ISLAMIC COUNTRIES

Tokyo, 15 June, /AJMEDIA/ More than 1.5 million Muslims will pray on Mount Arafat in soaring temperatures on Saturday, in the high-point and most grueling day of the annual hajj… Read more

Tokyo, 13 June, /AJMEDIA/ Hezbollah vowed Wednesday to intensify its attacks along the Lebanon-Israel border to avenge the killing of its most senior military commander by Israel since the latest… Read more

Tokyo, 8 June, /AJMEDIA/ With a renewed ceasefire push in the eight-month-old Gaza war stalled, Israel bombarded central and southern areas again on Friday, killing at least 28 Palestinians, and… Read more

Tokyo, 6 June, /AJMEDIA/ Israel’s military pounded central Gaza with heavy air strikes on Wednesday as international talks to secure a truce and hostage release deal resumed. Tensions were high… Read more

Tokyo, 3 June, /AJMEDIA/ Israel is looking into an alternative local governing body for Gaza, the defense minister said Sunday, proposing a future beyond Hamas but giving no idea who… Read more

Tokyo, 2 June, /AJMEDIA/ Qatar, the United States and Egypt called on Israel and Hamas to take steps to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, a joint statement… Read more

Tokyo, 1 June, /AJMEDIA/ The Israeli military confirmed Friday that its forces are operating in central parts of Rafah in its expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city. Israel launched… Read more

Tokyo, 31 May, /AJMEDIA/ Intense shelling and gunfire rocked Rafah in southern Gaza on Thursday, after Israel declared it had seized a strategic corridor along the Palestinian territory’s border with… Read more

Tokyo, 30 May, /AJMEDIA/ Israel’s military said Wednesday it had seized control of a strategic corridor that runs along the length of Gaza’s border with Egypt, an objective Israel had… Read more