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Saudi Arabia on Saturday said it would permit one million Muslims from inside and outside the country to participate in this year’s hajj, a sharp uptick after pandemic restrictions forced...

Will Smith was banned on Friday from attending the Oscars for the next 10 years, barely two weeks after the actor stunned the world by storming on stage mid-ceremony to...

U.S. President Joe Biden and Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson watch as the full U.S. Senate votes to confirm Jackson as the first Black woman to serve on...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has imposed huge fines on some commercial banks which failed to effect the restriction on cryptocurrency transactions. In February 2021, the CBN directed deposit...

A Burkinabe court has sentenced former President Blaise Compaoré to life imprisonment for the murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara, Al Jazeera is reporting. The long-awaited verdict on Wednesday brought...

By OREORITSE TARIEMI During the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, worshippers are encouraged to abstain from food during the most active hours of the day, from dawn to...

A village mayor in Ukraine was kidnapped, executed and dumped in a forest pit along with her husband and son, reports claim. Neighbours said Russian troops occupying Motyzhyn, 30 miles...