Sudan’s warring parties have arrived in Geneva at the invitation of the United Nations to discuss the protection of civilians through possible local ceasefires, UN officials said Thursday. But one side did not show up for the talks on the first day. Senior representatives from the Sudanese...

A total of 75 Jordanian nationals died in Saudi Arabia this year due to heatstroke while performing the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, via non-official channels, the country's Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Confirming the death toll that occurred during an intense heatwave, the ministry said...

A Sudanese medical group said Friday that 22 civilians were killed and hundreds injured in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in southern Sudan. The Sudan Doctors Syndicate said RSF attacked eastern villages of Sennar State, including the Sheikh Al-Samani village, and...

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — In sweltering temperatures, Muslim pilgrims in Mecca converged on a vast tent camp in the desert on Friday, officially opening  the annual Hajj pilgrimage . Ahead of their trip, they circled the cube-shaped Kaaba in the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest site....