Charred walls, shattered windows, uncooked kebabs still on the counter – the blast that hit U.S. forces at this small restaurant in northern Syria has left residents fearful for the future. Wednesday...More
She is largely unknown in the United States. But the American anchorwoman for Iran's state-run broadcaster, detained last weekend by U.S. authorities, is a familiar face on its English-language...More
The mother of one of the British Islamic State militants suspected of murdering western hostages, lost a legal challenge on Friday that it was wrong for Britain to assist a U.S. investigation which...More
Pakistan swears in a new chief justice on Friday, opening the next chapter for the Supreme Court which has pursued an expansive agenda that has ranged from ousting a prime minister to pressing...More
Bangladesh has banned a film based on a 2016 cafe attack claimed by the Islamic State group that left 22 people dead, saying it would damage the country's reputation. The Film Censor Board denied the...More
The old quarter of Awamiya, a town on Saudi Arabia's oil-producing eastern shore that was once the centre of Shia protests, was levelled in 2017 following a security campaign against gunmen the...More
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, long wanted on genocide and war crimes charges, has rejected calls to step down in the face of mounting anti-regime demonstrations that have challenged his iron-...More
A radical cleric thought to be the spiritual leader of the Bali bombers will be released from prison on medical grounds, Indonesia's president said on Friday. Abu Bakar Bashir, 80, is believed to...More
Thousands gathered on Monday in Tunisia's capital as the country marked eight years since a democratic uprising ousted its long-time strongman. The rally came amid deepening economic troubles in the...More
The presidents of Turkey and Russia will meet in Moscow next week and discuss the U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria, the Turkish presidential spokesman said on Tuesday. Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan...More
Authorities in Mosul have begun demolishing a onetime icon of modern Iraqi architecture used by the Islamic State group to throw men accused of being gay to their deaths. Labourers and bulldozers on...More
The new special UN envoy to Syria began his first trip to Damascus on Tuesday, facing the daunting task of rekindling moribund peace talks and succeeding where his three predecessors failed. Geir...More
Dating back centuries, Algeria's pyramid tombs are unique relics of an ancient era, but a dearth of research has left the Jeddars shrouded in mystery. The 13 monuments, whose square stone bases are...More
A Saudi teen who caused an international sensation by defying her family and seeking asylum abroad on Tuesday vowed to fight for women's freedoms in her first public address since she was taken in by...More
Germany's domestic intelligence agency said on Tuesday that it will step up monitoring for political extremism in the far-right AfD party, a blow to the party in a busy election year. The five-year-...More
A Czech court jailed a 71-year-old man for causing two passenger trains to derail in 2017 and attempting to blame Muslim immigrants, local media reported on Monday. The Central Bohemian court...More
Syria's Kurds on Wednesday rejected a U.S. proposal for a "security zone" under Turkish control along the Syrian side of the two countries' border. Senior political leader Aldar Khalil said the Kurds...More
Anti-corruption campaigners have filed a lawsuit accusing Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi of abuse of power after he pardoned a jailed party official close to his son, a court official said on...More
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Saudi Arabia for talks on Monday on a range of Middle East crises, topped by the conflicts in Syria and Yemen, threats from Iran and the Saudi response to...More
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi landed Sunday in Amman where he discussed with Jordanian King Abdullah II about regional issues, against the backdrop of the United States seeking to build a...More
A "very, very happy" young Saudi woman who caused a sensation by defying her family and seeking asylum abroad was welcomed with open arms in Toronto on Saturday at the end of a dramatic but...More
Turkey on Monday vowed to continue fighting a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia which it views as a terrorist group after Donald Trump warned of economic devastation if Ankara attacks Kurdish forces as...More
The Western-backed Palestinian Authority is threatening to step up pressure on Hamas amid renewed tensions in Gaza, even as Israel allows a lifeline of Qatari aid to flow directly to the Islamic...More
It was a Saudi wedding like any other – clutching a decorative sword, the groom bobbed and swayed in a traditional dance. But there was one striking difference – a tiny guest list. Weddings in the...More
The head of the Thomson Reuters Foundation said Monday she's "sincerely worried" about a detained British-Iranian national going on hunger strike to protest her treatment in the Islamic Republic...More
Hundreds of people gathered in Morocco's capital Rabat late on Saturday to mark the start of the Amazigh new year with a sit-in calling on the state to make the celebration a national holiday. Home...More
Egypt's Al-Azhar university on Sunday said it had expelled a female student after she appeared in a video hugging a male colleague, accusing her of undermining the school's reputation. The video,...More
