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It will be the first time in Saudi Arabia's modern history that Muslims outside the kingdom have been barred from performing the hajj, a mainstay of its economy and political legitimacy
World
17.08.2024
Saudi Arabia to allow around 1,000 pilgrims in scaled-down hajj
Atambayev, who has claimed ill health, did not attend the sentencing
World
17.08.2024
Kyrgyzstan ex-leader sentenced to 11 years in crime boss case
Masked: Zuma at Tuesday's hearing
World
17.08.2024
Zuma returns to court for pre-trial hearing in corruption case
Teargas: Post-election turmoil triggered sometimes violent protests
World
17.08.2024
Malawi's election crisis: a timeline
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"We have taken strict measures to protect our employees and tourists," Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy told AFP
World 17.08.2024
Turkey strives to revive virus-hit tourist sector
British performing arts company Opera Circus produced the online mini-opera -- "Osman Bey and the Snails" -- to draw attention to Osman Kavala's case
World 17.08.2024
Snail-inspired video opera launched to aid jailed Turkish civic leader
The picturesque village of Hallstatt in Austria had until the coronavirus outbreak been overwhelmed by tourists
World 17.08.2024
Hallstatt, Austria's Alpine jewel, debates post-corona tourism
Uncertainty faces the people in North Macedonia as they decide whether to risk going out to vote in July
World 17.08.2024
North Macedonia faces 'necessary evil' when voters head to ballot
Vladimir Putin's Russia has accused the West of downplaying the former Soviet Union's role in the victory over Nazi Germany
World 17.08.2024
Russia and Europe trade barbs over WWII narratives
A boy looks at a model of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System at the National Museum of China in Beijing
World 17.08.2024
China launches final satellite to complete rival to GPS
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, pictured under construction in December 2019, will be Africa's largest hydropower plant
World 17.08.2024
UN urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to 'work together' in Nile dam dispute
Silicon Valley giant Google has been one of the leading beneficiaries of the H1-B visa system that President Donald Trump is putting on hold.
World 17.08.2024
Trump to extend US work visa freeze to year-end: White House
An activist in Vancouver on March 6, 2019 holds photos of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who are detained by China, outside British Columbia Supreme Court where Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou appeared
World 17.08.2024
Trudeau slams 'political' detentions, after China spy charges
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