Middle East

The opposition Bahrain Freedom Movement says that the human rights situation in the Gulf country is worsening... Disturbing news from Dry Dock prison in Manama has confirmed...

Palestinian American journalist Ramzy Baroud argues that the boycott of Israel must be expanded to be truly effective. Can we truly limit our boycott to...

A British doctor has been killed in Syria after a bomb hit a makeshift surgery where he was treating injured civilians. Dr Isa Abdur Rahman, 26,...

The excessive force and sheer brutality with which the Turkish police and plain clothes thugs surrounded unarmed and peaceful protesters in Taksim Gezi park, Istanbul,...

The Muslim world has been polarized by the destructive conflict in Syria which has left up to 100,000 dead, created millions of refugees and...

Sectarian tensions have increased sharply across the Muslim world following Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah's intervention in Syria and the reaction of Sunni politicians and clerics...

Like tens of millions of other Arabs, Amani Ali watched Mohammad Assef from Gaza winning the Arab Idol competition on TV last night. And...

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Bahraini human rights activists say that torture in the country is getting worse despite the international spotlight on the nation. In a meeting at the...

A date has been set for the deportation of Muslim cleric Abu Qatada after a drawn-out legal battle between the British and Jordanian government. A...