Close to 2.5 million pilgrims took part in a symbolic stoning of the devil in the final days of the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, as Muslims around the world marked the start of the Eid al-Adha celebrations. In Mina, pilgrims spend the final days of hajj throwing pebbles at a pillar...

 Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers clashed at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site Sunday as overlapping Jewish and Muslim holidays led to tensions there. Police fired sound grenades as Palestinian protests intensified at the highly sensitive Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to...

The coalition-backed Yemeni government accused southern separatists of staging a coup in Aden after their fighters took over all military camps in the southern port city, seat of the internationally recognized government, on Saturday. "What is happening in the temporary [government] capital...

A car bomb explosion in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi killed two United Nations' staff Saturday, several medical sources said. The U.N. is trying to broker a truce in the capital Tripoli, where the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) launched a surprise attack in April. A...