Jihadists aligned to the Islamic State group have killed 11 villagers in two separate attacks in Nigeria 's northeast Borno state, militia leaders said on Wednesday. Fighters from the Islamic State...More
Migrants who head to the United Kingdom often see it less as a panacea than a last-ditch means-to-an-end, says Matthieu Tardis, an expert in migration policy at the French Institute of International...More
A Pakistani ruling party parliamentarian has introduced legislation seeking to jail anyone who "ridicules or brings into disrepute or defames" the military, according to records posted on parliament'...More
Attempts by Lebanon 's prime minister-designate Mustafa Adib to form a government to deal with the country's economic woes have hit snags, a source confirmed to dpa on Wednesday. Adib, a former...More
Germany said on Tuesday that it will take in more than 1,500 refugees from Greece on top of the 150 unaccompanied minors whose camp burned down on the island of Lesbos as Berlin tried to rally a...More
Britain said on Wednesday that it had repatriated a child from Syria , one of dozens of British children thought to be trapped in the war-torn country. British officials have previously faced...More
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Tuesday demanding that all countries enforce the widely violated UN arms embargo on Libya and withdraw all mercenaries from the North African nation...More
Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni was jailed for two years on appeal on Tuesday, amid a crackdown on dissent following a year of anti-government demonstrations. Drareni, 40, was sentenced in August...More
India confirmed more than 83,000 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing its total caseload to nearly 5 million. The Health Ministry also reported 1,054 new deaths, driving total fatalities up to...More
The lead-up to Myanmar 's general election is marked by possible new crimes against humanity, discrimination of minority voters and a crackdown on civil society, UN human rights chief Michelle...More
Working conditions are so bad for some medics in Morocco handling a surging coronavirus outbreak that they have staged protests against inadequate staffing and poorly equipped facilities. The kingdom...More
The US peace envoy for Afghanistan was in Pakistan on Monday to express his gratitude for Islamabad's role in helping launch the much-awaited negotiations between the Taliban and Afghan...More
The US announced on Monday that it would block a range of Chinese products made by "forced labour" in the Xinjiang region, including from a "vocational" centre that it branded a "concentration camp"...More
The president of the German Bishops' Conference, Georg Baetzing, has called for an interreligious holiday to be introduced in Germany . A day of togetherness and reflection would be good for Germany...More
A second fire in Greece's notoriously overcrowded Moria refugee camp destroyed nearly everything that had been spared in the original blaze, Greece 's migration ministry said on Thursday, leaving...More
Doctors in Indonesia 's capital warned on Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic is "not under control" with Jakarta intensive care units nearing full capacity and the city ordering new lockdown...More
Myanmar' s military has sought to undermine the confessions of two soldiers who said they were ordered to "exterminate" Rohingya Muslims before taking part in the massacre of scores of men, women and...More
The United States will pull thousands of troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan by November, the top American commander for the Middle East said on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump tries to make good...More
A Saudi Arabian court on Monday jailed eight people for between seven and 20 years for the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi , state media reported, four months after his family forgave...More
Myanmar's election campaign began on Tuesday with Aung San Suu Kyi's party tipped for victory, with the Nobel laureate much loved at home despite her reputation shattered overseas , although she is...More
India and China accused each other on Tuesday of making provocative military moves and firing warning shots along their disputed border despite talks to end the escalating tensions . China said that...More
When it comes to Lebanon , the US and France have similar outlooks, but one major point of difference involves the Hezbollah movement – shunned by Washington but tolerated by a pragmatic Parisian...More
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Monday for a knife attack in Tunisia which killed one National Guard officer and wounded another, as security forces rounded up more suspects. The...More
Cyprus said on Monday that it will send a team to Lebanon to help authorities stop boats with migrants including from war-torn Syria heading for the Mediterranean island after several recent attempts...More
The European Union warned Serbia and Kosovo on Monday that they could undermine their EU membership hopes by moving their Israeli embassies to Jerusalem, as US President Donald Trump 's surprise...More
Saudi Arabia supports a "fair" solution for the Palestinian cause, King Salman has told Donald Trump in a phone call, as the US President praised the kingdom for opening its airspace to Israel-UAE...More
