German Chancellor Olaf Scholz brought up the brutal 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Saturday during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. "We discussed all questions...More
Police clashed with demonstrators trying to reach Iran's embassies in London and Paris on Sunday. French police used tear gas and employed anti-riot tactics to prevent hundreds of people protesting...More
More bodies have been retrieved from the Syrian coast after a boat carrying migrants aiming for Europe sank, raising the death toll to more than 50, a monitor group, Syrian and Lebanese sources said...More
The 25-year-old translator by day and trans drag performer by night felt overwhelming panic and anxiety when several thousand demonstrators gathered and marched Sunday in Turkey to demand a ban on...More
Actions by Facebook and its parent Meta during last year's Gaza war violated the rights of Palestinian users to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, political participation and non-...More
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid called on Thursday for a two-state solution to decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict and reasserted that Israel would do “whatever it takes” to stop Iran from...More
Five people were killed in Iran's Kurdish region on Monday when security forces opened fire during protests over the death of a woman in police custody, a Kurdish rights group said, on a third day of...More
Qatar has come under fire for the mistreatment of migrant workers, which includes low pay and dangerous conditions. FIFA says it has taken measures to protect workers. The majority of soccer fans...More
The leader of Tunisia 's Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennadha is set to be questioned on Tuesday by an anti-terrorism unit, his lawyer said, after another senior party member faced hours of...More
Lebanese depositors, including one armed with a hunting rifle, broke into at least four banks last Friday to demand their trapped savings, a sign of growing chaos in the small Mediterranean nation...More
Jordanian authorities have in the last four years intensified persecution and harassment of political opponents and ordinary citizens using a string of laws to silence critical voices, Human Rights...More
Protests persisted on Sunday and #MahsaAmini became one of the top hashtags ever on Persian-language Twitter as Iranians fumed over the death of a young woman in the custody of morality police...More
Egyptian authorities announced on Thursday the release of 46 detainees, including a prominent human rights lawyer, the latest to be freed from jail amid intensifying international attention. Tarik el...More
From record droughts to catastrophic floods, the world's worst climate hotspots are seeing a surge in acute hunger, according to an Oxfam report that called on rich nations to drastically cut their...More
Tunisia's president issued an electoral law on Thursday reducing, but not ending, the role of political parties in a reformed parliament that will have fewer powers under a constitution passed in...More
The United Arab Emirates did not qualify for the Qatar World Cup, but it will be a winner anyway if an overspill of fans floods its hotels, restaurants and planes. With little investment the UAE, and...More
Taliban authorities on Tuesday condemned UN accusations that they are violating the right of women to work in Afghanistan , insisting thousands are employed in the public sector. But Sharafuddin...More
Pope Francis said on Wednesday that God does not guide religions towards war, an implicit criticism of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who backs the invasion of Ukraine and has boycotted a...More
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday he was concerned that Russia could try to "stir the pot" in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia as the United States urged the two...More
Saudi authorities have arrested a man who claimed to have travelled to the Muslim holy city of Mecca to perform an umrah pilgrimage on behalf of the late Queen Elizabeth II. The man, a Yemeni...More
The World Health Organization warned Tuesday of a "very high" risk of cholera spreading across Syria after the country recorded its first cases since 2009. "The risk of cholera spreading to other...More
Pope Francis, warned by doctors not to travel to Ukraine, arrived in Kazakhstan in Central Asia on Tuesday for a three-day visit to promote dialogue and peace in the ex-Soviet region. The Argentine...More
Dozens of girls protested in an eastern Afghan city on Saturday after Taliban authorities shut their secondary schools just days after classes resumed, an activist and residents said. Last week, five...More
The Egyptian government has severely restricted environmental groups' work, leaving activists fearful of publicly scrutinising authorities ahead of the country hosting a crucial global climate summit...More
When a pronouncement by a religious scholar in Iran drove Iraq to the brink of civil war last week, there was only one man who could stop it: a 92-year-old Iraqi Shia cleric who proved once again he...More
Germany and Israel 's presidents will on Monday lead commemorations marking 50 years since the Munich Olympics attack, with hopes that a long-awaited compensation deal for bereaved families will help...More
