Russia's invasion of Ukraine is having a "deadly" impact and threatening security in the Arab world, particularly through spiralling wheat prices, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in...More
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's future looked increasingly in doubt on Wednesday after a key coalition partner switched allegiance ahead of a parliamentary no-confidence vote that could be held...More
Iraqi lawmakers were on Wednesday set to try for a third time to elect a new national president after two previous attempts failed because of boycotts by a Shia Muslim coalition. Half a year after...More
"I was supposed to go to study today, but now I'm going to a funeral," laments Shlomo Alperin, 23, still in shock from witnessing the most violent attack in years in greater Tel Aviv. From his flat...More
Talks on Yemen's devastating war started in the Saudi capital on Wednesday, but without the Houthi rebels , hours after the Riyadh-led coalition announced a ceasefire for the Muslim holy month of...More
Taliban hard-liners are turning back the clock in Afghanistan with a flurry of repressive edicts over the past days that hark to their harsh rule from the late 1990s. Girls have been banned from...More
Amnesty International on Tuesday slammed "war crimes" in Ukraine, as the civilian toll continues to rise after Russia's invasion, likening the situation to the Syrian war. "What is happening in...More
Within days of the Russian invasion, Western countries invoked international law, imposed crippling sanctions, began welcoming refugees with open arms and cheered on Ukraine's armed resistance. The...More
Moscow and Kyiv plan to start a new round of negotiations in Istanbul on Tuesday, some four and a half weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine started. The delegations from Russia and Ukraine...More
A Turkey-Israel gas pipeline is being discussed behind the scenes as one of Europe's alternatives to Russian energy supplies, but it will take complicated manoeuvring to reach any deal, government...More
Two Arab gunmen killed two police officers on a city street in Israel on Sunday and were then shot dead, as the U.S. secretary of state and three Arab foreign ministers visited the country for a...More
The Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes on Sunday on Yemen hours after Houthi rebels announced a three-day truce, with the UN chief condemning a surge in violence as the war enters its eighth...More
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas criticised on Sunday the West's "double standards" that he said penalised Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, while ignoring Israel's "crimes" against the...More
The Taliban have ordered airlines in Afghanistan to stop women from boarding flights unless accompanied by a male relative, aviation officials told journalists. The latest restriction on women...More
Israeli and Arab partners convened for a rare summit in Israel on Sunday attended by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who sought to reassure the U.S. allies over Washington's diplomacy with...More
Russia's war on Ukraine has drawn unprecedented sanctions that have seen it banned from most international sports in a Western-led break with the long-standing convention against politics mixing with...More
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday asked the European Union to relaunch talks for Turkey to eventually become an EU member, on the eve of a summit focused on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The...More
Leaders of Egypt, Israel and the United Arab Emirates met in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday for talks on the economic impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the growing...More
The Taliban ordered secondary girls schools in Afghanistan to shut on Wednesday just hours after they reopened, an official confirmed, sparking confusion over the policy reversal by the hardline...More
The moment Hussein got permission to work in Israel, the Palestinian resident of Gaza City said he was ready to quit university to seek the attractive wages offered for menial Israeli jobs. "I felt...More
A Lebanese judge charged central bank governor Riad Salameh with illicit enrichment on Monday, the first charge brought against the veteran governor, whose wealth is also being probed by authorities...More
Egypt devalued its pound by 14% on Monday after Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompted foreign investors to pull billions of dollars out of Egyptian treasury markets, putting pressure on the currency...More
A superyacht linked to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich docked in the Turkish tourist resort of Marmaris on Tuesday, a port source said, a day after another of his yachts arrived in nearby Bodrum...More
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that India was an exception among Washington's allies with its "shaky" response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Biden lauded the U.S.-led alliance,...More
A deal to restore the pact limiting Iran's nuclear programme is not imminent, but Washington is prepared to take "difficult decisions" to make it happen, State Department Spokesman Ned Price said on...More
Foreign ministers of Muslim nations began meeting in Pakistan on Tuesday as the country's leader trumpets his Islamic credentials while at the same time battling the most serious challenge to his...More
