To ease the situation for hospitals, the Israeli army's medical squad sent staff out this week to care for COVID-19 patients in their homes. Dozens of teams, made up of a doctor, nurse and driver,...More
The Council of Europe said on Friday it would begin infringement proceedings against member state Turkey in November if philanthropist Osman Kavala is not released from prison in accordance with a...More
Iran joined a rapidly expanding central Asian security body led by Russia and China on Friday, calling on the countries in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to help it form a mechanism to avert...More
A French court on Friday found a 62-year-old man guilty of insulting President Emmanuel Macron by depicting him as Adolf Hitler in protest at the government's COVID-19 policies. The court handed down...More
Police have released three people arrested over a possible attack on a synagogue in the western city of Hagen ahead of a major Jewish holiday. Authorities believe the threat was motivated by "...More
The Biden administration will withhold $130 million worth of military aid to Egypt until Cairo takes specific steps related to human rights, a State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday. Secretary...More
Taliban fighters have taken over the glitzy Kabul mansion of one of their fiercest enemies – the warlord and fugitive ex-vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum. Now in the hands of rank and file Taliban...More
Bodies of rebel fighters dot the roads and fields leading to Chenna, a village in the mountains of northern Ethiopia that this month saw one of the most gruesome reported incidents in the country's...More
An Algerian journalist from a local French-language newspaper has been remanded in custody, accused of belonging to a terrorist organisation and spreading false information, a lawyer and rights group...More
Germany's Interior Ministry has issued residence permits for some 2,600 rights activists, artists, scientists, journalists and others from Afghanistan who could face danger in their country. Their...More
The leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group who authorities say masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque was sentenced Monday to 53 years in prison for an attack that terrified...More
The Taliban have denied that one of their top leaders has been killed in a shootout with rivals, following rumours about internal splits in the movement nearly a month after its lightning victory...More
Increasing numbers of children are being killed or targeted for recruitment by armed groups in conflicts raging at Niger's borders with Mali and Burkina Faso, Amnesty International said in a report...More
India's leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing that it will benefit their bitter rival Pakistan and feed a long-simmering insurgency in the disputed region of...More
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made a surprise trip to Moscow for a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin made the announcement on Tuesday morning and published a photo of the...More
More than two years after Sudan's power-sharing deal was inked, analysts say the role of civilian leaders is receding while the army remains dominant. Sudan's military ousted and detained long-time...More
Israel's air force early on Monday said it again fired on targets in the Gaza Strip overnight, responding to another rocket attack. "Overnight (Monday), another rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip...More
Running late, the delivery driver threaded his motorcycle around lurching cars, speeding against time and traffic to satisfy a customer's burger craving – the day's last delivery in Dubai. Moments...More
A United Nations-hosted donor conference for Afghanistan takes place on Monday, less than a month after the Taliban seized power in the country, in the face of a growing humanitarian crisis. Afghans...More
Israel's foreign minister has proposed improving living conditions in Gaza in exchange for calm from the enclave's Hamas Islamist leaders, aiming to solve "never-ending rounds of violence" as the two...More
The UN on Friday condemned the Taliban's increasingly violent response to peaceful protests, including using live rounds that killed several people, and warned that nearly all Afghan households weren...More
Parties seen as close to Morocco's king have dealt a crushing blow to the long-ruling Islamists in parliamentary elections, preliminary results on Thursday showed. The Justice and Development Party (...More
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier hit out at continuing prejudice against immigrant communities in praising the contribution made by Turks, Italians and other non-Germans to society on Friday...More
Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, Americans were reasonably positive about the state of their rights and liberties. Today, after 20 years, not as much. That's according to a poll by The Associated...More
The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban is likely to have "emboldened" terrorists, the head of MI5 has warned. Director general Ken McCallum told the BBC that while the terror threat would not change...More
The Lebanese presidency says a new government has been formed, breaking a 13-month deadlock that saw the country slide deeper into financial chaos and poverty. Lebanon has been without a fully...More
