Makkah greets Muslim pilgrims for first post-pandemic Hajj
Wrapped in white robes, with some carrying umbrellas against the burning desert sun, Muslim pilgrims began perfoming Hajj in droves after two years of major disruption caused by the COVID pandemic.
The population of the tiny enclave, where Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas have been fighting for more than six months, is at risk of famine
The drills follow a significant escalation of the conflict last week, when rebel forces captured the Myanmar town of Myawaddy, a key trading outpost near the Thai border