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...
Can Iran help reach a lasting peace in Afghanistan?
Fatemeh Aman | Progress has been reported in peace talks between US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and the Taliban, but without the participation of the Afghan government, it seems...
City of Qom: Iranian blend of revolution and modernity
AFP | In the religious capital of Iran, the Islamic revolution still holds a powerful sway even as once-unthinkable signs of modernity creep into the...
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...
Iran women see new opportunities alongside old barriers
AFP | Saba was just 25 when she left her design job in New York to work on a project renovating an art gallery back...
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...
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...
Iran: One Revolutionary guard killed, five injured in militant attack
AFP | A member of Iran´s elite Revolutionary Guards was killed and five wounded in an armed attack in the restive southeast on Saturday, the...
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...