Muslim countries welcomed this year's Eid al-Fitr with great joy. Millions of people in different countries participated in Eid prayers and prayed for goodness and blessings.

The Gaza Health Ministry reported that in the past 24 hours, the bodies of 26 martyred civilians, including one recovered from the rubble, and 70 injured people were delivered to hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

The Indian government has banned prayers at the Jamia Masjid, the largest mosque in Kashmir, on the last nights of Ramadan. According to the mosque's chief imam, thousands of Muslims were unhappy with the closure of the mosque on the night of "Laylatul Qadr".

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the opening of a new mosque named after him in the Guinean capital, Conakry, via video conference.

The Israeli military launched an airstrike on the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, killing one Palestinian and wounding several others, according to the WAFA news agency.

Britain's King Charles III has been hospitalized due to side effects from cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace said.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Shar' has appointed Sheikh Osama al-Rifai as the country's new Grand Mufti. The decision was made during a religious conference of Muslim scholars in Damascus.

The French intelligence magazine Intelligence Online reported that the Turkish company Aselsan is developing an air defense (AHD) system for Saudi Arabia's massive NEOM project, which is being implemented as part of the "Vision 2030" strategy.

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake near Mandalay, Myanmar, killed more than 1,000 people and injured 2,376. Nine people were killed when a skyscraper under construction collapsed in Bangkok.

The Egyptian Air Force is in talks to purchase 36 South Korean FA-50 Fighting Eagle light fighter jets as part of a fleet renewal effort.