Eight suspects go on trial on Monday over the July 2016 attack in the Mediterranean city of Nice, where a radical Islamist killed 86 people by driving a truck into thousands of locals and tourists...More
With a swollen belly, aching feet and her four-year-old daughter in tow, Fahmidah Bibi keeps an eye out for a doctor who is rumoured to be due a visit at the campsite she now calls home, after being...More
The Taliban declared Wednesday a national holiday and lit up the capital with coloured lights to celebrate the first anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan after a brutal...More
In the heart of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank , Palestinians with learning disabilities are front and centre at a new boutique hotel welcoming guests from across the globe. Showcasing their...More
Shelling targeted Baghdad's high-security Green Zone on Monday, a security source said, after Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said he was quitting politics, sparking chaos in which 15 of his supporters...More
An Iraqi museum is using computer technology and virtual reality headsets to turn back time, so visitors can explore heritage sites destroyed by jihadist fighters and in battles to defeat them...More
A huge relief operation was underway on Monday and international aid began trickling in as Pakistan struggled to deal with monsoon flooding that has killed more than 1,000 people and affected more...More
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday declared a "new, irreversible dynamic of progress" in their nations' ties, concluding a visit by Macron...More
Residents of Libya 's capital expressed shock and apprehension after weekend clashes between rival militias that left more than 30 people dead and reignited fears of a renewed conflict. "It was a...More
Germany and Morocco announced an end to months of diplomatic tension last Thursday and agreed to restart their relationship. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her counterpart Nasser...More
Sri Lanka tightened import restrictions on Wednesday with a ban on more than 300 additional items, as an economic crisis that has created months of shortages and toppled a president refuses to abate...More
"Shisha-abana," exclaims Bilal, a grocer in Mali's capital Bamako , in the national language Bambara: "Shisha is finished." His is a common reaction. An unexpected ban on hookah smoking in this West...More
Eight more grain silos at Lebanon's Beirut port toppled on Tuesday, succumbing to damage from a devastating 2020 explosion in the third such collapse in a month, agency correspondents reported. A...More
Members of the United Nations Security Council remained divided on Monday over whether to exempt some of Afghanistan's Taliban officials from a travel ban, diplomatic sources said. Under a 2011...More
A day after a landslide hit a Shia Muslim shrine in Iraq , hopes of rescuing further survivors are fading, officials said on Sunday. On Saturday, a hill collapsed on the Qattarat al-Imam Ali shrine...More
The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday that its ambassador to Tehran would resume duties within days, six years after ties were downgraded in support of Saudi Arabia. Ambassador Saif Mohammed al-...More
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has called on his country's partners to "clarify" their position over the disputed Western Sahara territory and offer "unequivocal" support. "I would like to send a clear...More
Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, authorities said on Monday, escalating political tensions in the country as he holds mass rallies seeking to...More
Indonesia celebrated its first independence day on Wednesday last week at its future capital in the ancient rainforests of eastern Borneo as the nation plans a move away from slowly sinking, traffic-...More
Israel and Turkey will restore full diplomatic ties and will re-appoint respective ambassadors, said Turkish and Israeli officials on Wednesday. The restoration follows years of strained relations...More
A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 27, an eyewitness and police...More
UN chief Antonio Guterres will meet the leaders of Ukraine and Turkey in Lviv on Thursday, following a deal reached last month that allowed the resumption of grain exports after Russia's invasion...More
Minorities have been drafted into forced labour in China's Xinjiang region in sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing, a report by an independent UN expert has concluded, in what it said could...More
Their campaign began in northern Mali a decade ago, advanced into the country's powder-keg centre and from there into neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso. Now, fears are growing that the ruthless...More
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in India's capital will be allotted apartments and provided with police protection, a government minister said on Wednesday, signalling a change in the stance towards...More
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sparked outrage on Tuesday when he accused Israel of committing a "Holocaust" against Palestinians during a Berlin press conference with German Chancellor Olaf...More
Italian prosecutors are seeking justice for Pakistani immigrant women allegedly killed because they refused marriages imposed by their parents. The cases highlight differences, often misconstrued as religion-based, between centuries-old immigrants’ cultural traditions and Western values prizing individualism.
