Millions of Muslims across the globe celebrated the first day of Eid al-Adha on Saturday, one of the biggest holidays of the Islamic calendar.

Known as the &Feast of Sacrifice,& the revered observance coincides with the final rites of the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia. It&s a joyous occasion, for which food is a hallmark. Much of...

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The Iranian health ministry announced on Saturday that 894 new cases of coronavirus have been identified across the country during the past 24 hours, and that two patients died of the virus in the same period of time.

&A sum of 894 new patients infected with COVID-19 have been identified in the country based on confirmed diagnosis criteria...

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Mawlavi Haibatullah Akhundzada, supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), on Saturday in his Eid speech, warned officials not to create a gap between the government and people.

&Governments have collapsed through the creation of gaps between people and government and I instruct IEA officials to stand with the people and not...

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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has said he is terminating a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, saying the social media company did not provide information about fake or spam accounts on the platform.

Twitter&s chairman said the board planned to pursue legal action to enforce the deal.

Employees have expressed widespread concern about Musk...

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Qatar is looking to sign a security deal with Afghanistan, Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid, acting defense minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has said.

Mujahid said this after returning from Doha where he met with senior Qatari officials during his two-day visit following an official invitation.

He said that Qatar expressed interest in...

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Anas Haqqani said this week that the Haqqani Network never existed and that when he was arrested in Qatar, he had been a harmless student on holiday.

In 2014, when he was 20, Haqqani was arrested in Qatar, tried in Kabul and sentenced to death.

According information obtained by Der Spiegel, the only reason he wasn&t ultimately executed was...

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