Turkish police on Thursday detained a woman after the public address systems of some mosques were allegedly hijacked and blared out a World War II-era Italian anti-fascist anthem. The government and...More
In normal times, almost 200 people would have attended the funeral for Ahmet Ucukcu's 95-year-old father at an Istanbul cemetery. The coronavirus which took his life has changed all that. "Many of my...More
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said it was an "Islamic duty" to fight for the "liberation of Palestine " in a speech on Friday amid rising tensions with regional arch-enemy Israel. "The...More
Families rushed to buy sweets and biscuits in Cairo on Friday as they prepared to celebrate the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan under a tightened coronavirus curfew and lockdown. The Eid...More
France is working with other European nations to dissuade Israel from a partial annexation of the occupied West Bank, its foreign minister said Wednesday, as the UN’s Middle East envoy warned Israel...More
India registered some 6,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, the country's biggest jump in 24 hours, as New Delhi eases a nationwide lockdown and airlines prepare to resume some domestic...More
A coronavirus “catastrophe” is unfolding in Yemen, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday, warning that many of those infected with COVID-19 in the war-torn country never even...More
The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Friday that they have forgiven those who murdered their father, his son Salah wrote in a tweet. "In this blessed night of the blessed...More
The Vatican is concerned about plans by the new Israeli government to annex parts of the West Bank, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher said on Wednesday. "The Holy See is following the situation...More
For three days without Internet or phone service this month, Rouf Ahmad found himself cut off from his family in Indian-administered Kashmir while his mother was receiving treatment for the deadly...More
Turkey launched the first of the six power turbines on the Ilisu Dam in the south-east on Tuesday, with the dam expected to be fully operational by the end of the year. The Ilisu dam project has...More
Egypt on Tuesday registered 720 new coronavirus cases, the health ministry said in a statement, its highest daily toll since detecting the first confirmed case in February. The new cases brought the...More
Hiding snacks under their beds or behind piles of clothes, young Tunisians are finding ways to subvert the Ramadan fast despite being locked down with their Muslim conservative parents. The...More
The Syrian government ordered the seizure of assets belonging to President Bashar al-Assad's cousin Rami Makhlouf, one of Syria's richest men, as well as to his wife and children, according to a...More
The editor-in-chief of a prominent investigative media outlet in Egypt, Mada Masr, has been released hours after being arrested by security forces in Cairo. Lina Attalah was arrested outside the...More
Deaths in Aden have surged to at least five times higher than normal, an NGO and medics say, igniting fears that the coronavirus is spreading unhindered in the Yemeni port city. Six years of war...More
Top Syria tycoon Rami Makhlouf on Sunday said the regime was piling pressure on him and threatening to arrest him and close his telecommunications empire unless he hands over profits. Makhlouf, a...More
Iraq on Sunday condemned the raising of the rainbow flag by the European Union mission in Baghdad and said it "provokes" religious feelings in the Muslim-majority country. "This infringes lofty...More
Iran sentenced French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah to five years in prison on national security charges on Saturday, her lawyer said, adding that she plans to appeal. French Foreign Minister Jean...More
India on Sunday extended a nationwide coronavirus lockdown to 31 May, as cases exceeded 90,000 and further clashes erupted between police and stranded migrants. Schools, malls and other public places...More
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah signed a power-sharing deal to end a months-long political stalemate, Ghani's spokesman said on Sunday, in a step that could smooth...More
Madagascar on Sunday announced the first death of a patient suffering from the novel coronavirus, nearly two months after it was first detected in the country. The 57-year-old hospital worker died on...More
Israel's parliament swore in a new unity government on Sunday led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former rival Benny Gantz, ending the longest political crisis in the nation's history...More
Egyptian security services on Sunday detained the editor-in-chief of prominent independent news outlet Mada Masr, its lawyer said, the latest in a crackdown against journalists. Lina Attallah was...More
Statement given by Wolfgang Kaleck, general secretary of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights : "Whoever commits, orders or approves acts of torture should be prosecuted. This is...More
On the Turkish capital's bridges and bus stops, Ankara mayor Mansur Yavas urges wealthier residents to help poorer citizens during the coronavirus pandemic by paying off their debts to grocers. "...More
Egyptian officials have detained a journalist at a major newspaper on terrorism charges, his lawyer said, a move sharply condemned on Thursday by a global press advocacy group. Security officers...More
