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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Hajj, an annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. On average, more than two million Muslims a year perform the pilgrimage. Facts May 25-30, 2026 – The Hajj pilgrimage is scheduled to take place. June 4-9, 2025 – The Hajj pilgrimage takes place. Hajj, Hadj or

By Jo Shelley and Mike Schwartz, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — As thousands of men hurried towards the main square in Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim on Sunday for a protest, they passed signs declaring “war” on a contentious order from Israel’s highest court. The Supreme Court ruling on June 25 said the Israeli government

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — Three military horses from the prestigious Household Cavalry have been recovered after bolting through central London on Monday morning. In scenes that appear to be similar to an instance in April, five soldiers were conducting a routine exercise with six horses from the Household Cavalry Mounted

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — A video-gaming Italian teenager will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint after his cause for canonization was approved by church authorities. Carlo Acutis, who died from leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, was renowned for using his computing skills to spread awareness of the Catholic faith

By Gawon Bae and Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A ballistic missile launched by North Korea on Monday might have had an “abnormal” flight trajectory and could have fallen inland, possibly near the capital of Pyongyang, the South Korean military said. North Korea launched two ballistic missiles on Monday morning, according to

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Deadly flash flooding due to sudden heavy rains has inundated India’s capital, replacing one of the worst heat waves in Delhi’s history that sent temperatures soaring well above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). An observatory in New Delhi on Friday reported 228.1 millimeters (nearly 9 inches) of rainfall in

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US Marine Corps aircraft has landed on a rebuilt runway on a World War II-era Japanese airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu, site of one of the Marines’ bloodiest battles of the war and now a possible US basing option in a strategy to counter China. The

By Melissa Alonso and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Toronto police are searching for a motorcycle rider wanted in connection with two suspected hate-motivated mischief offenses at synagogues overnight Sunday, according to a news release. The two rock throwing incidents occurred just after 3 a.m. and about a half hour later, according to police. Kehillat

By Lauren Izso and Hande Atay Alam, CNN (CNN) — Protests in Jerusalem against the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews into the Israeli military turned violent on Sunday, with demonstrators attacking both law enforcement officers and a minister’s car, according to local police. Rioters threw stones at police officers and the car of Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf

CNN By Saskya Vandoorne, Christian Edwards, Niamh Kennedy and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party led the first round of France’s parliamentary elections on Sunday, taking it closer to the gates of power than ever before. After an unusually high turnout, the RN bloc clinched 33.15% of the

By Inke Kappeler, CNN (CNN) — Several people have been injured by an acid attack in a cafe in the west German city of Bochum. “A man entered the cafe at around 3.25 p.m. and poured an acidic liquid over a guest sitting at a table in the outdoor area” leaving the victim “seriously injured,”

By Eve Brennan, Stephanie Halasz and Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — At least four people have died and another is missing due to flooding this weekend in southern Switzerland, according to local police and Swiss state media. Three people were killed in a landslide in the Maggia Valley, Swiss public broadcaster SRF reported. Police in

By Saskya Vandoorne, Christian Edwards, Niamh Kennedy and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party led the first round of France’s parliamentary elections on Sunday, taking it closer to the gates of power than ever before. After an unusually high turnout, the RN bloc clinched 33.15% of the vote,