Al-Aqsa clashes resume after Israeli police allow entry of non-Muslim visitors
Israeli police fired sound grenades to disperse Palestinians during confrontations on Sunday outside Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque where tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers gathered for...
German minister prepares law to ban plastic bags
Germany plans a law to ban the use of plastic bags because voluntary agreements with retailers to curb usage have not yielded good enough results,...
Hundreds chant anti-India slogans in seething Kashmir on eve of Eid
Hundreds of people protested in Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar on Sunday against India’s decision to curb its autonomy, despite new restrictions on travel and...
Guatemala votes for new president to inherit Trump migration bind
Guatemalans on Sunday began voting for a new president who will face a major challenge after the country agreed with Washington to act as a...
Muslims gather in Muzdalifa to prepare for final stages of haj
Nearly 2.5 million Muslims gathered at Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat on Saturday for a vigil to atone for their sins, and then descended to Muzdalifa...
Saudi-led coalition targets separatists in Yemen
A Saudi-led coalition attacked UAE-backed southern separatists on Sunday, fracturing the alliance that had been focused on battling the Iran-aligned Houthi movement. David Doyle reports....
WHO says no new Ebola cases in Goma, vaccinates over 1,300
The World Health Organisation has vaccinated over 1,300 people who potentially came into contact with the Ebola virus in the Congolese city of Goma, it...
Death toll from Indian floods reaches 147, hundreds of thousands evacuated
The death toll from floods in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra rose to 147, state authorities said on Sunday, as rescue teams...
Death toll from typhoon in eastern China rises to 32 as storm moves north
The death toll from a typhoon in eastern China rose to 32 on Sunday, with 16 people missing, state broadcaster CCTV reported, as the country...
Gran Canaria towns evacuated as wildfire rages
About 1,000 people were unable to return home in Gran Canaria on Sunday after several towns were evacuated as a vast wildfire spread towards a...