UN rights monitor on Palestinian territories quits over lack of access
The UN expert on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories resigned Monday, complaining that Israel had never granted him access to...
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...
Turkey earthquake death toll reaches 31
Friday’s main quake hit at 8:55 p.m. local time (1755 GMT).
Turkish rescue teams continued to pull survivors from collapsed buildings Sunday.
More than a day...
List of Arabic & International sports events affected by Coronavirus
Doha Diamond League in Qatar on April 17 postponed.
London Marathon on April 26 postponed to Oct. 4.
Madrid Marathon on April...
Political paralysis leaves Palestinians questioning their future
As Israel frets about the lifting of sanctions on Iran and its troubled relations with the European Union, on the other side of the...
What the West should have learned from its long ‘war on terror’
Behind President Barack Obama’s Sunday night speech lies an awkward reality. Ever since 9/11, the West has been fighting two in some ways separate,...
ISIS double standards sow growing disillusion
Mohammed Saad, a Syrian activist, was imprisoned by the Islamic State group, hung by his arms and beaten regularly. Then one day, his jailors...
High-profile Islamic militant executed in Egypt
Hisham el-Ashmawi, a former Egyptian special forces officer turned Islamic militant, was executed on Wednesday.
He was sentenced to death by a military court in...
Anti-ISIS coalition must 'tighten noose' in Syria: U.K Defense Minister Michael Fallon
The coalition of countries fighting so-called Islamic State (ISIS) must focus on a "tightening of the noose" around its Syrian heartlands, UK defence minister...
Jood Al-Harthi becomes a role model for scholarship students
JEDDAH: A Saudi scholarship student has made her country proud by graduating with an LLB from Swansea University’s College of Law.
Hailing from Riyadh, Jood...
