Despite last month's receipt from Israel of funds it owed, the Palestinian Authority still faces a financing gap that could top $1.8 billion, the World Bank said on Thursday. Palestinian president...More
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan warned citizens on Wednesday that anyone who goes to fight jihad in Kashmir will hurt the territory's cause, as anger simmers between Islamabad and New Delhi over...More
U.S. President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to "substantially increase" sanctions on Iran following the weekend attacks on Saudi oil facilities. "I have just instructed...More
The German daily Osnabruecker Zeitung comments on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strategy in the Israeli election. In an editorial on Thursday, the paper writes, in part: "Benjamin Netanyahu's...More
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that up to three million Syrian refugees can return to a planned "safe zone" in northern Syria if it is extended from Turkey's border to Deir al Zor...More
Hundreds of Algerians marched on Tuesday against an election called for December, chanting "we will not vote until the regime men are removed". The planned vote has set up a new phase in the showdown...More
France has offered to support the newly formed transitional government of Sudan with a grant of 60 million euros (66 million dollars), 15 million of which would be paid immediately, according to the...More
Known for acting on impulse, President Donald Trump has adopted an uncharacteristically go-slow approach to whether to hold Iran responsible for attacks on Saudi oil facilities, showing little...More
Jailed media magnate Nabil Karoui and independent law professor Kais Saied will advance to Tunisia's presidential runoff, sending the North African nation's young democracy into an unprecedented...More
Mohammad Zarqawi ambled around his narrow shop in central Damascus, filling plastic bags with colourful spices and herbs, their aroma spilling out into a dim market once bustling with customers. The...More
Egypt's president has angrily dismissed corruption allegations made by a businessman-in-exile against the country's military as "sheer lies and defamation." In viral social media videos posted over...More
Japan has not seen any intelligence that shows Iran was involved in the recent attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, Japan's new defence chief said on Wednesday. "We are not aware of any...More
Pakistan fired back on Wednesday at New Delhi's "jingoistic rhetoric" after India's foreign minister vowed to re-take Islamabad's portion of the disputed Kashmir region as tensions flare between the...More
Israel's two main political parties were deadlocked on Wednesday after an unprecedented repeat election, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing an uphill battle to hold on to his job. The...More
Alice Weidel, the parliamentary leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Germany, says members of the party suspected by German intelligence of extremism are an 'important part...More
A crowd in Pakistan ransacked a school and Hindu temple after a Hindu principal was accused of blasphemy, police said on Monday, the latest case to raise concern about the fate of religious...More
Malaysia's two oldest political parties signed a charter of formal co-operation on Saturday, presenting arguably the largest political platform for the majority Malay-Muslims at a time of simmering...More
Her high heels clacking on marble tiles, a defiant Saudi woman turned heads and drew gasps as she strutted through a Riyadh mall – without a body-shrouding abaya. The billowy over-garment, usually...More
The leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey are meeting in Ankara to discuss the Syrian conflict. Topping the agenda of Monday's meeting is the volatile situation in north-western Idlib province - the...More
Police say a senior pro-India politician and member of the Indian parliament has been arrested in Indian-controlled Kashmir under a controversial law that allows authorities to imprison someone for...More
Iran on Sunday denied accusations by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that it was responsible for a drone attack on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. Pompeo's insinuations were absurd and...More
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to hold on to power in Tuesday's historic repeat election as the shadow of various corruption charges loom over his future. Israel's attorney...More
Thousands of Sudanese rallied in the capital Khartoum on Thursday in the largest protest since the country's transitional government was announced, demanding the chief of the judiciary and general...More
An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced 11 Muslim Brotherhood leaders to life in prison on charges of espionage with the Palestinian group Hamas. The 11 defendants include the head of the outlawed...More
In a small office at the Pakistani Television Corporation (PTV) headquarters in Islamabad, producers are preparing to air a video interview of a Pakistani man and his Chinese bride. The woman in the...More
Benjamin Netanyahu may be Israel's longest-serving prime minister, but he will have to pull another rabbit out of his hat in Tuesday's elections. The 69-year-old is fighting his second election in...More
Barhoum Saleh's town is surrounded by Jewish settlements, the sign above his roadside mechanic shop is in Hebrew, most of his customers are Israeli and he needs an Israeli permit to visit the beach a...More
