Somalia 's allies expressed alarm over the intensifying row between the country's president and prime minister as heavily armed factions patrolled parts of Mogadishu on Tuesday, raising fears that...More
The Indian government has refused to renew the foreign funding licence for a charity founded by Mother Teresa for not meeting eligibility criteria. The Missionaries of Charity, founded by the Nobel-...More
Lebanon 's president on Monday called for an end to a government boycott, implicitly criticising his ally Hezbollah for blocking cabinet meetings since October over demands to fire a judge. Lebanon's...More
Iran has marked the resumption of negotiations in Vienna on its nuclear programme with a demand for the lifting of international sanctions . "The minimum goal of this round of negotiations should be...More
"If I don't call you back, it's because I will be in England," Shakar Ali said in his last message to his family as he attempted to cross the Channel from France to Britain. But the inflatable boat...More
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that the country intends to double the amount of settlers living in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights with a multimillion-dollar plan meant to...More
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said on Sunday that women seeking to travel long distances should not be offered road transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. The guidance...More
Tens of thousands of Sudanese protesters rallied on Saturday two months after a military coup, demanding that soldiers "go back to the barracks" and calling for a transition to civilian rule. Waving...More
Afghanistan's national museum is once again welcoming visitors and exhibiting pre-Islamic artefacts with the Taliban's blessing – a stark contrast to when the hardliners ransacked and shuttered the...More
Umm Raghad's children don't have proper clothes or a furnace at home to stay warm during Syria's bitter winter, so they burn scraps of garbage to keep the biting cold at bay. "Every morning I wake up...More
Armed groups deployed in the suburbs of Libya's capital on Tuesday, sparking security fears ahead of an expected delay of presidential elections, as three key candidates met in the country's east...More
Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday, a judicial source said, after being tried on charges of spreading fake news. Blogger Mohamed Ibrahim and...More
The ruler of Dubai was on Tuesday ordered to pay his former wife and children around £550 million ($730 million) in what is thought to be the highest divorce settlement set by an English court...More
Israeli ministers on Monday approved adding the United States and Canada to its list of countries to which travel is banned amid the rapid, global spread of the omicron variant. Prime Minister...More
Turkey's troubled lira shed a further five percent against the dollar Monday, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cited Muslim teachings to justify not raising interest rates to stabilise the...More
Left in ruins by jihadists, Iraq's once-celebrated Mosul museum and its 2,500-year-old treasures are being given a second life thanks to restoration efforts backed by French experts. Ancient...More
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in crisis-ridden Lebanon on Sunday, hitting out at political leaders who "paralyse" the country in the face of its people’s suffering. “I have come with...More
Hundreds of thousands of people marched to the presidential palace in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Sunday in protest at the October 25 military coup, drawing volleys of tear gas and stun grenades from...More
France's interior minister said on Tuesday he had launched a procedure to close a mosque for up to six months because of the radical nature of its imam's preaching. Gerald Darmanin told the Cnews TV...More
Opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday slammed his decision to extend a months-long suspension of parliament, accusing him of dealing another blow to the country's nascent democracy...More
The UN has said there are "credible allegations" of more than 100 extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan since the Taliban took power in August, with most blamed on the country's new rulers. UN deputy...More
Armed with battle-tested drones, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been deepening defence ties with African countries ahead of a major gathering of the continent's leaders in Istanbul. The...More
French authorities said Tuesday they had formally identified 26 out of 27 migrants who drowned last month in a Channel boat accident, with most of them Kurds from Iraq. A statement from the Paris...More
Ziad Hilweh knew his family might die on the way. But the risk was worth it, he said, to reach the shores of Europe for a new start with his wife and three kids, away from the daily humiliation of...More
The United States on Friday imposed extensive human rights-related sanctions on dozens of people and entities tied to China, Myanmar, North Korea and Bangladesh, and added Chinese artificial...More
Libya's election commission on Saturday delayed publication of a final list of candidates for a presidential election scheduled in less than two weeks. It is just the latest twist in a UN-led effort...More
