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Senior Hamas officials perform Umrah in Saudi Arabia for the first time since 2015

Riyadh – Tuesday marked the first trip by a Hamas team to the Kingdom since 2015. The delegation was from

Bagjdad (AP) — There are places around Baghdad where I’ll sometimes say a silent prayer for the dead when I

Riyadh – Mahmoud Abbas, the president of Palestine, was received by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to the

Riyadh – In Niger, Somalia, Bangladesh, and Albania, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) donated Ramadan food

Khartoum (AP) — Fighting raged in Sudan on Tuesday hours after an internationally brokered truce was supposed to have come

Irabil (AP) — Iraq on Tuesday shut down a camp housing internally displaced Iraqis with alleged ties to the Islamic

Beijing (AP) — China’s foreign minister told his Israeli and Palestinian counterparts that his country is ready to help facilitate

Beirut (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament Tuesday voted to extend the terms of local officials, paving the way to postpone municipal

Tehran (AP) — Iran’s president Tuesday reiterated threats against Israel while marking the country’s annual Army Day, though he stayed

Tunis (AP) — Tunisian President Kais Saied met Tuesday with Syria’s chief diplomat and said his country wants to boost