NewsFeedEvery Muslim on earth has faced it in prayer. Billions have seen it in photos. Almost nobody knows its story. Al Jazeera’s Basel Ghazoghli and Alma Milisic go beyond the cloth tracing over a thousand years of faith, craft, and empire woven into a single...

An overnight Russian missile strike on Kyiv has destroyed nearly half of the exhibits at the National Chornobyl Museum, according to officials. The attack comes as Russia threatens systematic and widespread attacks on Ukraine’s capital.An overnight Russian missile...

NewsFeedA six-year-old Palestinian girl was killed by an Israeli strike on a displacement camp in Khan Younis as she played at the door of her family home. A woman was also killed in the attack, which injured several children and a baby.Published On 25 May 202625 May...

People in Lebanon have gathered to observe Liberation Day, which marks the date in 2000 when Israel ended its 22-year occupation of southern Lebanon. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr explains how this year’s celebrations come as occupation returns to the country’s...

Paz says the salary cut for him and cabinet ministers shows the government's 'commitment' to the country'.By ReutersPublished On 25 May 202625 May 2026Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz says he will cut his salary and those of his cabinet ministers in half amid a growing...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced that her country will host the Iranian national football team during the upcoming FIFA World Cup, due to tensions with the United States.On Monday, Sheinbaum said that FIFA, the global football governing body, had...

Seven months after a “ceasefire” was brokered to halt Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the agreement has morphed into a deadly cover for continued Israeli military operations in the enclave.Israeli forces have killed at least 880 Palestinians since then, increasing the...

Beirut, Lebanon – On May 25, 2000, the last Israeli troops withdrew from southern Lebanon ending their 18-year occupation.This expulsion of Israeli forces by an armed movement led by Hezbollah has been a cause of national celebration in Lebanon ever since, but this...

Lawyer convicted for the second time this year as President Saied’s crackdown on dissent intensifies. Published On 25 May 202625 May 2026Tunisian lawyer and columnist Sonia Dahmani has been sentenced to two years in jail for criticising prison conditions, according to...

NewsFeedMexico says it has agreed to host Iran’s World Cup team after the US declined to allow the squad to stay, with President Claudia Sheinbaum saying Mexico saw ‘no reason to refuse’ FIFA’s request.Published On 25 May 202625 May 2026Click here to share on social...

Published On 25 May 202625 May 2026The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, has begun in Saudi Arabia as more than 1.5 million pilgrims arrive from abroad amid the backdrop of a fragile ceasefire in the Iran war and a global energy crisis.Saleh...

NewsFeedWith nearly two million worshippers performing Hajj this year, technology has become key to making sure everything runs smoothly. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris explains technology’s role in one of the world’s largest and most logistically complex religious...