500 vehicles in flames after fuel tanker explodes on Afghanistan-Iran border
The blaze took place at the customs office in Islam Qala, in Afghanistan's western province of Herat. Photos from the...
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Ten years ago I watched as protesters toppled Egypt’s brutal regime. Now their hopes of a new era of freedom lie in tatters
A few days after the revolutionary high of the 2011 anti-regime protests in Cairo, demanding the resignation of then Egyptian...
Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul released from prison
Hathloul, 31, was arrested in a May 2018 sweep that targeted well-known opponents of the kingdom's since-rescinded law barring women...
Death sentence of Saudi man jailed as a teen for anti-government protests is commuted
Ali al-Nimr's sentence was reduced to 10 years in jail by the Specialized Criminal Court on Sunday, according to human...
Vaccine rollouts lay bare the Middle East’s deep inequalities
The Middle East is a microcosm of that global problem. The first Arab countries to begin vaccinating their citizens and...
Afghanistan foils ISIS plan to assassinate the top US envoy to Kabul
The US Charge d'Affaires in Kabul, Ross Wilson, was the target of the planned attack on Monday, the National Directorate...
Arab countries agree to end years-long feud with Qatar that divided Gulf
Three Gulf Arab countries — Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates -- along with Egypt severed diplomatic ties with...
Iranian conservative cleric dies, according to state-run media
The Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, which Mesbah Yazdi headed, said he had been hospitalized over the past few...
Top Palestinian DJ detained as party at Muslim holy site sparks angry scenes and scapegoating claims
PA security forces detained DJ Sama Abdul Hadi and several others at the party on Saturday at Nabi Musa, the...
