The Hajj pilgrimage began on Wednesday. Some 1.8 million Muslims from across the globe are expected to gather in the Saudi holy city of Mecca for the annual gathering that will conclude on June 8.

STORY: This survivor recounts seeing burning homes and scattered bodies when Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces stormed the Darfur displacement camp she was sheltering in last week. “They kick you out, beat ...

CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,000 civilians were killed in a three-day attack by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group earlier this year on the largest displacement camp in western Sudan, the U.N.

Intense bombardment by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of Sudan’s largest camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) is devastating civilians and forcing aid workers to leave the site, INGOs working ...

PORT SUDAN, (March 12, 2025) – Time is running out for the nearly one million residents of Sudan's biggest refugee camp, many of whom are children, with food and medical supplies nearly depleted and ...

Zamzam is the name of a sacred well in Mecca. In 1933 an Egyptian shipping company bought the 24-year-old, 8,229-ton British passenger steamer British Exhibitor, renamed her Zamzam, redesigned one of ...