Pakistan’s Sindh province banned communal prayers on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan on Friday, heeding the advice of doctors who are urging Pakistan’s...
The United Arab Emirates has shortened a nationwide coronavirus curfew by two hours. It will now run daily from 10pm to 6am (6pm to 2am GMT)...
Indonesia will ban the mass exodus tradition, locally known as ‘mudik,’ at the end of the Muslim fasting month in May in a bid to curb...
Days before the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins, the Islamic world is grappling with an untimely paradox of the new coronavirus pandemic: enforced separation at...
Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body, the Council of Senior Scholars, urged Muslims worldwide to pray at home during Ramadan if their countries require social distancing to...
There are unconfirmed reports that Mullah Fazlullah – the commander of the Pakistan Taliban – has been killed in a US air strike in Afghanistan. Fazlullah’s...
Israel has accused Iran of fueling recent violence on the Gaza border that has seen more than 100 Palestinians killed amid protests against Israel. Israeli military...
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has ordered the opening of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza Strip for the entire holy month of Ramadan, days after...
India will suspend all military operations against rebels in Kashmir during the holy month of Ramadan for the first time in nearly two decades. The move,...
Turkey says the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, which is determined by the sighting of the new moon, will begin on Wednesday. Saudi Arabia...
Two blasts ripped through the Iraqi capital of Baghdad just days into the holy month of Ramadan, killing at least 27 people and wounding more than 100....