A U.N. Security Council mandate for U.N. aid deliveries to some 4 million people in Syria from Turkey expired on Sunday as diplomats struggled to find a deal with Russia, which traded barbs with the...More
The Eid ul-Adha festiva l should be the busiest time of the year for Mahmoud Abu Holy, a livestock merchant in the Gaza Strip. But soaring prices have driven away many of the people who would usually...More
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held rare meetings and calls with Israeli leaders in an effort to calm tensions and coordinate security measures days before U.S. President Joe Biden's first visit...More
Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to heaven and offered prayers of repentance on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Friday, an intense...More
Germany's parliament on Thursday elected as the government's new anti-discrimination commissioner a journalist whose nomination last month had sparked controversy over her comments on Germans who don...More
German lawmakers on Thursday recognised the 2014 massacre of Kurdish-speaking Yazidis by Islamic State group jihadists in Iraq's northwest as a "genocide", following the lead of UN investigators. "...More
France has repatriated 35 children and 16 mothers from camps in Syria where family members of suspected Islamic State group jihadists have been held, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. " France...More
Algeria marks 60 years of independence from France on Tuesday with a huge military parade, but memories of violence during the colonial period continue to overshadow ties between the two. The North...More
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid makes his first foreign trip as premier on Tuesday to Paris, where he will ask President Emmanuel Macron to intervene in a gas dispute with Lebanon. Lapid took over...More
Israel is to conduct a ballistics test on the bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the Israeli army said on Sunday, a day after the Palestinian Authority handed the bullet to U...More
It is Islam's holiest pilgrimage, but the hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia has in recent decades been plagued by deadly disasters, from stampedes to militant attacks. Yet the last time the pilgrimage...More
Owners of the Nile's famous houseboats in the heart of Egypt 's capital are having their homes demolished and towed away as authorities impound what they say are unlicensed dwellings. The boats, many...More
Hundreds of police were deployed in an Indian city on Wednesday following the murder of a Hindu tailor allegedly by two Muslim men after comments by a ruling party official about the Prophet Muhammad...More
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian early on Wednesday during clashes in the hotspot town of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. Mohammad Marei, 25, died from...More
The U.N. political chief urged Libya's rival factions on Monday to agree on measures governing the transition to elections during talks in Geneva on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, expressing hope...More
Police in India's capital New Delhi arrested a Muslim journalist on Monday evening for allegedly hurting religious sentiments in what many have slammed as the latest example of shrinking press...More
A trial began Sunday for an Egyptian man accused of stabbing a woman to death in a public street after she rejected his advances – a case that has sparked widespread outrage. A video went viral last...More
A popular Indonesian bar chain is being investigated for blasphemy over a free alcohol promotion for patrons named Muhammad, police said last Friday, after it sparked uproar in the world's largest...More
Turkish police on Sunday broke up a banned Pride march in Istanbul, detaining more than 200 demonstrators and an AFP photographer, journalists and organisers reported. The governor's office had...More
A gunman opened fire in Oslo's nightlife district early on Saturday, killing two people and leaving more than 20 wounded in what the Norwegian security service called an " Islamist terror act" during...More
India is flying emergency relief assistance and a technical team to help the people of eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake that state media reported killed 1,000 people. The 27 tons of...More
Many survivors of Afghanistan's deadliest earthquake in more than two decades were on Friday without food, shelter and water as they waited in devastated villages for relief workers to reach them,...More
A powerful earthquake struck Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province early on Wednesday, killing at least 255 people and injuring hundreds more, state-run media said. Afghanistan 's state-run Bakhtar...More
Israeli lawmakers will vote to dissolve parliament, opening the way for the country's fifth election in three years, following weeks of pressure on Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's fragile ruling...More
An art work on show at one of the world's most important contemporary showcases has been covered up in Germany after a simmering row over anti-Semitism escalated days after the exhibition's opening...More
Islam is a not just another soldier. "If the Russians take me, I won't be exchanged", said the Chechen fighting with the Ukrainian army near the front line. The 33-year-old dissident, a refugee who...More
