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A week has passed since Israeli forces attacked innocent worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque — the third holiest site in the Muslim world —using rubber-coated metal bullets, tear gas and...

Britain must act now to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in the war in Yemen, amid new evidence published by the US CIA report on Jamal...

The Biden administration in Washington is set to declassify an intelligence report which could be a vital step in the search for accountability over the murder of respected journalist...

US President Joe Biden could end the war in Yemen if he acts without delay. Democracy was at the core of his election campaign during which he pledged, inter...

The extent of the damage caused by Saudi Arabia's ongoing war in Yemen has been catastrophic, with innocent civilians bearing the brunt of this brutality. Last year alone there...

Yesterday's shocking scenes in Washington DC left the world reeling at the unprecedented sight of Trump supporters storming the Capitol Building. Rolling media coverage called the events many things,...

President Trump's shocking pardoning of the Blackwater guards is a testament to his lack of humanity and his failure to bring perpetrators of the law to account. On 16...

The authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested two Uyghur Muslims who face persecution and torture if they are deported to China. Such a move by the Saudis would be...

Yemen is facing an unprecedented high level of malnutrition in children due to severe food shortages, as a direct result of war and the coronavirus pandemic. The United Nation...

Two children were among four asylum seekers from the same family who were found dead in the English Channel this week as they tried to cross the busy shipping...

Two years since the brutal death of respected journalist Jamal Khashoggi, why has Saudi Arabia still not been held to account? Khashoggi, a veteran journalist from Saudi Arabia, was last...

After five years of conflict, the crisis in Yemen has reached an unprecedented level whereby children are battling life and death. UNICEF has declared a state of emergency for...

The Trump administration in Washington has attempted repeatedly to block investigations by the International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC) in Afghanistan and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. These investigations are...

The Italian government is facing calls to abandon its potential $11 billion arms deal with Egypt, which is notorious for its human rights abuses. Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di...

The war in Yemen has left many innocent civilians dead and is described as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Despite the ongoing scale of this brutal war,...

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Muslims around the world will experience an unprecedented Eid this year as for the very first time in history, Eid prayers in the mosque...

Saudi Crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman has admitted responsibility over respected journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder in a PBS documentary that is due to be aired next week. Frustratingly, despite...