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Gulf Crisis

Saudi Arabia defies US pressure to end Gulf row

Gulf Crisis

U.S. President Donald Trump meets Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 10, 2018.

Saudi Arabia defies US pressure to end Gulf row

Israeli political crisis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu battles to save his weakened ruling coalition

Netanyahu battles to keep government afloat

Algeria Economy

A Naftal billboard shows prices at the entrance of the fuel station in the highway of Algiers, Algeria February 3, 2016.

Algeria backtracks on subsidy reforms before elections

Gulen extradition

US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen

US studying Gulen extradition to appease Erdogan

Turkey crackdown on activists

Since the attempted putsch in July 2016, Turkey has jailed 77,000 people as they face trial

Turkey detains academics, rights activists

Khashoggi killing

Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 after a struggle by lethal injection

US sanctions 17 Saudis over Khashoggi murder

Khashoggi probe

Jubeir rejected the Turkish demand for an international inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi FM rejects international probe into Khashoggi death

Palestine Refugees

Switzerland's Pierre Kraehenbuehl, UNRWA Commissioner-General, speaks about UNRWA's work in Geneva, Switzerland.

UNRWA says it is overcoming US funding cuts

Morocco - France

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Moroccan King Mohammed VI (C) attend the launch ceremony in Tangiers.

Macron in Morocco to inaugurate high-speed railway

Faux foreign issues and Trump’s battle for votes

Rashmee Roshan Lall

Hezbollah, Iran using card of Lebanese government formation

Arab minds search for greener pastures in the West

Erdogan’s face-off with the ‘enemies of the people’

Why a decisive victory in Hodeidah is crucial

Khairallah Khairallah

Turning Turkey into a ‘zombie’ nation of undesirables

Racism

Minority black Tunisians hope for greater equality

Racism

Race crimes are now punishable by three years in prison and a 5,000 euro (5,600 dollar fine).

Minority black Tunisians hope for greater equality

Sports

Decades ago, all of Iraq's 18 provinces had thriving female athletic scenes, with active clubs in different sports.

Iraq's Kurds pedal country’s top female athletes

Women

The Japanese side triumphed 2-0 on aggregate, after a goalless draw in Tehran, but for the reformist Etemad newspaper the clear winners were Iranian women.

Iranian women real winners at football final

Syria - Jordan

Damascus hopes the reopening of Nassib will boost its war-ravaged economy.

Jordanians dash into Syria for bargain shopping

Archaeology

gyptian archaeologists work inside a tomb in the Saqqara necropolis.

Ancient Egyptian tombs yield rare finds

Art

A picture taken at the Museum of Modern Art in Kuwait City on October 4, 2018, shows a sculpture by Kuwaiti artist Sami Mohammed.

Kuwaiti sculptors resist accusations of idol worship

Culture

A picture taken on October 28, 2018 shows the Umm al-Sultan Shaban mosque in the historical Islamic quarter of Cairo.

Egypt struggles to restore historic Cairo's glory

Food

More than what’s on a plate. A Palestinian man makes falafel, a traditional dish consisting of fried chickpeas, on a street in Nablus

Israel’s appropriation of Palestinian food

Iran Sanctions

Iranians were not holding their breath for a quick solution to the country's economic woes.

US sanctions hit ordinary Iranians

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