The Persian New Year known as Nowruz was not formally celebrated in Afghanistan for the first time in two decades due to the beliefs of the country's new rulers. The day, which falls on or around 21...More
British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and dual national Anoosheh Ashouri flew out of Iran on Wednesday, ending a long ordeal during which they became a bargaining chip in Iran's talks...More
Hardline Hindu groups are demanding restrictions on wearing the hijab in classrooms in more Indian states after a court upheld a ban on the traditional Islamic head-scarf in Karnataka state, worrying...More
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that talks were "moving forward" for the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been detained in Iran for almost six years. Johnson...More
When Afraa Hashem thinks back about living through the siege of Aleppo, she remembers how inventive everyone was. In late 2016, Syrian government forces had sealed off Aleppo's rebel-held eastern...More
When Aliya Assadi was 12, she wore a hijab while representing her southern Indian state of Karnataka at a karate competition. She won gold. Five years later she tried to wear one to her junior...More
Saudi Arabia has confirmed a 10-year travel ban for freed blogger and human rights activist Raif Badawi, who has become a symbol of freedom of expression around the world. Badawi, now 38, who was...More
Israel is grappling with how to deal with dozens of Jewish Russian oligarchs as Western nations step up sanctions on businesspeople with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. A worried Israeli...More
Iran claimed responsibility for missile strikes on Sunday on the northern Iraqi city of Erbil, saying they targeted an Israeli "strategic centre" and warning of more attacks. Kurdish authorities...More
Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant groups, the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom in its modern...More
As Tunisia's president prepares to re-write the constitution after dismissing parliament last year and ruling by decree, he has called for citizens' input by setting up a voluntary multiple-choice...More
Amid a roar of engines and clouds of dust, Sattar Amiri clambers into a pickup truck with his wife and infant son in a remote Afghan frontier town, ready for a perilous drive through the desert. Like...More
Israel's president heads to Turkey on Wednesday to meet his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the first visit by an Israeli head of state since 2007, as the countries seek to mend fractured ties...More
In deeply divided Bosnia, the country's Croats have unleashed new calls for sweeping electoral reforms along with threats of a potential boycott of upcoming polls, sparking fears that a new period of...More
In a neighbourhood of Iraq's capital, a gigantic poster of Vladimir Putin with the words, "We support Russia", was up for few hours before a security force arrived and hurriedly took it down. Then...More
Iranian officials said Russia's demands at talks on Iran's nuclear deal in Vienna are "not constructive", Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, citing an article in The Guardian...More
A mentally ill inmate from Guantanamo Bay has been repatriated to Saudi Arabia, the Department of Defence announced on Monday. Suspected of being al-Qaida's intended 20th hijacker for the September...More
The niece of French far right leader Marine Le Pen, Marion Marechal, on Sunday officially joined forces with a rival campaign for the April 2022 elections in a blow to her aunt's bid. Marechal, 32,...More
Nadia was just 16 when she was married off to a violent husband old enough to be her father – an ordeal thousands of Moroccan girls face every year due to a legal loophole. "I went through hell. But...More
Unable to assure global peace, the UN Security Council is consigned to a watchdog role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with little else to do but set more urgent sessions this week on the crisis...More
Iran's supreme leader on Tuesday said U.S. policies are to blame for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, calling for an end to the war that broke out last week. "The root cause of the Ukraine crisis is the...More
Jean-Jacques Kabeya is furious: like thousands of foreign students in Ukraine – from Africa, Asia and the Middle East – he has been stopped from leaving the country by its border guards. He and...More
They file into neighbouring countries by the hundreds of thousands – refugees from Ukraine clutching children in one arm, belongings in the other. And they're being heartily welcomed, by leaders of...More
Thousands of young Arabs who took up studies in Ukraine, often fleeing violence back home, are appealing to be rescued from a new nightmare – Russia's full scale invasion of the country. More than 10...More
The Taliban have clamped down on Afghans leaving the country as, separately, their forces continue a massive security sweep, going house-to-house across the capital on Monday in a "clearing operation...More
Turkey on Sunday officially recognised Russia's attacks on Ukraine as a "state of war" and said it was implementing an international treaty giving Ankara the power to limit warships' passage through...More
On August 15, 1947, India – which until then had been a British protectorate – became independent. Sophie Dissemond marks the 75th anniversary with a tour of the country.
