Not only is the Great Mosque of Mecca considered to be the holiest mosque in Islam and the largest in the world, it is also the most expensive building on the planet, worth an incredible £75 ...

STOCKHOLM, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Sweden's government on Monday accused a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Stockholm of being a platform for Iranian spying against Sweden and the Iranian diaspora. Sweden's ...

Now, all that remains of Masjid Al Taqwa — the first mosque in the Altadena-Pasadena area — are soot, ash and charred twisted skeletons of chairs. A sign proclaiming the mosque’s name stands ...

DAMASCUS - The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Saturday meetings he had with Syria's new leaders in Damascus were a first step towards ending years of ...

This is neither new nor necessarily bad. “Presidents who go down in the history books as ‘great’ are those who reach for power, who assert their authority to the limit,” the presidential ...

«Damascus will never fall,» he declares. «Even Timur, the great Mongol conqueror, couldn’t bring this city to its knees.» ...

The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive during a reporting trip to Syria in August 2012, arrived in Damascus to step up the search for her son and said she hopes she ...

“We are returning to Damascus,” Eksi said in a post on the social media platform X. His announcement followed a visit earlier in the day by Syria’s new foreign minister, Asaad al ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Preparations are underway ahead of the visit of UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay to al-Nuri Mosque in ...

DAMASCUS, Ore. (KATU) — All lanes of Oregon Route 224 have re-opened following a car rash and an hours-long closure, Tuesday morning. Details about the crash, how many vehicles were involved, or ...

Read more‘Nobody was spared’: Damascus suburbs still haunted by Assad regime’s chemical attacks Other groups have also been accused of human rights violations and war crimes during the ...