Hajj 2018

Our special coverage commemorating the annual pilgrimage included the launch of our Hajj app.

  • Conflicts, disasters, and rising conservatism have rolled back women’s rights, says Oxfam’s Hadeel Qazzaz
  • Despite laws setting 18 as the minimum marriage age in many Arab countries, legal loopholes undermine progress
By ANAN TELLO ·

  • Eyewitnesses in the area reported seven rounds of shelling rocking residential neighborhoods controlled by the army
  • In recent days, the army regained most of central Khartoum’s government district from the RSF
By AFP ·

  • Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are set to hold separate talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia
By AFP ·