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Saudis don’t know where Khashoggi’s body is: official

AFP | Riyadh does not know the location of dissident Jamal Khashoggi´s body, despite having detained the Saudi team that murdered him, a high-ranking foreign...

US pressed on Khashoggi amid report Saudi prince threatened ‘bullet’

AFP | US lawmakers threatened Thursday to take tougher action against Saudi Arabia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi amid a new revelation that...

Khashoggi murder ‘planned and perpetrated’ by Saudi officials: UN expert

AFP | A UN rapporteur probing the murder in Turkey of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Thursday the killing was "planned and perpetrated" by Saudi...

Netanyahu-Modi duo: A lethal combination

Abdul Rasool Syed | Modi’s visit to Israel on 4th July 2017 hit the headlines of national and international newspapers. It was the historic step...

Pope Francis holds historic public mass in UAE

AFP | Pope Francis held a historic public mass for an estimated 170,000 Catholics at a stadium in the capital of the United Arab Emirates...

Papal visit boosts UAE effort to redefine concepts of tolerance – Dr. James M Dorsey

Dr. James M Dorsey | The United Arab Emirates is projecting itself as a leader of the inter-communal and inter-faith harmony with the first-ever visit by...

Catholic migrants in the UAE abuzz ahead of pope’s visit

AFP | Like millions of his compatriots, Filipino migrant Ray Erwin adores Pope Francis. This weekend, he is counting down the hours to a historic...

After joining IS aged 15, German woman asks to go home

AFP | Four years after leaving Germany to live under the Islamic State group, 19-year-old Leonora has fled the jihadists' last bastion in eastern Syria...

Yemen’s abandoned churches, remnants of a fading past

AFP | Vandalised, caught in the crossfire, burnt to the ground: Yemen's churches, once filled by small but diverse Christian communities, are now abandoned after...

A struggle for rule of law: Detained Bahraini footballer catapults Thailand to centre stage – James M. Dorsey

Dr. James M. Dorsey | Mounting pressure on Thailand to release from detention soccer player Hakeem al-Araibi has not only refocussed international attention on alleged...

Pope Francis in historic Arabian Peninsula visit

AFP | Pope Francis is set for a historic trip to the UAE, the first-ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula, as he seeks to...

Catholicism in the Arabian Peninsula

AFP | Pope Francis's three-day trip to the United Arab Emirates Sunday marks the first time a pontiff has ever visited the conservative Muslim Arabian...