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Ban on Ramadan TV show for "insulting" Iraqis

A Palestinian family was in their home when the settlers set it on fire

As a child growing up in Cairo's Manshiyat Nasser, a shanty town also known as "Garbage City", Teresa Saeed spent her free time rummaging through the piles of rubbish...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be invited to the White House soon, US Ambassador to Tel Aviv Tom Nides, has claimed. Speaking to Israel's Army Radio this morning,...

Israeli authorities demolished 953 Palestinian structures in the Occupied West Bank last year, according to the European Union on Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. "In 2022, a total of...

The Palestinian Latin Forum has participated in the second conference of the Palestinian National Union (UPAL) held recently in Barranquilla, Colombia. The conference lasted for three days and was...

The Israeli Defence Chief whose dismissal by Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, brought the country's political crisis to a climax is remaining in office until further notice, aides said on...

A Moroccan theatrical performer has set himself on fire in front of the Ministry of Culture building in the capital, Rabat, after he was forced into retirement, Anadolu news agency reported. In...

The US Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday to advance legislation to repeal two decades-old authorisations for past wars in Iraq, as Congress pushed to reassert its role over deciding...

The Israeli occupation authorities today posted a demolition order for a mosque in the south Hebron Hills area, Wafa has reported. According to Rateb Jabour of the Wall and...

A group of British Jews have taken part in a rare interfaith initiative in Saudi Arabia where they were allowed to enter and plant palm trees in the sacred...

Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the film "Hotel Rwanda" about the 1994 genocide, has arrived in Qatar after being released from prison in Rwanda last...

The Egyptian military court of appeals has upheld the life sentences and hard labour for 254 Egyptians and commuted the sentences of 24 who have been accused of joining...

The improved bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran will "strengthen regional solidarity", China's President Xi Jinping told Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) on Tuesday, Anadolu News...

Egypt plans to offer tourists a multi-entry, five-year visa for $700 in a bid to boost tourism, the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities has announced. According to a report...

The number of divorces in the Sultanate of Oman is on the rise, an official at the Office of the Grand Mufti of the Sultanate has revealed. Sheikh Ibrahim...

The Arabic language edition of France-based Euronews has drawn ridicule on social media after a post on the news network's Facebook account mistakenly used an image of US Islamic...

Israel's embassies and consulates around the world yesterday joined a general strike intended to force Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to suspend his government's plan to overhaul the judicial system,...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian yesterday praised the role played by Doha in the negotiations for a nuclear agreement and the prisoner exchange file with the US. Speaking...

The European Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, said on Monday that his visit to Tunisia was a chance to "reaffirm our attachment to the values of democracy, inclusion...

The Lebanese army yesterday received the sixth batch of Qatari financial aid aimed at supporting the army amid the crisis facing the country, Anadolu reported. A statement issued by...

Amnesty International has accused the West of double standards in its dealing with human rights abuses. The rights group makes the allegation in its Annual Report for 2022 released...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani yesterday reiterated the need to help Tunisia overcome the difficulties it faces and address its financial situation by securing a loan from the International...

An Egyptian court has thrown out a lawsuit filed by residents of Warraq Island demanding that the Egyptian government compensate them for expropriating their lands. In the lawsuit, lawyer...

Confrontations have taken place between Israeli occupation forces and Palestinians as troops made a number of arrests in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem overnight. Fighting also took place...

A 24-year-old Algerian writer who calls herself 'The Blurred Girl' has caused a stir in Algeria and France after her books achieved a large number of sales and reads...

The National Salvation Front in Tunisia started a sit-in protest yesterday in solidarity with the "political" detainees held in connection with the so-called "conspiracy against state security" case, Arabi21...

Nearly 60,000 Syrians have voluntarily returned to their homeland after the February earthquakes, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said yesterday. Responding to recent reports about an influx of refugees...

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) yesterday warned that the Israeli ban on the entry of spare parts for medical equipment to the besieged Gaza Strip risks the...

The Turkish Foreign Ministry yesterday summoned the French Ambassador to Ankara, Herve Magro, to protest against the French Senate hosting members of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG)....

Pakistan yesterday strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces' raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque, expelling Muslim worshippers and violating the sanctity of "one of the holiest sites for Muslims". A statement posted on the...

Member of Hamas Political Bureau Abroad, Sami Abu Zuhri, said yesterday that Israel's expulsion of worshippers from Al-Aqsa Mosque is new proof that Israel has been waging a religious...