The proposed $550 million deal between the University of Cambridge and the United Arab Emirates is on hold due to the Gulf state’s use of Pegasus spying software, the university’s vice-chancellor has said...

If the future of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi remains in limbo due to the disagreements among Shia blocs over who has the right to form the new government, that of President Barham Salih is much clearer with the virtual certainty that he w...

Tlate Ahmad al-Rubei (1949 – 2008), after the revolutionary and leftist ideas evaporated from his head, told me that he visited the fish market in Aden, the former British protectorate (the British left in 1967) and was shocked by the spread of fil...

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s party on Saturday dismissed the results of the country’s parliamentary elections as “void” and “illegitimate” due to low voter turnout...

Members of parliament hid in their homes on Saturday in fear of assassination by Hezbollah gunmen as new turmoil in Lebanon threatened to spiral out of control...

Built during the Ottoman era, Algeria’s Ketchaoua Mosque is not only one of the country’s most important symbols, but is also an important witness to the crimes committed by the French colonial administration in the country...

More Palestinian prisoners plan to join an open-ended hunger strike staged by Islamic Jihad detainees in Israeli jails, according to a local NGO on Saturday...

Thousands of Sudanese demonstrated in front of the presidential palace in Khartoum on Saturday to demand the “restoration of the revolution” and better living conditions...

The Committee to Protect Journalists has urged the Houthis to free a journalist they abducted in August and to end their “campaign against journalists...

ALBAWABA – Iran, Europe and the other world powers maybe starting nuclear talks again after a long hiatus...

ALBAWABA – ISIS, the Daesh terror group, is creating deadly mayhem in Afghanistan, raising its head as a major force to the Taliban, the new rulers of the country...

A Lebanese judge investigating the explosion at the Beirut Port again drew further attention after violence left seven dead in the capital...

While France’s silence on its colonial role in Algeria may work domestically, the future of European and North African relations is closely impacted by Paris’s silence...

War zone Beirut. A reminder of the old bloody times. The past is catching up – the 1975-90 civil war when Lebanon was in conflict with itself...

Since the start of the clashes in Lebanon on Thursday, hundreds of shocking videos of gunmen shooting live bullets in the air have emerged...

The death toll in building fire in Taiwan up to 46 with fears of more casualties as firefighters continue to rescue people trapped inside the 13-storey building, the island’s official news agency reported Thursday...

Qatar has started disbursing financial aid to thousands of Palestinian families living in Gaza, which has been under a crippling Israeli blockade since 2007...

Top officials of Afghanistan’s interim government have arrived in Turkey for talks with senior Turkish officials on Thursday, according to an official...

Lebanon's army forces warned is threatening to shoot anyone carrying a firearm following armed clashes during a protest against the Beirut port blast investigator...

Joe Biden plans to exempt certain Afghan civil servants who were employed by the Taliban from terror-related bans on entering the U...