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As many as 41 Kuwaiti lawmakers condemned, on Tuesday, the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran by Swedish-Danish right-wing extremist Stram Kurs Party leader

Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Sabah handed in the notice of his cabinet after parliamentary clashes over debt relief bill

This led to Iran being placed second on the list of the world’s worst countries for internet censorship last year, according to research by internet watchdog Surfshark published on Monday

Two high profile politicians have made problems for themselves by posting videos travelling in cars without seatbelts. In the UK, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak did it and was fined by the police, it remains to be seen if Israel's minister in charge of police Itamar Ben Gvir will get the same treatment.

Students in the Gaza Strip raise the Holy Quran in rejection of the desecration of the Muslim holy book in Sweden, on 24 January 2023, in Gaza

Demonstrators denounced the regime and called Ali Khamenei a murderer in the largely Sunni region of Sistan-Baluchestan

The Moroccan Parliament has decided to reevaluate its relations with the European Parliament following a joint emergency session of both chambers in Rabat

Ahmad Manasra was arrested at 13 and sentenced to attempted murder at 14 despite courts admitting he wasn't involved in a stabbing attack allegedly perpetrated by his 15-year-old cousin. His cousin was shot dead at the scene and so wasn't tried for the attack, but Ahmad turned 21 in jail having served seven years of his 12 year sentence, which was later reduced to 9.5 years.

The US National Weather Service said lenticular clouds rarely appear over low-lying or flat terrain and are usually found 2,000-5,000 meters up in the sky making it rare for humans to see it

Incursions by settlers into the Al-Aqsa compound has become a daily occurrence and is encouraged by Israel's new far-right government, who have emboldened Israeli extremists like these seen raising the Israeli flag and singing the national anthem in a deliberate provocation of Palestinian Muslims, to whom Al-Aqsa is sacred.

Kill hatred with roses

Under police protection, Rasmus Paludan burnt a copy of the Muslim holy book near the Turkish Embassy’s building.

Artist, Taima Salama, who is 25 years old, devoted herself to helping the blind and creating storybooks for the blind to use at schools, in order to help the students feel the story through modelled pictures.

The changes would severely limit the power of the Supreme Court of Justice, give the government the power to choose judges, and end the appointment of legal advisers to ministries by the attorney general.

The response comes after Rasmus Paludan a leader of the Danish far-right party Stram Kurs (Hard Line) was given permission to burn the Quran near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm

Newly born goats are seen at Uregil Zoo in Ankara, Turkiye

US security advisor Jake Sullivan met with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to discuss violence in the occupied West Bank, just hours after meeting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Abbas issued a stark warning to US President Joe Biden: to reign-in Israel's 'extremist' government 'before it's too late'.

Protesters claim that the wages have become very low due to the depreciation of the Lebanese lira

Lebanon: MPs spend night in parliament in political protest

Iraq wins 'Arabian Gulf' Cup championship

Zuhtu Arslan head of the Constitutional Court of Turkiye signed on Thursday 19 Jan 2023 a joint cooperation agreement with his Palestinian counterpart Muhammad Al-Hajj Qassem

It's a cold wave

In a deliberate provocation to Palestinians, Israelis drank alcohol and urinated in the Al-Aqsa compound while Israeli police stood by and did nothing. The event lasted several hours, Israelis also danced outside the mosque's Bab Al-Amoud gate and raised the Israeli flag.

Excited fans in Basra arrive many hours early for the Arabian Gulf cup final between Iraq and Oman. The stadium was almost full three hours before kick off, after crowd control issues led to a crush and a number of serious injuries.

A Tunisian public transport company hires pro-Israeli annexation French firm

There have been several incidents at the tournament, including a road crash on Monday that claimed seven lives and injured 30 people who were on their way to attend a semi-final game.

Egypt's lawyers go on strike

Maher’s releasee comes two weeks after the release of his cousin Karim Younis who also served the same sentence

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has stepped up its efforts to kidnap Israeli soldiers to use as additional leverage in any future prisoner swap with the occupation state,...

In a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu judges in the top court have ruled 10 to 1 that Aryeh Deri must leave his post as health and interior minister

Christians from the Greek Orthodox tradition take part in a mass-baptism ceremony in the supposed location where Jesus himself was baptised. The holy site of Al-Maghtas is right on the Jordan River, partly in the occupied West Bank, and partly in the Kingdom of Jordan.

Harvesting time in Gaza