Saudi Arabia's crown prince hosted a delegation of American Christian evangelicals on Tuesday, state media said, the latest such visit as the conservative Muslim kingdom seeks to repair its image of...More
As he watched a campaign bus pull into town plastered with slogans and posters for one of the 26 candidates for president, Mondher Jawad slapped his hands with fury while the woman next to him...More
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his intention on Tuesday to annex the Jordan Valley, a large swathe of the occupied West Bank, if he wins a closely contested election just a week...More
Pakistan's foreign minister demanded on Tuesday that the UN launch an international investigation into the situation in Indian Kashmir, warning of the risk of "genocide" in the Muslim-majority region...More
John Bolton's departure from the White House removes an obstacle to the possibility of U.S.-Iranian nuclear talks, but the odds of such a dialogue leading anywhere remain low, current and former U.S...More
The sound of the blast ripped through Kabul, in an instant wrenching the Afghan capital's attention from a nationally televised interview in which a United States envoy revealed the first details of...More
The German daily Allgemeine Zeitung comments on the ousting of U.S. national security advisor John Bolton. In an editorial on Wednesday, the paper writes, in part: "The sacking of Bolton has made the...More
The UN rights chief on Monday voiced alarm over the situation in Kashmir , following India's decision to revoke the autonomous status of the Muslim-majority region last month. "I am deeply concerned...More
Afghans are bracing for a possible new wave of Taliban violence after President Donald Trump abruptly called off talks with the insurgent group, which vows to continue its fight against what it calls...More
Tens of thousands of protesters piled once again onto the streets of the Algerian capital and other cities last Friday with many rejecting the army chief's call for presidential elections before the...More
Australia ordered Internet providers on Monday to block eight websites that published content linked to the Christchurch mosque massacre – a first under new censorship rules. After the alleged gunman...More
Iran's atomic agency chief hit out Sunday at European powers, saying their broken promises gave the Islamic republic little choice but to scale back its commitments under a nuclear deal. Ali Akbar...More
Tunisia has long been seen as a pioneer for women's rights in the Arab world, but on the eve of presidential elections, women are calling this reputation into question. "Men promise a lot to women...More
Authorities on Sunday tightened a month-long security lockdown in Indian Kashmir's main city of Srinagar after breaking up religious processions by Shia Muslims who defied a ban. A military clampdown...More
India's home affairs minister on Sunday said his government "will not allow a single illegal immigrant to stay", as he visited Assam state where a controversial citizenship register sparked uproar...More
The bell of St. John's Catholic high school, next to the cathedral in Antsiranana in northern Madagascar, sounds for the noon break, and hundreds of students pour into the street. Among them is...More
Iran has rejected an offer of a $15 billion loan by European countries aimed at protecting its economy from sanctions reimposed by the United States , its state-run Press TV reported on Wednesday...More
The United States , Britain and France may be complicit in war crimes in Yemen by arming and providing intelligence and logistics support to a Saudi-led coalition that starves civilians as a war...More
A partnership between the U.S. Census Bureau and an Islamic civil rights group has ended just days after it was announced, following a backlash from conservative media. The Department of Commerce -...More
Mobile phone operators have been asked to stop providing services to Rohingya Muslims living in migrant camps in Bangladesh, officials said on Monday. Nearly 750,000 Rohingya Muslims crossed into...More
The table running across Samya Khasro's living room wall is a shrine to the missing: flickering candles and fading photographs of her 26 Iraqi relatives who vanished 35 years ago. Khasro, who hails...More
Dr. L.N. Dhar vividly remembers the cold morning in Kashmir nearly 30 years ago. He left behind his plush bungalow and a prestigious job at a government hospital, becoming a refugee on the run almost...More
Voters who supported the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in elections in two eastern states have knowingly helped to put "right-wing extremists" in power, the chairman of the Central Council...More
If British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has his way, Magid Magid will be out of a job come 31 October. But the 30-year-old European Parliament representative for the Green party isn't too worried...More
On the face of it, Algeria's state-dominated economy has weathered six months of turmoil well, with flightloads of public sector workers heading abroad for holidays even as protesters who ousted the...More
Behind a suffocating political system and inquisitive cliches, Iranian youth dream of a break with the system while proudly defending their culture. By Gwenvaël Engel
The German Islam Scholar Lamya Kaddor
Why I as a Muslim Woman Don't Wear a Headscarf
Jordan and the influx of refugees
The true Samaritans
Muslims in Liberal Democracies
Why the West Fears Islam
The decline of Islamic scientific thought
Don't blame it on al-Ghazali
The Media and ''The Innocence of Muslims''
Against the Islamisation of Muslims
Turning away from Shia in Iran
''A Tsunami of Atheism''