Source: The Washington Post By Kareem Fahim ALIAGA, Turkey — A Turkish court on Wednesday rejected appeals to release Andrew Brunson, an American pastor being tried on terrorism-related charges whose prosecution and […]
Source: The Washington Post By Liz Sly and Mustafa SalimJuly 17Email the author BAGHDAD — The Islamic State is creeping back into parts of central Iraq just seven months after the government declared victory […]
Source: The New York Times By Ben Hubbard LARNAKA, Cyprus — They eat falafel, live on the Mediterranean and worry that a new war could erupt across the hostile border […]
Source: Reuters ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran’s top authority Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticized Saudi Arabia over its management of the haj pilgrimage and called for a fresh investigation […]
Source: BBC News A woman in Saudi Arabia has been arrested after running on stage to hug a male singer during a concert, according to reports. Majid al-Mohandis was performing […]
Source: Associated Press BY Aron Heller JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli parliamentary committee deliberated Monday on the final draft of a contentious legislation that would define Israel as the nation-state […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ruth Eglash JERUSALEM — A bill making its way through Israel’s parliament has sparked fierce debate over the foundations of democracy in the country and what it […]
Source: Reuters BY Stephen Kalin RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is preserving pre-Islamic heritage sites, like a date palm oasis from the Stone Age, in a break with the austere […]
Source: Wall Street Journal ISIS Remnants Fight On, Despite U.S. Campaign The group decentralized its command structure, set up sleeper cells, and dug tunnels in the desert spanning Syria and […]
Source: Associated Press By AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran executed eight men convicted over the 2017 Islamic State attack on parliament and the shrine of […]
Source: The New York Times By Rukmini Callimachi TEL KAIF, Iraq — The crime scene was Stall No. 200 in a market eight miles north of Mosul, Iraq. It was there […]
By Celia Luterbacher This content was published on July 2, 2018 Traditionally regarded as a bad omen in some Middle Eastern cultures, attitudes toward owls are changing. Here, two […]
Source: CNN By Tom Page The United Arab Emirates has announced it will send an astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) next year, becoming the latest nation to launch a citizen […]
Source: CNN On Sunday, Saudi Arabia will end the world’s only ban on women drivers. For the first time in its history, women will be able to drive themselves legally […]
Source: CNN By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Nick Paton Walsh raq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi has called for the “immediate” execution of all convicted “terrorists” on death row after the bodies of eight members of […]
Source: Al Jazeera News Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Palestine have warned Israel on separate occasions about Turkey’s creeping influence in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a report by Israeli newspaper Haaretz. The report notes that senior […]
Source: Al Jazeera News The United Nations has warned of a looming “catastrophe” in southern Syria, as it raised the number of people fleeing a fierce government offensive aimed at retaking […]
Source: BBC News A court in Israel has convicted a 19-year-old American-Israeli man of making hundreds of threats to bomb or attack Jewish schools and community centres. Michael Ron David […]
Source: Associated Press By ARON HELLER JERUSALEM (AP) — Prince William toured sensitive Jerusalem holy sites on Thursday and paid a pilgrimage to the tomb of his great-grandmother on the […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Chris Herlinger (RNS) — King Abdullah II of Jordan has won the 2018 Templeton Prize for promoting dialogue and cooperation between Muslims of differing traditions. […]