Category: 3. Middle East

Saada Arbane has lived without a voice since her throat was slit during the Algerian civil war. But now, the 31-year-old woman has vowed to make herself heard after she said a best-selling novel plagiarised her life.

Kamel Daoud’s novel “Houris”…

Palestinians in Gaza are starving as a result of a “deliberate, entirely engineered” policy being implemented by Israel, Oxfam said today.

Commenting on the recent Integrated Food Security Phase Classification…

The Arab Parliament has appealed to the UN secretary-general, the high commissioner for human rights, and the UNICEF executive director to take immediate and effective action to save Gaza’s children from dying of…

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani announced that Damascus will dispatch a special team to Sudan to assess the situation of Syrians currently residing there.

Al-Shaibani wrote: “In line with the directives of…

Police bodycam footage shows Newark Mayor Ras Baraka being arrested outside a detention centre in New Jersey, during a protest about US immigration. Officials claim he trespassed, but Baraka and witnesses say he complied with orders.

People in Pakistan and India have been celebrating a ceasefire after the most serious fighting between the nuclear-armed nations for decades. Life is slowly returning to normal in border regions as tensions linger.

Bayer Leverkusen’s Xabi Alonso poised to replace Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti, according to media reports.

Former Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso is set to become the club’s next manager on a three-year deal when he leaves Bayer…

Democrats and good government advocates say it is unethical and likely unconstitutional for Trump to accept.

The United States is discussing an offer from the royal family of Qatar to supply a luxury jumbo jet for use as a presidential plane.

US…

The opening arguments in the high-profile criminal trial of rapper and music mogul Sean Combs, better known by his nickname Diddy, are set to begin on Monday in Manhattan, New York.

The three-time Grammy winner has been in federal custody since…

A creeping Israeli presence is nothing new for the Bedouins who inhabit the arid hills east of Jerusalem, but a recently approved road in the area means the spectre of annexation now looms large.

Israeli authorities in March green lit the…