-called nation-state law passed 62-55 after nearly...
