Category: 3. Middle East

Surveillance video caught the moment a powerful explosion surged through the tunnels of a coal mine in China’s Shanxi Province on Friday night. At least 82 workers were killed, making it China’s deadliest mining disaster in a decade.

By Rami Ayyub

JERUSALEM, May 25 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told confidants in private conversations that Israel has little ability to influence Donald Trump’s decision-making on Iran as the U.S. president negotiates a deal…

At least three people have been killed in Israeli air attacks on vehicles in southern Lebanon, the country’s National News Agency (NNA) reported, as the Israeli military issued new forced displacement orders for residents in the south.

Israeli…

The first day of Hajj has begun, with more than 1.5 million Muslims from around the world making the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia – a once-in-a-lifetime journey for many.

As part of the five-day rituals, pilgrims visit the Kaaba,…

A small boat believed to be part of the Global Sumud Flotilla that was carrying aid for Gaza has washed ashore in Alexandria, Egypt. Activists were intercepted and detained by Israeli forces in international waters in the Mediterranean…

Messi asks for a substitution and walks off, feeling his hamstring weeks ahead of Argentina’s World Cup title defence.

When Lionel Messi requested a substitution in the 72nd minute of Inter Miami’s Major League Soccer (MLS) game against…

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to list its shares on the US-based Nasdaq in what will be the most hotly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) in years.

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Being in Mecca has been nothing short of blissful for Hassan Qadiri, where participating in the festivities of the hajj pilgrimage is a welcome relief after weeks of devastating war back home in Iran.

Qadiri and his family took cover as intense…

Muslims from around the world are gathering in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Timelapse video shows pilgrims performing Tawaf, the ritual of circling the Kaaba inside Mecca’s Grand Mosque.