Lebanon 's top Christian cleric said on Sunday that a new government must deliver urgent economic and other reforms in the national interest, rather than returning to past corrupt ways that have...More
As a months-long military stand-off between India and China along their disputed mountain border protracts, experts warn that the nuclear-armed countries – which have already engaged in their...More
Algeria 's new constitution, due to be put to a referendum on 1 November, would meet demands by a protest movement that ousted veteran president Abdelaziz Bouteflika last year , President Abdelmadjid...More
Delegates from Libya 's rival administrations met for talks on Sunday in Morocco , more than two weeks after the two sides announced a surprise ceasefire. The meeting, held at the initiative of...More
Leaders of Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas movement, both enemies of Israel, have met to discuss diplomatic normalisation between the Jewish state and Arab countries, a report said on...More
Turkey on Sunday voiced disappointment over majority-Muslim Kosovo's decision to recognise Israel and set up its mission in Jerusalem. A vocal advocate of the Palestinian cause, Turkey became one of...More
Nearly 300 members of Myanmar's ethnic Rohingya minority landed in Aceh province on Indonesia 's Sumatra island early on Monday after months at sea, a Red Cross official said. Locals immediately...More
The death toll from a suspected gas explosion and fire at a mosque outside the capital of Bangaldesh has risen to 24, with the authorities starting an investigation into the blast, officials said on...More
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that the UAE-Israel normalisation accord represents a step towards regional peace by preserving Palestinian rights and Israeli security. The...More
NATO said on Thursday that Greece and Turkey had agreed to talks to ease their dispute over eastern Mediterranean borders and energy rights, but Athens swiftly denied any deal on negotiations...More
The Afghan government has accepted a proposal to put mothers' names on their children's birth certificates, in a rare win for women's rights activists in the deeply conservative country. Campaigners...More
Judges will decide on Friday whether to overturn the racial incitement conviction of Dutch politician Geert Wilders, the right-wing populist who led supporters in chanting that they wanted fewer...More
Facebook has banned a politician from India's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the centre of allegations that the social media giant did not apply hate speech rules to members of the...More
Lebanon's army said on Thursday it had found 4.35 tonnes of ammonium nitrate near the entrance to the Beirut port, the site of a huge blast last month caused by a large stockpile of the same highly...More
The Afghan government has despatched a "technical team" to Qatar to prepare for long-delayed peace talks as authorities pressed ahead with the release of Taliban inmates, officials said on Wednesday...More
On Sudan's Tuti Island, where the Blue and White Nile meet, the highest river waters since records began have left people struggling to hold back the rising floods. Wedged between the twin cities of...More
Buried in the rubble of Beirut’s collapsed buildings one month after twin explosions at the city’s port tore through the capital, rescue workers miraculously find signs of life. Prompted by signs of...More
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on Tuesday for the suspension of lawyers accused of links to terrorism, following protests over the death of a hunger-striking lawyer last week. Ebru Timtik...More
Tunisian lawmakers approved Hichem Mechichi as the country's new prime minister after pressing him for 11 hours over how he will bring the country out of an economic and social crisis that has driven...More
The United States will lift a 33-year arms embargo on Cyprus and deepen its security cooperation with Nicosia, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, prompting an angry response from...More
Lebanon's prime minister designate Mustapha Adib was to kick off talks on Wednesday on forming a crisis government within two weeks to begin enacting desperately needed reforms in the disaster-hit...More
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Iraq on Wednesday for an official visit, the state-run Iraqi news agency reported. Macron, who has been in Lebanon for the past two days, said the trip to...More
Their nation born of revolt against Church and Crown, the French have long cherished provocation and irreverence as part of their revolutionary identity. And with it the freedom to blaspheme. But...More
The trial of the deadly January 2015 terrorist attacks on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, police officers and a kosher supermarket opens in a Paris court Wednesday after five years of...More
Jordanian authorities should immediately release and drop abusive charges against Emad Hajjaj, a cartoonist, says Human Rights Watch. Jordanian authorities arrested Hajjaj on 26 August 2020, for...More
Tensions in the Norwegian capital came to a head when an anti-Islam protester ripped pages from the Koran. Police used tear gas to keep rival groups separated, arresting nearly 30 people. Clashes...More
The Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos has burned to the ground. The situation is dire, but it was already grave before fire swept through Europe's largest and most overcrowded refugee camp.
