Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims have arrived at Mount Arafat, also known as Mount of Mercy, to perform one of the final rituals of the Hajj pilgrimage. The 9th day of the lunar Hijri month of Dhul Hajja is known as the Day of Arafah. It is when Muslims …

About 700 firefighters backed by aircraft have been pressed into service in France’s southern Gard region to battle a blaze that has so far burnt more than 600 hectares (1,500 acres) of forest area. People in the villages of Bordezac and other small settlements in the Besseges area were evacuated …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has sent a message to the 2022 Hajj pilgrimage, inviting Muslims around the world to turn away from what leads to “disunity and division” while also talking about Islamic awakening and resistance. Below is the full text of the Leader’s message: …

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is feared dead after being shot at a campaign event in the Nara region, local media report. Several Japanese news media outlets, including Kyodo and public broadcaster NHK, reported the development on Friday, saying there had been the sound of an apparent gunshot at the …

Parliament Speaker Muhammad Al-Halbousi discussed, with the head of the Al-Fateh Alliance Hadi Al-Amiri, the completion of the constitutional entitlements. Al-Halbousi’s office stated in a statement received by “Al-Ghadeer”, that “the Speaker of Parliament received the head of the Al-Fateh Alliance to discuss developments in the political situation in the …

Iraq recorded 4819 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Wednesday.   In its daily epidemiological report on COVID-19, the Ministry reported 1220 recovery cases and two mortalities.   The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country …

The Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate announced that two prominent ISIS leaders were killed on Tuesday. In a statement, the Ministry of Defense said that a joint force of the Intelligence, the Infantry Brigade (Land Forces Command), and a commando regiment of the Nineveh Operations Command launched an operation on a …

The US Air Force has sent F-35 stealth warplanes to South Korea to carry out maneuvers, with a New York-based analyst saying the deployment of these destabilizing weapons will likely be viewed as a First Strike threat by North Korea. US Forces Korea said in a statement on Tuesday that …

The man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens of others in a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Illinois has been charged with seven counts of murder, authorities said. Robert Crimo, 21, would be punished “for the killing spree he has unleashed against our community,” …

These are images from Saint-Lazare Station in Paris as traffic on the region’s L and J lines is “severely disrupted” by the strike of SNCF staff who demand wage increases to counter soaring inflation.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu has announced Beijing’s willingness to broaden relations with Russia within multilateral frameworks. In a meeting with Russian Ambassador to Beijing Andrey Denisov, the senior Chinese diplomat expressed China’s keenness to strengthen strategic coordination with Russia and expand practical cooperation in various fields, according to …

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has strongly warned the Western states against any attempts at “punishing” the country over its ongoing military operation in neighboring Ukraine. “The idea to punish a country that has the largest nuclear arsenal is absurd in and of itself,” Medvedev said on the Telegram messaging …

Throwing a backpack over his shoulders and a helmet over his head, Thusitha Kahaduwa hops onto his bicycle to pedal off to work through the chaotic streets of Colombo. The 41-year-old doctor who works at a private hospital is among thousands of Sri Lankans who are ditching their vehicles at …

The occupying Turkish military has taken the Western Syrian Province of Aleppo’s villages under a heavy bombardment campaign. The offensive took place against as many as 10 villages across the province on Tuesday, Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television network reported. The Turkish forces unleashed at least “200 missiles and artillery shells” against …

At least two Israeli military soldiers have been injured in fierce clashes between Palestinians and regime forces after the latter raided a predominantly Arab neighborhood on the outskirts of the Old City of occupied al-Quds. The Arabic-language Palestine Today news agency reported that Israeli troops stormed Silwan neighborhood late on Tuesday, …

Residents of a village in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah have reportedly blocked a US military convoy as it was attempting to pass through their community, amid boiling public rage over the presence of American occupation forces in the energy-rich region of the war-ravaged West Asian country. According to a …

Pilgrims from around the world perform the Tawaf, or the circumambulation of the Ka’ba on the first day of the biggest Hajj pilgrimage since the coronavirus pandemic.

Parts of a mountain glacier collapsed in the Italian Alps on Sunday amid record temperatures, local authorities said, killing at least six people and injuring eight. The Trento provincial government said rescue operations were in progress after a large “ice avalanche” involving hikers, adding that there was likely to be …

An independent German journalist is facing a criminal probe in her home country for reporting on crimes committed by Ukrainian forces against civilians in the eastern Donbass region of the war-ravaged country. In an exclusive interview with Press TV correspondent Johnny Miller, Alina Lipp revealed that she was being subject to criminal proceedings by …