Ahmed Al-Hassan, an Iraqi Shia Muslim religious leader, became the most prominent of figures after he claimed to have been sent by the Imam Mahdi and that he is "the messianic al-Yamani".

Mikal Mahdi, who pleaded guilty to murder for killing a police officer in 2004, is scheduled to be executed April 11. Mahdi, 41, had the choice of dying by firing squad, lethal injection or the ...

After seeing the end of the battle here in Khartoum, we’re likely to see more and more fighting this time around the western region of Darfur and southwest Sudan”, .said Al Jazeera’s Hiba ...

March 23, 2025 (AL-KAMILIN) – At least 18 people have been killed in a series of attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on villages in Sudan’s Al-Jazira state, local activists ...

The two-year conflict has decimated Sudan's economy, yet last month the army-backed government announced record gold production in 2024. Demand for the country's vast gold reserves was "a key factor ...

March 24, 2025 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudanese authorities on Monday lifted a ban on the Saudi-owned Al-Sharq news channel, allowing it to resume operations, but emphasized the need for accurate ...

Daniel Akech, a senior analyst on South Sudan for International Crisis Group, told Al Jazeera that “the agreement of 2018 was centred on two key issues. One was to create a constitution ...

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the army since April 2023, said on Thursday it had seized the town in Sudan's vast western region of Darfur. Al-Malha lies at the foot of a mountainous ...

Mahdi al-Mashat, head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, played down the effect of the US attacks on the Yemeni group’s military capabilities, Al Jazeera reported. “From the first strike ...

From inside the recaptured presidential palace, Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, at war with his former deputy, RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo since April 2023, had on Wednesday declared ...

Mikal Mahdi, 42, chose a shooting death over lethal injection or electrocution, according to court papers filed March 28. He is scheduled to be executed April 11. Mahdi was sentenced to death for ...

Mr Mahdi is in a coma in a critical condition. The admin wrote: “Please pray that Faishal is given strength to recover and that his family is granted patience and strength in facing this ...