Iran's chief negotiator on Sunday reported progress on an agenda for talks with global powers over its nuclear programme, as Britain said the Vienna negotiations were Tehran's "last chance". Talks...More
Burkina Faso’s premier and government resigned on Wednesday as protests mounted against officials’ inability to combat a wave of jihadist attacks that have killed thousands. President Roch Marc...More
Hajji Wali Jan brought a half-dozen plastic containers to the well in Kamar Kalagh on a recent Friday – one of the handful of days each week he and those who live on his side of this Afghan village...More
In the northern Iraqi hamlet of Hassan-Jalad, almost every family has a story to tell about a time when a child, nephew or brother was lost to wartime munitions. Located near Mosul, a former...More
The number of journalists jailed around the world hit a new record in 2021, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday, with China and Myanmar having put a quarter of the...More
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation banning imports from China's Xinjiang region over its treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority, as tensions continue to escalate...More
A shocking and deadly mob attack on a Sri Lankan factory manager accused of blasphemy in eastern Pakistan last week prompted days of soul searching as the man's remains were flown to his home country...More
Less than four years after lifting a ban on cinemas, Saudi Arabia rolled out the red carpet on Monday in the Red Sea city of Jeddah for celebrities descending on the kingdom's first major film...More
The national security adviser of the United Arab Emirates met Monday with Iran's hard-line president in Tehran, a major visit for the Gulf Arab federation that has long viewed the Islamic Republic as...More
Rohingya refugees sued Facebook on Monday for $150 billion over claims the social network is failing to stem hate speech on its platform, exacerbating violence against the vulnerable minority. The...More
The death toll from the eruption of Indonesia's Mount Semeru volcano rose to 34 on Tuesday, the national disaster agency said, as aid was rushed to the affected region. The mountain on the island of...More
The United States announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics over what it termed China's "genocide" of the Uighur minority and other human rights abuses, prompting a fierce...More
A Libyan court ruled on Thursday that a son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi can compete in upcoming presidential elections, overturning a decision by the country's top electoral body to...More
The Council of Europe said Friday that it will launch disciplinary action against Turkey over its refusal to release from prison the prominent activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala, triggering a...More
France will sign several major deals with the United Arab Emirates on Friday, with two sources saying Paris could finally seal a multi-billion dollar Rafale warplane sale, as it looks to deepen...More
Bilal Alkale's family is among the hundred or so Syrian refugees in Denmark whose lives are on hold amid an insufferable legal limbo – their temporary residency permits have been revoked but they can...More
It was witnessing a tragedy that would change the course of Jose Antonio Benitez's life, prompting him to leave a lifetime of teaching to throw himself into full-time work with migrants. A Catholic...More
Candidates for Libya's presidential election have petitioned against the interim prime minister's bid and a Tripoli court is to examine their request, media reports said Sunday. Influential former...More
The last time 20-year-old Mohamed spoke with his father, who lives in Iraqi Kurdistan, he told him that he was about to cross the English Channel. That was on 23 November. The next day, France...More
Forced to flee fighting in Yemen's brutal war, Yehya Hayba and his family find themselves crammed into a desert tent with dozens of others, fearing the onset of winter. Hayba, his wife and their...More
World powers and Iran will gather in Vienna on Monday to try to salvage their 2015 nuclear deal, but with Tehran sticking to its tough stance and Western powers increasingly frustrated, hopes of a...More
At home in the Finnish capital, Ilona Taimela scrolls through hundreds of WhatsApp chats with her former pupils – pictures of animals, maths sums and simple sentences in English and Finnish. The...More
Several countries rushed to tighten restrictions after a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa, with Singapore and India announcing stricter border...More
Turkish police on Thursday fired tear gas to break up a protest in Istanbul by women demanding the country's return to a landmark international treaty, signed in the same city, that is meant to...More
A lawyer for Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya's late dictator, said armed men had prevented him lodging an appeal on Thursday against his client's disqualification from next month's presidential...More
Interpol elected an Emirati general accused of torture as its new president on Thursday, despite the concerns of human rights organisations who fear the agency will be at risk of exploitation by...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.