A 20-year-old student who disclosed the private data of nearly 1,000 politicians and others in one of Germany's biggest data breaches had expressed right-wing and anti-Muslim views on the Internet,...More
An 18-year-old Saudi woman's flight from what she said was an abusive family has rallied opposition to the kingdom's male guardianship system, still a major constraint on women despite the...More
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his country wants to turn upcoming elections for the European Parliament into a vote on migration. The goal for Hungary is to secure the majority of posts...More
Maryland's ban on contracting with businesses that boycott Israel tramples on the First Amendment rights of a software engineer who advocates for Palestinians, a Muslim civil rights group claims in a...More
At least a dozen protesters were wounded in clashes with police on Wednesday after several thousand factory workers rallied in Bangladesh to demand the implementation of a garment sector pay scale...More
Saudi Arabia is trying to ban child marriage through new regulations, but loopholes are leaving young girls in the deeply conservative kingdom unprotected, campaigners said on Thursday. The Shura...More
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed on Thursday that the United States and its allies would work diplomatically to expel all Iranian troops from Syria, urging Middle East nations to forge a...More
A Myanmar court on Friday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act, saying the defence had not provided sufficient...More
The United Nations has asked Australia to consider refugee resettlement for an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled to Thailand saying she feared her family would kill her, the Australian government said...More
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan rebuked Washington's national security adviser on Tuesday for demanding that his country not attack Kurdish fighters in Syria, accusing him of complicating President...More
The EU hit Iran's intelligence services with sanctions on Tuesday after accusing Tehran of being behind plots to assassinate regime opponents on Dutch, Danish and French soil. The move by the 28-...More
On Hadra al-Faqira's wedding anniversary, just weeks after she gave birth to a daughter, her husband walked out and took a second wife. She hasn't seen him since he moved down the road in their dusty...More
Panic is gripping thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees living in no-man's land on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, with daily clashes between Myanmar security forces and ethnic Rakhine insurgents...More
On Tuesday U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on a trip to Afghanistan and regional powers in a fresh bid to negotiate an end to 17 years of war. Khalilzad, who met Taliban representatives last month...More
A German Egyptian man who has been missing in Egypt for nearly two weeks has been detained by the Egyptian authorities. The Foreign Ministry in Berlin confirmed on Tuesday evening that the German...More
The Iraqi autonomous region of Kurdistan has denied statements by Human Rights Watch (HRW) that Kurdish forces torture children who are charged or convicted of Islamic State affiliation. The co-...More
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said his military was closely cooperating with Israel in operations against militants in Sinai, in the first acknowledgement by a senior official about such...More
Mehdi Nemmouche stands accused of carrying out Europe's first attack by an Islamist fighter returning from the war in Syria. But his journey from a French foster home to a Brussels court began not in...More
The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria will be done in a way that safeguards the defence capabilities of Israel and other allies, an aide to U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday. U.S...More
An 18-year-old Saudi woman fleeing her family barricaded herself inside a Thai airport hotel on Monday, refusing to allow immigration officials to escort her on to a flight to Kuwait and saying she...More
Egypt inaugurated a massive cathedral under heavy security on Coptic Christmas Eve on Sunday, a day after a deadly bomb blast near a church in the country where jihadists have repeatedly targeted...More
Algeria's interior ministry has defended moves to expel dozens of migrants as a matter of "national security", after the UN voiced concern over a group who went missing in the desert. The global body...More
The Palestinian Authority said on Sunday it was withdrawing staff from the Rafah border post with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip to protest against "brutal practices" by rival faction Hamas. "This...More
China will not back down on what it sees as a highly successful de-radicalisation programme in Xinjiang that has attracted global concern, but fewer people will be sent through, officials said last...More
A powerful Iranian council approved an anti-money laundering bill on Saturday, state media reported, a major step towards reforms that would bring Iran into line with global norms and could...More
The "Flower Men" – descendants of the ancient Tihama and Asir tribes – live a near autonomous existence in the foothills of the Halaba mountains that straddle the Saudi Arabian-Yemeni border. Taking orders from neither government, their lives are ordered according to the dictates of tribal law. By Eric Lafforgue
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