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Hotel hunting: mission impossible in tribal Iraq

In Iraq's Anbar province, visitors can be hard pressed to find a hotel room, as tribal...More

Cairo prosecutor orders arrest of TV host for "defaming police"

A Cairo prosecutor ordered on Sunday that a state TV talk show host be detained for four days...More

"Bittersweet victory" for Moroccan women facing domestic violence

A hotly-debated new law aimed at protecting women in Morocco against domestic violence does...More

Oscar-nominated gay love film banned in Tunisia

Tunisia's ministry of culture has banned the Oscar-nominated film "Call Me By Your Name", a...More

Oscar-nominated gay love film banned in Tunisia

Tunisia's ministry of culture has banned the Oscar-nominated film "Call Me By Your Name", a...More

EU-Morocco fishing deal valid as long as not applied to W. Sahara

The European Union's highest court ruled on Tuesday that an EU-Morocco fisheries deal was...More

Egypt's Sisi warns 'defaming' army and police is treason

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi told media on Thursday they should prevent defamation...More

Tunisian judges and lawyers protest against police 'pressure'

Tunisia's judges on Thursday postponed the beginning of court hearings for two hours across...More

U.S. makes new push for UN Syria chemical weapons probe

The United States is asking the UN Security Council to set up a new inquiry of chemical...More

Human Rights Watch: 'Big data' predictions spur detentions in China's Xinjiang

Chinese authorities in the far western region of Xinjiang are...More

Algeria breast cancer survivors shunned as 'half-women'

As if losing a breast to cancer was not traumatic enough,...More

Egypt calls for BBC boycott amid dispute over critical report

Egypt's government press centre called on Tuesday for Egyptian officials and prominent individuals to boycott the British Broadcasting...More

Russian truce plan fails to halt bombing of Syria's Ghouta

A Russian call for a five-hour truce on Tuesday failed to halt one of the most devastating campaigns of the Syrian war, where residents...More

Jerusalem′s Church of the Holy Sepulchre closed for second day as priests protest

The Jerusalem church built at what many consider the holiest site in Christianity remained closed for a second day on Monday to protest...More

New law brings hope to abused Tunisian women

After years of "manipulation" by her husband, mother-of-two...More

'Campaigning' for Egypt's presidential vote underway

Campaigning began in Egypt's presidential elections this weekend, a contest pitting a little-known, face-saving candidate against the...More

Syria's Ghouta reels from strikes despite ceasefire call

Desperate civilians trapped in one of the most ferocious...More

Turkey says UN Syria ceasefire won't affect Afrin offensive

Turkey on Sunday welcomed the unanimous demand by the UN...More

Morocco targets media workers after publisher held

Moroccan police on Saturday detained a journalist and summoned...More

Dutch parliament recognises Armenian killings as genocide

The Dutch parliament on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favour...More

U.N. Security Council to vote on Friday on demand for Syria truce

The United Nations Security Council will vote on Friday on a...More

For single Syrian women, search for soulmate comes up empty

Syrian student Nour wistfully examines her bare ring finger,...More

Egyptian court sentences 21 to death on terrorism charges

An Egyptian court sentenced on Thursday 21 people to death and...More

Relax and invest, Saudi prince tells investors after corruption crackdown

Three months after Saudi Arabia detained scores of people in a...More

Syrian regime pounds rebel enclave and sends fighters to face Turkey

Regime air strikes on Tuesday pushed the death toll from three...More

Yemen offensive threatens heritage site, warns International Red Cross

Yemen's historic city of Zabid is under threat as a government...More

Why the 'deafening silence' among French about anti-Semitism?

Francis Kalifat speaks in a quiet voice, yet his warning is an alarming one. "In our country we have reached the threshold of that which...More

300 arrested after Sufis clash with Iran police, killing 5

Overnight clashes between followers of a Sufi Islam leader and...More

German 'Islamic State' bride sentenced to 6 years in prison

A German schoolgirl who ran away to join the "Islamic State" terror group has been handed a six-year jail sentence in Iraq, according to...More

Syrian Kurdish official: deal for Syrian army to enter Afrin

Syrian Kurdish forces and the Damascus government have reached...More

Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan hospitalised in France

Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who was remanded in...More

Netanyahu warns Iran 'not to test Israel's resolve'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran "not to test Israel's resolve" in a speech delivered on Sunday at the Munich...More

New Indonesia web system blocks more than 70,000 "negative" sites

Indonesia has blocked more than 70,000 websites displaying "...More

Al-Qaida urges Egyptians to topple government as Egypt preps for vote

Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged Egyptians to topple...More

German-Turkish journalist Yucel released from jail pending trial

German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yucel, who was detained in Turkey a year ago, has been indicted for alleged security offences but a court...More

Morocco adopts law on violence against women

The Moroccan parliament on Wednesday, after months of heated...More

Saudi religious leader says Muslims can celebrate Valentine's Day

A prominent Saudi sheikh told a newspaper on Thursday that...More

Germany's Turks to file complaint against far-right politician

Germany's Turkish community plans to launch a legal complaint against a far-right politician for dubbing them "camel herders" and "caraway...More

Prominent Egyptian Islamist critic ordered held for 15 days

Egypt's state security prosecutor on Thursday remanded for...More

Pakistan bans charities linked to founder of militant group

Pakistan banned two charities linked to the founder of an...More

Austria's far-right Freedom Party sets up panel to examine its past

Austria's right-wing Freedom Party, which entered government in December, announced on Tuesday...More

Syria suffering some of worst fighting of war, UN warns

The United Nations says that the suffering of civilians in Syria has worsened since it called...More

Saudi Arabia stages its first mixed theatrical show

Last Friday theatre-goers in Saudi Arabia were treated to a show featuring female and male...More

Egypt arrests aide to barred presidential challenger

On Tuesday Egyptian police arrested former anti-corruption chief Hisham Geneina after he...More

Former cricket great Imran Khan seeks election glory in Pakistan

Clad in a tracksuit and ankle weights, Imran Khan lounges in a plush chair and announces this...More

Friend or foe? Assad quietly aids Syrian Kurds against Turkey

Syria's U.S.-backed Kurds are getting indirect help from an unlikely source in their war...More

Bulldozed Rohingya villages deepen fears Myanmar is erasing history

Aerial photos of Rakhine state have emerged that appear to show...More

Saudia Arabia to relinquish control of Brussels mosque

Saudi Arabia has agreed to give up control of Belgium's largest...More

'Spot a gay' list in Malaysian newspaper sparks outrage

A stereotype-laden checklist for spotting gay men and lesbian...More

UN refugee chief warns against 'internationalisation' of Syrian conflict

Head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, warned on...More

Turkey launches terrorism probe against Kurdish opposition leader

A day after being elected as the leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish...More

Egypt bars Arabic version of U.S. comedy over 'ethical' violations

Egypt has banned the Arabic version of U.S. comedy "Saturday...More

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