The moon sighting authorities of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) did not sight the Shawwal crescent on Saturday, and as a result, the countries will mark Eid ul Fitr on Monday. “The Crescent of Shawaal 1443 was NOT SEEN today, subsequently, the month of Ramadan will complete 30 days tomorrow and Monday مزید پڑھیں

Mykhailo Vovchynskyi had only just moved into his Kyiv apartment when the building was hit in what Russia called a “high precision” missile attack targeting a factory across the street — a claim he found loaded with menace. Not only did the powerful blast on Thursday evening heavily damage the structure, injuring at least 10 مزید پڑھیں

Turkey and Saudi Arabia are striving to increase all kinds of political, military and economic relations to start a new era, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said early Friday. “As two brotherly countries with historical, cultural and human ties, we are striving to increase all kinds of political, military and economic relations between us and to مزید پڑھیں

A blast in the Afghan capital ripped through a Sunni mosque and killed at least 10 people on Friday, an interior ministry official said. A wave of deadly bombings has rocked the country in the last two weeks of Ramazan — some claimed by the Daesh group — killing dozens of civilians. “Many worshippers were at مزید پڑھیں

Some Pakistani pilgrims who hounded and chanted slogans against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his delegation at the Masjid-i-Nabwi in Madina have been arrested by Saudi authorities, the media director of the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Islamabad confirmed on Friday. The official said that the protesters have been taken into custody for “violating the مزید پڑھیں

Russian forces bombarded Ukraine s capital late Thursday during a visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who decried the “absurdity” of war in the 21st century, as US President Joe Biden asked for $33 billion more to support Kyiv. At least three people were wounded in the strikes in the western part of the city, مزید پڑھیں

Russia stepped up its assaults on eastern and southern Ukraine, Kyiv said on Thursday, and President Vladimir Putin threatened “lightning-fast” retaliation against any Western countries that intervene on Ukraine’s behalf. More than two months into an invasion that has flattened cities but failed to capture the capital Kyiv, Russia has mounted a push to seize مزید پڑھیں

A pop-up urban port for delivery drones — and one day, potentially flying taxis — was launched on Monday in Britain, lifting a box of prosecco for a brief celebratory test flight hailed as ground-breaking. Air-One, a so-called “vertiport” for drones and future electric vehicles taking off and landing vertically, was proclaimed as the first مزید پڑھیں

Beijing closed some public spaces and stepped up checks at others on Thursday, as most of the Chinese capital’s 22 million residents turned up for more mass COVID-19 testing aimed at averting a Shanghai-like lockdown. Most people in the commercial hub were one month into stressful home isolation, struggling to meet basic needs. But there مزید پڑھیں

NATO member Turkey said it was still talking to Russia about procuring a second batch of one of its most advanced missile defence systems despite the war in Ukraine. The comments on state television late Tuesday by the head of Turkey s military procurement agency underscore Ankara s efforts to maintain good relations with Moscow مزید پڑھیں