India on Thursday announced measures to assist with food, shelter and livelihood for the migrant workers, street vendors and small farmers hit hardest by the nationwide lockdown to control the...More
The U.S. negotiator on Afghanistan blamed Islamic State on Thursday for the shocking attack on a maternity hospital, as he urged the government and Taliban to stick to a faltering peace process...More
World leaders past and present insisted on Thursday that any eventual COVID-19 vaccines and treatments should be made available to everyone, free of charge. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa...More
The planned inauguration on Thursday of an Israeli unity government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been postponed until Sunday, an official statement said, in last-minute wrangling...More
The United States on Thursday voiced alarm over the targeting of religious minorities in both India and Pakistan, warning against a search for internal scapegoats during the coronavirus pandemic. In...More
Lebanon's government has ordered most of the country to shut down again for four days, starting on Wednesday night, as it seeks to ward off a coronavirus resurgence after easing some restrictions...More
Islamic State militants hide in sparsely populated farmlands in Iraq from where they stage attacks on Iraqi forces scrambling to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the country, the head of the 70-...More
President Donald Trump said in a phone call to Iraq's new prime minister that the U.S. was willing to provide Iraq with economic assistance, according to an Iraqi government statement on Monday, as...More
Workers in India are set to face longer days and lower pay in a "race to the bottom", academics, activists and unions said, as six states plan to suspend labour laws to help industry recover from the...More
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it would give Egypt 2.77 billion dollars in aid to help it "meet the urgent balance of payments" requirements that the country is facing as a result of the...More
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Israel on Wednesday for talks on regional security and the country's plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. Pompeo was to meet Israeli Prime...More
Ahmad al-Mostafa can't afford milk for his baby daughter. A Syrian refugee, he has barely been able to feed his family since Lebanon sank into economic crisis last year. But now, the coronavirus...More
Syria's top tycoon publicly airing his grievances has revealed a power struggle within the ruling family as it tries to cement its power after nine years of war, analysts say. After years of staying...More
At least 40 civilians, among them many mothers and babies, were killed in three separate attacks in Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said. Two separate attacks targeted a civilian hospital in Kabul...More
Turkish people aged 65 and over on Sunday described their joy after the government allowed them to go outside for the first time in nearly two months in an easing of the coronavirus restrictions...More
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has approved amendments to the country's state of emergency that grant him and security agencies additional powers, which the government says are needed to...More
A Tunisian court charged a student with offending common decency and incitement to violence last Wednesday after she shared a parody of the Koran online, her lawyer told journalists. Emna Chargui, 26...More
Israel partly re-opened nurseries and kindergartens on Sunday, increasing the number of children who have returned to the education system as part of efforts to revive the economy by easing...More
Turkey said on Sunday it would deem the forces of Libyan General Khalifa Haftar "legitimate targets" if what it termed their attacks on its interests and diplomatic missions in Libya persisted...More
Usually the kingdom of water tanks and satellite dishes, Lebanon's rooftops have recently been graced by unlikely scenes of locked-down residents fleeing their flats. Deprived of rehearsal rooms or...More
Living in a slum built precariously on the banks of a sewage-tainted river in Lebanon, Faiqqa Homsi feels her family being pushed closer and closer to the edge. A mother of five, she was already...More
Drinking alcohol in Pakistan can be a complicated affair at the best of times, but for 25-year-old student Iram, the coronavirus pandemic has made getting a beer all but impossible. Every spring, as...More
Tunisia allowed a Turkish plane to land at its southern airport of Zarzis to deliver medical aid to Libyans at the Ras Jedir border crossing, the presidency said on Friday. Tunisia does not allow...More
Morocco has rapidly expanded its fleet of drones as it battles the coronavirus pandemic, deploying them for aerial surveillance, public service announcements and sanitisation. "This is a real craze...More
European Union border agency Frontex expects another influx of migrants attempting to cross to the continent when Turkey lifts coronavirus -related restrictions, according to German media citing a...More
After its independence from France, the Ivory Coast was called the "Miracle of Africa" for its religious and ethnic harmony. But the dynamic country still faces many challenges. By Eric Lafforgue
