Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday announced the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and called early legislative elections as the North African nation struggles with health...More
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday the alliance decide to expand a NATO training mission in Iraq from 500 to around 4,000 personnel while defence ministers of member states held...More
The Biden administration said on Thursday it’s ready to join talks with Iran and world powers to discuss a return to the 2015 nuclear deal. It’s also reversed the Trump administration’s determination...More
The daughter of Dubai's ruler says she is being held captive and fears for her life after a foiled attempt to fle e, according to footage broadcast on Tuesday. Sheikha Latifa has not been seen in...More
Iran's millions-strong legion of gamers revel in online worlds, but they have to fight daily real-life obstacles imposed by U.S. sanctions in their quest to level up and keep playing. "It's a problem...More
For those needing space to do business in Libya, a country beset by frequent blackouts and Internet cuts after a decade of war, co-working has become increasingly popular. Overcoming both...More
Hamas on Tuesday blasted Israel's refusal to allow some 2,000 coronavirus vaccine doses destined for Gaza health workers through its blockade of the territory as a "violation" of international law...More
Libyans on Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of their 2011 uprising that led to the overthrow and eventual killing of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi. The day comes as Libyans have their eyes on a...More
France's National Assembly approved on Tuesday a law to fight Islamist extremism and separatism in an attempt to tackle the root causes of jihadist violence – in response to a wave of attacks that...More
President Joe Biden plans to shift U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia and will conduct diplomacy through Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz rather than his powerful son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,...More
A Pakistani lab will soon receive Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for commercial sale, a company official said on Sunday, making Pakistan one of the first countries to market shots privately as...More
Hundreds of oil and gas tankers have been destroyed by fire in a "catastrophe" at Afghanistan's biggest trade crossing with Iran, causing millions of dollars of losses, officials said on Sunday. The...More
One of the world's few female whirling dervishes, Rana Gorgani has opened up Sufism to a wider audience, and is now making surprising spiritual connections over Zoom thanks to the pandemic. French -...More
Israeli environmentalists are warning that a UAE -Israeli oil pipeline deal threatens unique Red Sea coral reefs and could lead to "the next ecological disaster". The agreement to bring Emirati crude...More
Lebanon received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday with aid from the World Bank, which said it would monitor the inoculation drive to ensure the shots go to those most in need. About...More
France and five allies gather on Monday to discuss the Sahel's jihadist insurgency, with Paris looking for support enabling it to cut French troop numbers in the strife-torn region. Leaders of the so...More
Dozens were killed in overnight clashes in Yemen as Iran -backed Houthi rebels intensified attacks to seize the government's last northern stronghold, officials said on Sunday. Earlier this month,...More
The U.N. counter-terrorism chief on Wednesday urged the repatriation of tens of thousands of women and children suspected of links to the Islamic State extremist group, warning that many are being...More
China's broadcasting regulator has banned BBC World News, accusing it of flouting guidelines over a hard-hitting report on Beijing's treatment of the country's Uighur minority. The decision came just...More
Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi clashed with police on Friday as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations in defiance of the junta’s call to halt mass...More
Wearing a bowler hat and familiar toothbrush moustache, Pakistan's Usman Khan darts through traffic swinging a cane, teasing motorists and shopkeepers for laughs and a few rupees with a Charlie...More
A deal reached between Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas to hold elections is aimed at renewing confidence in Palestinian governance ahead of a diplomatic push and talks with Israel, experts said...More
Prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released from a Saudi prison on Wednesday after nearly three years behind bars, her sister said in a Twitter post, in a case that had drawn...More
Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday targeted Abha International Airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, causing a civilian plane on the tarmac to catch fire, the kingdom's state television reported, an...More
A Sudanese businessman on Sunday defended hosting an interfaith event to promote religious tolerance in the Muslim-majority country that also included Jews, Christians and Hindus. Critics from an...More
The family of prominent Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul expects her to be released from prison as soon as Thursday after nearly three years in jail, her sister said, as the Biden...More
