Hundreds of thousands of Muslims circle the Kaaba inside and outside the Grand Mosque during the month of Ramadan in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (Photo: AP)
Ex Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (Photo: AFP)
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif temporarily suspended the use of the death penalty during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which began on Friday, the government said. (Photo: AP)
Children in earthquake-hit Nepal are more at risk of trafficking and exploitation or of being sent unnecessarily or illegally to live in orphanages since the first quake struck in April, the UN children's fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. (Photo: AFP)
North Korea's supreme ruler Kim Jong Un (Photo: AP/File)
Italy beat the world record for the longest ever pizza on Saturday, serving up a sizzling margherita over one and a half kilometres long at Milan's 2015 Expo. (Photo: AFP)
Aspiring politician Asha Salum is busy trying to convince people in her area of Dar Es Salaam to support her candidacy for a council position at elections later this year. She is one of the growing number of women seeking political office in
A British artist who created a controversial sculpture at the Palace of Versailles that has become known as the "queen's vagina" lashed out at French "intolerance" today after his work was vandalised. (Photo: AFP)
Terrorist attacks worldwide surged by more than a third and fatalities soared by 81 percent in 2014, a year that also saw Islamic State eclipse al Qaeda as the leading jihadist militant group, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. (Photo: AP)
riends of the white gunman who shot and killed nine black people inside an historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina said he first talked about attacking a college campus, the Washington Post and NBC News reported on Friday. (