The annual Shiite Muslim Arbaeen pilgrimage to Karbala in Iraq has become the scene for anti-corruption protests, following a call by firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
Israelis have been watching the US administration's decisions on Syria closely, concerned that, like the Kurds, their country too could be abandoned by its most important ally
The skin on Yamin's back is still scarred from the burns he suffered in 2014
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R) and US Vice President Mike Pence (L), pictured on September 20, 2019, were scheduled to hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but Erdogan has said he will not meet them
Iran denied any attack took place, saying it has the cyberdefenses to fight off any incursion.
Saied won Sunday's presidential runoff by a landslide
The blazes have devastated parts of the forest in Lebanon's Chouf region
Saudi Arabia's football team will play Palestine in the West Bank for the first time
The Palestine Football Federation welcomes Saudi Arabia's national football team in Ramallah
U.S. Army officers say its clear Turkey wants to expel all U.S. military forces from northern Syria.
Great Britain's Max Whitlock on his way to gold in the men's pommel horse final at the world gymnastics championships in Stuttgart on Saturday.
Prince William and Kate Middleton will contribute a lot of things to Pakistan during their upcoming tour.
The UN annonunced a $1.4 billion shortfall on its operating budget this year, blaming the funding gap on around 60 states that had been late paying their dues
Oil prices surged more than two percent on news that Iranian tanker the Sabiti has been hit by a suspected missile strike off the Saudi coast
A woman stands next to flowers laid next to the entrance of the synagogue in Munich, dring a protest against anti-Semitism on October 11, 2019 two days after a deadly shooting during an attack in Halle targeting a Turkish restaurant after an attempt at the synagogue.Jews in Germany prepared to mark the Sabbath Friday with their confidence in the community's miraculous rebirth shaken by the deadly anti-Semitic rampage in Halle on Yom Kippur
American Rebecca Blady was hoping to spend a day in retreat from the outside world, turning to fasting and worship at Yom Kippur in eastern German city Halle.She and her husband Jeremy, two Jewish orthodox community leaders who recently moved to Germany, had eagerly agreed to celebrate in the "shul" or synagogue there, which rarely has enough worshippers to fill its space on high holidays.In the event, they ended up being survivors and witnesses of a day of extrordinary violence.
Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Thursday there would be "zero tolerance" for hate in Germany after an attempted massacre at a synagogue, as Jews demanded action to protect the community from the rising threat of neo-Nazi violence.Two people were shot dead in the eastern German city of Halle on Wednesday, with a synagogue the prime target on Yom Kippur. The suspect, 27-year-old German Stephan Balliet, filmed the assault and live-streamed it.
Civilians flee amid Turkish bombardment on Syria's northeastern town of Ras al-Ain in the Hasakeh province along the Turkish border on Wednesday
At least two people were shot dead in the German city of Halle on Wednesday in an anti-Semitic attack as Jews marked the holy day of Yom Kippur, with the gunman filming the assault and posting a video online.The suspect has been captured, police said, as security was ramped up at synagogues and other Jewish sites across Germany.In a copy of a 35-minute video obtained by AFP but whose authenticity has not been confirmed by police, the gunman filmed himself launching into a diatribe against women and Jews, before carrying out the attack, in a disturbing repeat of the modus operandi of the attacker in the Christchurch mosque assault earlier this year.
Astronauts aboard NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) made history after successfully growing meat in space for the first time. The experiment was made possible using a special 3D printer.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the global body is in dire financial straits
Iraqi police deployed in Baghdad's predominantly Shiite Sadr City, on Monday