The Egyptian authorities have blocked a website run by German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, according to a Cairo-based rights NGO. In a statement released late Thursday, the Arabic Network...

Hours after a deadly terror attack struck Barcelona, Spain, US President Donald Trump took to Twitter suggesting Islamic terrorists should be executed with bullets soaked in pig’s blood. The...

The UK government reportedly paid almost £2 million in aid and defence funding to security projects in Egypt which would go towards policing, the criminal justice system and the...

Catalan emergency services said six civilians and a police officer had been injured in an attack in the town of Cambrils, which police said was linked to Thursday’s Barcelona...

A manhunt was underway for the driver of a van that mowed through crowds of tourists on Barcelona’s most famous avenue on Thursday, killing at least 13 people in an...

The family of the deceased Sudanese activist Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim have issued a statement commending the hecklers that forced the Sudanese Prime Minister, Hassan Bakri Salah, and other government...

The Iranian army chief today held talks with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and military leaders in Ankara over defence issues, counter-terrorism and the Syrian conflict. In what is...

Sweden is sending soldiers to Somalia to fight piracy, The Local reported. Thirty-four soldiers will be stationed off the coast of Somalia as part of an international effort to...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced yesterday the appointment of former German President Horst Köhler as the UN envoy for Western Sahara. Köhler has more than 35 years of experience...

The United Kingdom has warned commercial ships of possible attacks launched from Yemen in the Bab Al-Mandeb waterway, Al Arabiya reported. The UK Maritime Trade Operations released new guidance...

The referendum of Kurdish independence from Iraq could “result in a civil war”, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mouloud Jawish Oglu warned yesterday. “We are looking forward to seeing the...

Turkey yesterday sent a memorandum to the German authorities demanding the extradition of a man who it says is a key suspect in the coup attempt which took place...

Over 300 refugees and migrants were rescued in seven dinghies off Spain’s southern coast after attempting to cross the sea from Morocco, the Spanish maritime rescue service said yesterday....

Four artists have cancelled their scheduled performances at an international festival in Berlin citing the festival’s partnership with the Israeli embassy and their support for the Palestinian call for...

Daesh has made a British female doctor of Sudanese origin the head of its regional health in Iraq following the death of the previous head during an airstrike in...

Some 40,000 Iraqi troops are preparing for military operations to retake the Iraqi town of Tal Afar from Daesh, the Anadolu Agency reported. Iraqi authorities have announced that the...