Twenty-six men arrived in Kabul early on Wednesday after being deported from Germany, an official from the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said. The chartered flight landed at 6:35 am (...More
Protests spread across Myanmar on Wednesday after the most violent day in demonstrations against a coup that brought to a halt a tentative transition to democracy under elected leader Aung San Suu...More
Bent over a century-old machine, Tunisia's sole artisan pipe-maker Anis Bouchnak carves smoking pipes from native briar wood, a craft passed down by his grandfather and father. "I am proud to be the...More
Libya has Africa's largest proven oil reserves and only seven million people, but a decade of bloody conflict has left its economy shattered and its population mired in poverty. The dinar has crashed...More
The UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to agree on a joint declaration on war-torn Syria, capping a day of negotiations in which the organisation's special envoy to the country called to jump-...More
Fenced in by riot police, Zeynep Kurbanzade stands with her university classmates in daily protests against the rector picked by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled Turkey since she was...More
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in court on Monday to formally respond to corruption charges, as his trial enters an intensified phase six weeks before he faces re-election...More
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged farmers to end their over two-month long protest against agricultural reforms, assuring them that a mechanism of floor prices for key crops would...More
With Lebanon's economy in a tailspin and the coronavirus pandemic wreaking chaos, panic-buying has gripped pharmacies, creating shortages and a flourishing black market. All manner of pharmaceutical...More
U.S. President Joe Biden has made clear he will not unilaterally lift sanctions against Iran, saying it must first adhere to its nuclear deal commitments despite demands on Sunday from the Islamic...More
Massive crowds joined anti-coup protests across Myanmar on Monday as workers went on a nationwide strike, demanding the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the return of democracy. In the...More
Fourteen people were confirmed dead on Monday and at least 170 others were still missing after a chunk of glacier broke off and unleashed a devastating flash flood in India, officials said. The wall...More
It’s Saturday night in Jerusalem and a group of protesters dressed in fluorescent pink are preparing to join a weekly demonstration outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official...More
Four people were formally arrested as part of an investigation into protests against President Tayyip Erdogan’s appointment of a rector at one of Turkey’s top universities, an Istanbul prosecutor’s...More
Indonesia has banned schools from forcing girls to wear Islamic "hijab" headscarves after the case of a Christia n pupil pressured to cover up sparked outrage in the world's most populous Muslim...More
The leader of al-Qaida's Yemeni affiliate has been under arrest for several months, according to a United Nations report released on Thursday. The document said Khalid Batarfi, the leader of al-Qaida...More
Days before he was gunned down on a Kabul street, democracy activist Mohammad Yousuf Rasheed had made up his mind to move his family to Turkey, joining scores of other high-profile Afghans fleeing...More
President Joe Biden announced on Thursday the United States was ending support for a grinding five-year Saudi-led military offensive in Yemen that has deepened suffering in the Arabian peninsula’s...More
Egypt has released Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein after more than four years in detention on accusations of publishing false news, a security source said Friday. Hussein, an Egyptian national...More
Lokman Slim, a prominent Lebanese Shia publisher who criticised Iran -backed Hezbollah, was found shot dead in a car in southern Lebanon on Thursday, two security sources and his family said. A judge...More
French lawmakers debated a bill on Monday they hope will uproot radical Islam in the country, beliefs that authorities maintain are creeping into public services, associations, some schools and...More
A coalition of 180 rights group on Wednesday called for a boycott of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics tied to reported human rights abuses against ethnic minorities in China. The games are to open...More
Seventy six of 105 people detained over protests against President Tayyip Erdogan’s appointment of a rector at one of Turkey’s top universities were released, the Istanbul Governor’s office said on...More
For Tahani al-Rifi, a 34-year-old Palestinian thyroid cancer patient, her twice-monthly trips out of Gaza for iodine radiotherapy had offered hope that she could beat the illness. But restrictions...More
The UN's top court will rule on Wednesday whether it can take on Iran's bid to overturn U.S. nuclear sanctions, reimposed by the administration of former U.S. president Donald Trump. Tehran dragged...More
Married at the age of 12, rejected at 16, and then disfigured in an acid attack, Al-Anoud Hussain Sheryan's fate is a shocking illustration of abuse in a society beset by war and poverty. Now aged 19...More
Muslim men engaged in long hours of hard labour deep underground in a coal mine in Bosnia still find the strength to fast. Kemal Softic accompanied them down the mine
