Israel continues to bar Muslims from Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque for 4th straight week

Police keep mosque gates closed, deploy forces across Old City citing Iran war ’emergency measures’ Palestinians perform Friday prayer on the streets in East Jerusalem on March 27, 2026 as Israeli forces continue to impose restriction to Palestinians from entering the Dome of the Rock of Masjid Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem. PHOTO: ANADOLU Israeli authorities continued … Read more

China blasts ‘false’ news

. BEIJING: China’s foreign ministry accused the media of publishing “false information” on Friday following a report that said the country’s top semiconductor firm has sent chipmaking tools to Iran. The report, which cited information from two unidentified senior officials in US President Donald Trump’s administration, said contract chipmaker SMIC “began sending the tools to … Read more

More than 1,900 dead in Iran since start of US-Israel strikes, IFRC says

Emergency responders remove a casualty from beneath the rubble at a site of a residential building damaged by a strike amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, Tehran, on March 27, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS More than 1,900 people have ​been killed and ‌at least 20,000 injured in Iran ​since the ​start of United States and Israeli … Read more