Australia's old parliament building in Canberra was briefly set alight by protesters during a demonstration for Aboriginal sovereignty.

Saudi Arabia has reimposed social distancing measures at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca,

Omicron cases are increasing rapidly and the variant has become the dominant strain in the United Kingdom and the United States.

In Jordan, some parliamentarians traded punches in a brawl in parliament on Tuesday after a verbal row escalated.

In US, a conservation team in the state of Virginia has opened a box containing Confederate war memorabilia.

Civil marriage in the Middle East, the birthplace of Islam, Christianity and Judaism, is uncommon.