Europe's leading human rights court upholds France's ban on headscarves
Europe’s leading human rights court upheld France’s ban on headscarves in the case of a social worker who was fired because she refused to...
Chaos in Libya: It’s the oil, stupid
There seems no end to the bad news coming out of Libya.
UN-led negotiations to unite the divided country — it has two parliaments, two...
Britain’s report on Muslim Brotherhood contradicts U.S. views on group
The British government has issued a blistering report on the secretive Muslim Brotherhood, with findings that contradict some favorable U.S. views — including the...
Saudi Arabia anti-terror policy ‘praised globally’
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ’s successful anti terrorism policy has been praised worldwide, according to an official at Naif Arab University for Security...
Ethiopian-Israelis decry family separation as discriminatory
Zemenech Bililin has not seen her sisters in more than a decade, since she immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia with part of her family....
One in nine Afghans tested positive – Coronavirus
War-ravaged Afghanistan has conducted barley 9,000 tests for COVID-19 and has recorded more than 1,800 positive cases, meaning one in nine Afghans tested were...
Nearly 300 million students deprived of school amid Coronavirus outbreak
In an attempt to contain the spread of the Coronavirus, the authorities closed schools in more than a dozen countries on Thursday and almost...
Female Turkish novelist accused of Kurdish militant ties
In one of series cases which have fuelled concern among European Union states and rights groups about a deterioration in media freedom in Turkey,...
Jordanian killer was on a journey to "paradise or hell"
Days before he shot dead five people in a canteen during his lunch break, Jordanian police officer Anwar Abu Zeid sent a message to...
Russian crackdown on Muslims fuels exodus to ISIS
Security forces in Russia's southernmost republic of Dagestan keep devout Muslims under surveillance, routinely raid their homes and haul them to police stations to...
