This photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows the reconstruction site of the Grand al-Nuri Mosque in the old city of Mosul, Iraq.

This photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows the reconstruction site of the Grand al-Nuri Mosque and its al-Hadbaa minaret in the ...

They're the men no country wants. Locked up and accused of being Islamic State fighters, they're considered a threat to the ...

From Mosul's Great Mosque, al Baghdadi renames the group Islamic State and declares a caliphate. Abu Bakr al Baghdadi speaks in Mosul. Pic: Reuters Abu Bakr al Baghdadi speaks in Mosul.

Adam Kelwick from Liverpool's Abdullah Quilliam Mosque is touring Syria to distribute meals and money during Ramadan ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr offered Thursday to help purge Iraqi security forces of militia members. But he also criticized the Iraqi government for denying that it sent ...

Sunny with a high of 66 °F (18.9 °C). Winds SSW at 11 mph (17.7 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 4 to 10 mph (6.4 to 16.1 kph). The overnight low will be 46 °F (7.8 °C). Partly ...

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, approved today, February 20, 2025, the Saudi riyal symbol; a historic move that will reinforce the Saudi currency's identity.

Mosques were once a rare sight in Japan, but no longer. The latest, Masjid Istiqlal Osaka, opened in Osaka’s Nishinari Ward last year. It is housed in a former factory building.

The University of Arizona is halting construction on a biomedical research center in downtown Phoenix. The man accused of shooting his brother to death appeared in front of a judge for the first ...

This region of Anatolia was conquered by the Turks at the beginning of the 11th century. In 1228–29 Emir Ahmet Shah founded a mosque, with its adjoining hospital, at Divrigi. The mosque has a single ...