France 's far-right scored a historic success in legislative elections on Sunday increasing its number of lawmakers almost tenfold and cementing the party's rise from fringe status to the mainstream...More
At least 25 people were killed by lightning or landslides over the weekend in Bangladesh while millions were left marooned or homeless in low-lying northeastern parts as the country faces the worst...More
Israeli police said on Thursday they had concluded an internal investigation into violence at the funeral of Al Jazeera TV journalist Shireen Abu Akleh – without however releasing any findings. The...More
A video showing Indian police beating a group of Muslims in custody has been viewed by millions after it was shared by an elected member of the ruling BJP party who praised their brutal actions as a...More
Warring parties Saudi Arabia and the Yemen's Houthi movement have resumed direct talks to discuss security along the kingdom's border and future relations under any peace deal with Yemen, two sources...More
U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a trip to the Middle East in July, in a break with his campaign pledge of making the kingdom a "pariah" as he...More
Qatar plans to pitch 1,000 "Bedouin style" tents in the desert for World Cup soccer fans, organisers said on Tuesday, as the state hopes to attract 1.2 million visitors, nearly half of its population...More
Britain vowed on Wednesday it would pursue its controversial policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda after a first flight was cancelled following a legal ruling, in an embarrassing blow to Prime...More
Authorities in India's Uttar Pradesh state have demolished the homes of several people accused of involvement in riots last week triggered by derogatory remarks made by ruling party figures about...More
Iraqi lawmakers from firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's bloc resigned on Sunday, the parliamentary speaker said, in a move ostensibly designed to up pressure to end an eight-month political...More
Morocco announced on Saturday it had banned a British film about the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, which Muslims in a number of countries have denounced as blasphemous. "The Lady of Heaven" will...More
Iman Vellani, who stars as Kamala Khan in the new Disney+ series “Ms. Marvel'' , has a conundrum. Now that she's a part of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), does she remove the Marvel posters from...More
Police in New Delhi said on Thursday they have filed a complaint against a suspended spokeswoman for India 's ruling party for "inciting people on divisive lines" on social media, days after her...More
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting that his country be referred to as “Turkiye”, the state-run news agency reported. The move is...More
Germany, the United Kingdom and France on Thursday urged Iran to “cease its nuclear escalation” and “urgently conclude the deal currently on the table” to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement. “There...More
Men in make-up and wigs twirl on stage in colourful robes to applause in Morocco , resurrecting the musical art of "Aita" and challenging gender stereotypes in the conservative Muslim-majority...More
A noisy backhoe digs up earth to uncover yet another mass grave in Iraq, human remains are exhumed and the forensics experts get to work on their grim task. A skull is freed from a layer of clay, a...More
UK cinema chain Cineworld has pulled all screenings of a film about the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad after Muslim groups protested outside theatres, calling the movie " blasphemous ". Cineworld,...More
About three weeks after Russian troops invaded Ukraine , Indonesian housewife Liesye Setiana was forced to close her banana chip business as cooking oil supplies dried up across the country. Millions...More
Before the three sisters and their children were found dead in a well, they left a message blaming the family they had married into. Kalu, Kamlesh and Mamta Meena were victims of a dispute over...More
The legal expert charged with re-writing Tunisia's constitution said on Monday he would present President Kais Saied with a draft stripped of any reference to Islam, in order to confront Islamist...More
Sudan's civilian bloc on Monday rejected UN-facilitated talks with the army to resolve a crisis sparked by last year's military coup, saying the meetings did not tackle the problem. The push for...More
Three non-governmental organisations (NGOs) said on Thursday they had filed a lawsuit at a Paris court against three top French arms' producers for alleged war crimes complicity in Yemen after...More
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Turkey over the arrest in 2017 of the head of the Turkish branch of rights group Amnesty International, ruling his detention was unlawful. The...More
A Pakistani movie featuring a daring portrait of a transgender dancer in the Muslim country on Friday won the Cannes "Queer Palm" prize for best LGBT, "queer" or feminist-themed movie, the jury head...More
An Irish court will rule on Monday in the trial of a former soldier accused of being a member of the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria who had expressed a desire to live under Sharia law and die...More
Those travelling to Iran will encounter a history and culture thousands of years old, impressive buildings, breath-taking nature – and overwhelming hospitality. By Felix Schlagwein
