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  18 May 2018 - 2:20 QNA Ramadan cannon being fired at the State Mosque to mark the end of fasting. The firing of the cannon at the end of fasting is a much-anticipated Ramadan tradition.  Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula

Ash shoots 9,000 metres into the sky on Hawaii's Big Island following major Mount Kilauea volcanic eruption. 12 hours ago Lava spatters from the Kilauea volcano near Pahoa, Hawaii MORE ON UNITED STATES Trump tells North Korea's Kim to denuclearise or risk overthrowtoday Top US and S Korean diplomats hold emergency call over N Koreatoday Why Iran itself is likely to exit...

Amnesty warns worst to come as intense battles in Houthi-controlled region forced ten of thousands to escape. 13 hours ago The ongoing violence has devastated basic services, including water, food and sanitation systems MORE ON YEMEN There is a hidden inclination to divide Yemen: Ahmad al-Sayyadtoday Yemen PM: Crisis over UAE deployment to Socotra over3 days ago Saudi military says its forces...

US president says North Korea's Kim Jong-un could suffer same fate as Libya's Muammar Gaddafi over nuclear weapons. 3 hours ago A June 12 meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un appears to be in danger after rise in rhetoric MORE ON UNITED STATES Trump tells North Korea's Kim to denuclearise or risk overthrowtoday Top US and S Korean diplomats hold emergency...

Among the items seized were boxes of Hermes Birkin bags that fit into five police trucks and different currencies. an hour ago Al Jazeera's Florence Looi quoted investigators as saying that the raids in Kuala Lumpur were still going on Friday MORE ON ASIA PACIFIC UN warns of intensified violence in northern Myanmartoday North Korea, South Korea and the Trump-Kim summittoday US...

Palestinians mark 70 years since the ethnic cleansing of their homeland during the creation of Israel. 17 May 2018 MORE ON GAZA US embassy opens in Jerusalem amid lockdown2 days ago Nakba: 'Day of Catastrophe' observed by Palestiniansyesterday 'He was my whole world': Palestinians mourn killing of loved onesyesterday Why I marched on May 14 in Gaza near the Israeli fenceyesterday The Israeli...

Islamic scholars from three Muslim countries set to meet in Indonesia in an effort to bring peace in Afghanistan. by Shereena Qazi 10 May 2018 Scholars hope the move could persuade Taliban to the negotiating table MORE ON ASIA Taliban abandons effort to capture Farah citytoday What's behind the newfound alliance in Malaysia?today Bangladesh: Former prime minister Khaleda Zia granted bailtoday India...

All the key events in historic Palestine since World War I. 15 May 2018 No country in the Middle East conjures up as much passion and anger in the Arab psyche as Palestine. In 1948 hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were driven from their homes by Zionist gangs who wanted to establish the state of Israel. In 1967, a war between Israel and Arab...

Muslims in Turkey set to begin fasting for the holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday, May 16. 23 hours ago RAMADAN 2018 Saudi calendar: May 17 Turkey: May 16 Eid: June 14, 15 or 16 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 announced Ramadan will start on Thursday....

Palestinians mark 70 years since the ethnic cleansing of their homeland during the creation of Israel. an hour ago MORE ON GAZA Gaza protests: All the latest updatestoday US embassy opens in Jerusalem amid lockdownyesterday Nakba: 'Day of Catastrophe' observed by Palestinianstoday 'He was my whole world': Palestinians mourn killing of loved onestoday The Israeli military has conducted overnight air strikes on the...

Jafar Panahi hasn’t been able to leave Iran since 2010, and Kirill Serebrennikov was arrested by the Russian government before the festival. 14 hours ago MORE ON EUROPE Five Star and League: Winners and losers of Italy's new directiontoday New study links body clock to mood disorderstoday Iran, Russia prevent directors from attending Cannestoday Tamara de Lempicka: Why Google honours her todaytoday Two...

We meet John Nicholson, Trump's top general in Afghanistan, to find out if the conflict can ever be brought to an end. 16 May 2018 22:08 GMT ISIS, Taliban, Afghanistan, Donald Trump, Military Last year, US President Donald Trump announced a "new" strategy for his country's forces in Afghanistan. The plan involved reversing his predecessor's phased withdrawal, bumping up the number of US troops to as many as 15,000, and...

Nakba this year marked 70 years of dispossession with millions of refugees still waiting for their right of return. 14 hours ago MORE ON AL NAKBA How the Gaza massacre exposed international cowardicetoday US embassy opens in Jerusalem amid lockdownyesterday Nakba: 'Day of Catastrophe' observed by Palestinianstoday Protesters march in major cities to commemorate the Nakbayesterday Nakba Day is when Palestinians commemorate the...

International watchdog OPCW says samples from Saraqeb showed unusual presence of the chemical in the local environment. 13 hours ago Air attacks hit Saraqib, Idlib Governorate in Syria back in February, 2018 MORE ON MIDDLE EAST Why Iran itself is likely to exit the nuclear dealtoday Gaza protests: All the latest updatestoday How the Gaza massacre exposed international cowardicetoday Nakba: 'Day of...