In Iraq’s crumbling Basra, a yearning for a glorious past
When Iraqi merchant Jabar Mohamed was growing up in the southern port city of Basra, he liked to watch boats gliding along a canal...
Syria safe zone ‘up to Putin and Erdogan’, says Germany
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, both of whose forces are involved in fierce fighting in Idlib province on the Turkish...
Kushners near deal with Qatar-linked company
The company owned by the family of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is close to receiving a bailout of its flagship New York...
Aurat March in Pakistan gets green light
Aurat March, the country’s wide event, using the Urdu word for women, has been attended by tens of thousands over the last two years...
Hundreds of dead animals in Pakistan amid lockdown
Weeks into the shutdown of Pakistan’s largest cities, hundreds of caged cats, dogs and rabbits have been found dead inside pet markets hurriedly shuttered...
Seeing no end to power crisis, Gazans turn to the sun
Faced with power blackouts lasting anything from eight to 12 hours a day, residents and businesses in Gaza are increasingly turning to the sun...
Trump tests negative for virus
Following concerns over President Donald Trump’s exposure to Coronavirus, he has tested negative, his physician said.
Trump agreed to the test after coming in contact...
Aid airdrops to Syria's besieged are 'too dangerous'
As images and reports of starvation in besieged Syrian communities drew an international outcry and two rare aid convoys this month, an urgent question...
After almost a quarter of a century, Sudan appoints its first ambassador to the...
The U.S. government added Sudan to its list of state sponsors of terrorism in 1993 over allegations that Bashir’s Islamist government was supporting Islamist...
Ben Carson recasts role of Saudi Arabia in hunt for Osama bin Laden
The Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Sunday upended a widely accepted narrative of the hunt for Osama bin Laden that followed the 11...
