Iran sanctions, unrest hit Mideast growth: IMF
AFP | US sanctions on Iran, rising unrest in the Middle East and North Africa and oil price volatility are dragging regional economic growth, the...
Yazidis to accept IS rape survivors, not their children
AFP | Children born to Yazidi women as a result of rape by the militant Islamic State group fighters will not be permitted to join...
Awakening from decades-long coma ‘very rare’: experts
AFP | The case of a woman from the United Arab Emirates who regained consciousness after a 27-year coma-like state provoked by a brain injury...
There for Palestine: Qatar opens prosthetic facility in war-torn Gaza
News Desk | Qatar opened up its first prosthetic hospital and a disability rehab centre in the Gaza Strip on Monday, 12th May, overcoming obstacles that...
King restores citizenship of 551 Bahrainis after global outcry
AFP | Bahrain's king Sunday ordered the citizenship of 551 Bahrainis to be restored after his country was harshly criticised by the UN and rights...
IS claims attack on Saudi security base
AFP | Four men were killed Sunday in an attack on a Saudi security services base north of the capital Riyadh, official media said, as...
In war-torn Syria, an ancestor of Notre-Dame still stands
AFP | An arched entrance flanked by two towers, elaborate carvings and a broad-aisled nave: a 5th century limestone church in northwestern Syria is the...
Egypt bucks trend with vote to extend Sisi rule
AFP | In a referendum bucking the trend of the region's mini-Arab Spring, Egyptians are to start voting Saturday on constitutional amendments that extend President...
Civil War: Seven killed in shelling in Syria
AFP | Regime shelling killed seven civilians in Syria's jihadist-controlled Idlib region on Thursday, in the latest violence to threaten a seven-month-old truce, a war monitor...
Egyptian footballer Salah wants better treatment of women in Muslim world
News Desk | Egyptian footballer Muhammad Salah who is named amongst the Time's magazine ‘100 Most Influential People' has called for the better treatment of...
Trump vetoes bill to end US support for Saudi-led Yemen war
AFP | President Donald Trump on Tuesday vetoed a resolution from Congress directing him to end US support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, the...
Bahrain jails 138 for planning Iran-linked ‘terror’ group
AFP | The Gulf state of Bahrain Tuesday jailed 138 people and revoked their citizenship for plotting to form a “terror” group with links to...