(Updates with detail, quote, changes dateline) JAKARTA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.6 earthquakestruck 35 miles southeast of Palu on the Indonesian island ofSulawesi … More »UPDATE 1-Magnitude 6.6 quake strikes Indonesia, causes no damage
Occupancy rate in hotels at the central area around the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah has reached about 99 percent, especially during the last 10 days of Ramadan, according … More »Madinah hotel occupancy reaches 99 percent
More than 3 million worshippers offered Juma prayers on the last Friday of Ramadan at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. An equal number … More »Millions offer Juma, Khatm prayers
Night has fallen on the Saif al-Dawla district in Aleppo. A man takes out the rubbish after the iftar meal breaking the Ramadan fast, an old woman unpegs the laundry … More »Aleppo's residents, trapped and hunted
A spate of attacks that killed 82 people in Iraq overshadowed preparations Friday to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, amid warnings insurgents would … More »Wave of attacks that killed 82 overshadow Eid in Iraq
Hyderabad, Aug 17 (IANS) Jumat-ul-Vida or the last Friday of Muslim holy month of Ramadan passed off peacefully here with thousands of faithful offering the prayers. More »Jumat-ul-Vida passes off peacefully in Hyderabad
(Adds Farah shooting, graphs 9-10) KABUL, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Reclusive Afghan Taliban leaderMullah Mohammad Omar has urged insurgent fighters, who he saidhad successfully … More »UPDATE 1-Taliban leader urges insurgents to cut civilian deaths
KABUL, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Reclusive Afghan Taliban leaderMullah Mohammad Omar has urged insurgent fighters to"emphatically" avoid civilian deaths after a swathe of suicidebombings … More »Taliban leader urges insurgents to cut civilian deaths
Following is the complete text of the final communique that was adopted at the end of Islamic Solidarity Summit in Makkah last night: In response to a kind invitation … More »Summit strengthens Muslim unity
* Blasts, shootings strike cities across Iraq * Attacks come days before end of Ramadan * Security experts see al Qaeda wing surging BAGHDAD, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A series … More »UPDATE 3-Bloody day of blasts in Iraq kills more than 70