A trial of unprecedented scale starts under high security on Wednesday to judge 20 men suspected of involvement in a jihadist rampage across Paris on November 13, 2015, the deadliest attack in...More
The U.N. atomic watchdog on Tuesday criticised Iran for stonewalling an investigation into past activities and jeopardising important monitoring work, possibly complicating efforts to resume talks on...More
A number of Syrian refugees who returned home have been subjected to detention, disappearance and torture at the hands of Syrian security forces, proving that it still isn’t safe to return to any...More
The Taliban drew from its inner high echelons to fill top posts in Afghanistan's new government on Tuesday, including an associate of the Islamist militant group's founder as premier and a wanted man...More
When Moroccans elect a new parliament next week, it is likely to be a body with even less influence than its recent predecessors thanks to a new voting law and gradual moves by the king to reassert...More
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Qatar’s emir in Doha on Monday for crisis talks on Afghanistan after the Taliban claimed to have full control over the country. Blinken , accompanied...More
The prosecution of alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others restarts on Tuesday, just days before the 20th anniversary of the attacks, stirring new hopes for justice and...More
Moroccans go to the polls on Wednesday for parliamentary and local elections that will determine the fate of the Islamist party that has ruled since the Arab Spring uprisings. First elected in 2011,...More
Unaccompanied children at the Moria migrant camp on Greece's Lesbos island had to deal with rats, flooding and the threat of electrocution: all carefully documented by the staff caring for them...More
Twenty years after the September 11 attacks, the U.S. "war on terror" is still being fought on a piece of hilly scrubland in southeast Cuba known as Guantanamo Bay. Within months of the attacks, the...More
The last anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan have acknowledged suffering major battlefield losses and called for a ceasefire, as the top U.S. diplomat flew to Qatar to try and handle the chaotic...More
The Taliban had barely completed their takeover of the Afghan capital Kabul when the local affiliate of the Islamic State group struck, sowing mayhem with a bloody airport attack. It was a symbolic...More
Alexanda Kotey, 37, pleaded guilty on Thursday to all eight counts in a U.S. criminal indictment for the kidnapping, torture and death of American hostages, as well as providing material support to a...More
As a humanitarian catastrophe looms, relief organisations are scrambling to maintain their operations in war-ravaged Afghanistan, holding high-stakes talks with the Taliban in a bid to salvage their...More
Thousands of Indian security forces maintained a lockdown across Kashmir on Friday after the death of a separatist political leader sparked clashes with protesters. The death of Syed Ali Geelani at...More
When Ezmarai Ahmadi returned home from work on Sunday evening in Kabul, the usual gaggle of squealing children were waiting to greet him – his sons and daughters, and a slew of nieces and nephews. He...More
With the Taliban in possession of Kabul's airport after the United States completed its withdrawal on Tuesday, the focus will now shift from the mammoth Western evacuation operation seen in the past...More
The United States on Monday completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan , ending America’s longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures,...More
Many people in Sidi Bouzid, the cradle of Tunisia's 2011 revolution that launched the Arab Spring, see President Kais Saied's power grab as a necessary evil. But there are also fears that last month'...More
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah will be a notable absentee due to coronavirus travel restrictions when the group phase of qualifying in Africa for the 2022 World Cup finally kicks off on Wednesday...More
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank on Sunday for the first official Israeli-Palestinian talks since Prime Minister Naftali Bennett took...More
U.S. anti-missile defences intercepted as many as five rockets that were fired at Kabul's airport early on Monday morning, the White House has confirmed, as the United States rushes to complete its...More
The Taliban has assured 100 countries that it will continue to allow foreigners and Afghans with foreign travel papers to leave the country "in a safe and orderly manner", even after the U.S. troop...More
After being forced to postpone their first face-to-face meeting because of the Afghanistan suicide bombings, U.S. President Joe Biden was scheduled to host Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at...More
Rights group Amnesty International on Thursday condemned travel bans imposed after Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed parliament and assumed sweeping powers last month. His move on 25 July,...More
The bombs that killed U.S. service members and Afghans in the desperate Kabul evacuation inflicted another casualty on the other side of the world – Joe Biden's presidency. Biden took office...More
Lebanon is suffering from the worst economic crisis in its history, which has led to a dramatic shortage of supplies. Electricity and petrol are hard to come by. By Diana Hodali
