As clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh region continue unabated, conflicting reports regarding the condition of Arayik Harutyunyan, the head of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh (the Armenian side’s name for the region) have emerged. While Azerbaijani president’s aide Khikmet Gadzhiev claimed that Harutyunyan sustained a serious injury ...
Mask-clad Muslims circled Islam’s holiest site along socially distanced paths on Sunday, as Saudi authorities partially resumed the year-round Umrah pilgrimage with extensive health precautions adopted after a seven-month coronavirus hiatus. Thousands of worshippers entered the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca in batches to perform the ritual ...