Pilgrims were quarantined Tuesday in the Muslim holy city of Mecca ahead of the dramatically downsized hajj as Saudi authorities strive to prevent a coronavirus outbreak during the five-day pilgrimage. Up to 10,000 people already residing in the kingdom will participate in the annual ritual...

A new bout of deadly violence in Sudan's ravaged Darfur region is an attempt to sabotage the country's fragile transition since last year's ouster of strongman President Omar al-Bashir, analysts say. It threatens to derail Khartoum's renewed efforts to stabilise a harsh, drought-plagued...

The governor of Iran's western province of Kermanshah, governor Fazlollah Ranjbar, contradicted reports from Iran's Mizan news agency, that attributed a fire outbreak of fuel tanks fires to an explosion. "We did not have any explosions anywhere in the city today and the black smoke that...

Israel’s presence in Libya has escaped most publicitiy, but numerous media reports revealed that Tel Aviv secretly supports eastern Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar against the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), led by Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj. Israel views its support...