The central courtyard of the Great Mosque of Mecca, housing the famed Kaaba, saw worshippers, their face masks on, standing apart in much smaller numbers than the millions of people of the past.
Some hundreds of worshippers walked around the Kaaba or sat in prayer.
Normally at its busiest during Hajj, the courtyard housing the Kaaba is open all year round for other pilgrimages meaning it is almost never empty.
An Ecuadorian beauty queen was assassinated after her Instagram post of a plate of octopus ceviche led gunmen to the restaurant where she was dining.
For the first time, China has publicized what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement with the Philippines over access to South China Sea islands. The move threatens to further raise tensions in the disputed waterway, through which much of the world's trade passes and which China claims virtually in its entirety. A statement from the Chinese Embassy in Manila said the “temporary special arrangement” agreed to during a visit to Beijing by former president Rodrigo Duterte allowed small scale fishing around the islands but restricted access by military, coast guard and other official planes and ships to the 12 nautical mile (22 kilometer) limit of territorial waters.
Christopher Gregor allegedly murdered son Corey Micciolo weeks after forcing him to run for being ‘too fat’
The actor clearly didn't read the room, so the "Tonight Show" host bailed her out.
Washington sanctions nearly 300 companies and individuals from China, Russia, Singapore, UAE and other countries
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The former president made the chilling remark about the 2024 election to a Wisconsin newspaper.
In the context of a sprawling global leviathan that has just posted profits of $7.7bn (£6.1bn) in the last three months alone, Shell’s decision to close a small power generation unit in China amounts to little more than a rounding error on its books.
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Missiles from North Korea, drones from Iran, and a massive amount of technical assistance from China. Russian President Vladimir Putin may complain about the backing Ukraine is receiving from its Nato allies, but it is doubtful that Russia would be able to maintain its military offensive without the help it is getting from its motley collection of autocratic friends.
Hospitals...where the supernatural becomes super natural.
Viewers have called the revelation ‘crazy’ and ‘devastating’
Elite dinner co-hosted by entrepreneur David Sacks at his home in the Hollywood Hills
“I’m tired of calling him names,” said the Hollywood icon, who gave an (almost) curse-word-free interview about the threats posed by a possible second Trump presidency.
The latest Ukrainian deep-strike weapon isn’t a drone, a cruise missile or a ballistic missile. It’s a balloon.
On Wednesday morning China’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, left the Jiangnan shipyard in Shanghai for her initial sea trials – and Beijing’s journey towards world dominance took another big step forward.
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The pair have settled their differences as the manager faces doubts over captain Virgil van Dijk’s fitness
Tim Steidten, West Ham’s technical director, has been asked to stay away from David Moyes and the first team for the rest of the season
Father of Khaled Arouq, 16, joins calls to reform Palestinian Authority as IDF raids in West Bank leave rising death toll
