Makkah: It took an Indonesian youth exactly a year to cover on foot the 9,000-km-long journey from Central Java province to the holy city of Makkah to perform the Hajj...

Cairo: Egyptian authorities temporarily reopened on Sunday the Rafah border crossing with the blockaded Gaza Strip, a Palestinian border official said. The terminal will remain open for two days until...

Jeddah: Maria Marghani Mohammed, the oldest Indonesian pilgrim at 104 years old, arrived in Jeddah on Saturday night to perform the annual pilgrimage of Hajj, Al Arabiya News Channel reported....

Srinagar: Former head of Northern Command of Indian army Lieutenant General (R) DS Hooda has refuted the reports attributed to him on Pakistan’s support in Kashmir. Several websites and newspapers...

Makkah: The essential message of the Hajj pilgrimage is to show the unity of the Muslim Ummah and to shun all dissensions, said Sheikh Saleh Aal Talib, khateeb and imam...

Riyadh: The total number of pilgrims who have arrived to perform Hajj from abroad until the end of Thursday reached 1,497,095 pilgrims. The number indicates an increase of 367,095 pilgrims...

Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday strongly rejected US President Donald Trump's accusation that Pakistan has been undermining the US's so-called 'war against terror' despite receiving billions of dollars in aid. A...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the lower court in Gujarat to decide within four months the trial in a 2002 Gujarat riots case related to the Naroda Gam...

Washington: The US has asked India and Pakistan to continue to engage in direct talks aimed at reducing tensions between the two countries. “I think one of the things that...

Islamabad: A group of visiting members of the British Parliament have called for early grant of right to self-determination to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. "The British Parliamentarians stressed...