Muslim pilgrims pray on Mount Arafat in hajj climax
More than 1.5 million Muslims will pray on Mount Arafat in soaring temperatures on Saturday, in the high-point and most gruelling day of the annual ha
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South Africa’s Ramaphosa re-elected after coalition deal
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected for a second term after his humbled ANC cobbled together an unprecedented coalition government.
UN probe into Gaza war biased, tainted – Israel
Israel has dismissed as biased a UN inquiry that found it committed crimes against humanity, including that of “extermination,” in its war
U.S. issues 300 new sanctions that go after Russia’s war economy
The United States said on Wednesday it was imposing sanctions on more than 300 individuals and entities connected to Russia’s war on Ukraine, includin
Don’t bore worshippers with long sermons, Pope tells priests
Pope Francis on Wednesday called on Catholic priests to keep their homilies short — “no longer than eight minutes” — so that t