Iraqi Parliament demands U.S. troops leave the country
Iraqi lawmakers have unanimously approved a bill demanding the withdrawal of all foreign military forces led by the United States from the country.
The move follows...
Iran vows revenge after U.S. assassinates top Iranian general
Iran has vowed to take revenge after the U.S. assassinated Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards...
Saudi Arabia bans compulsory gender segregation in restaurants
Restaurants in Saudi Arabia will no longer be required by law to segregate women from men, according to the country's government.
The announcement from the Saudi...
Israel expels Human Rights Watch director
Human Rights Watch has pledged to keep documenting abuses despite the Israeli government’s expulsion of the Israel and Palestine director of Human Rights Watch on Monday.
The...
Saudi network to broadcast drama exposing “Ottoman tyranny”
The Saudi TV network MBC will start airing the big budget drama “Kingdoms of Fire” on November 17 which aims to "expose the tyranny...
MBS’s Saudi Arabia has seen “deepening repression”
Saudi Arabia under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has seen deepening repression and abusive practices meant to silence dissidents and critics, Human Rights Watch...
Twitter shuts down accounts of leading Palestinian news website
Twitter has suspended three accounts belonging to the leading Palestinian news website, Quds News Network.
Quds News Network (QNN) found the English account, the Arabic...
U.S. officials: Abu Bakr al Baghdadi buried in sea
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was thrown into the sea from an aircraft after being given Islamic religious rites, U.S. officials have told Reuters...
Trump: ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi killed by U.S. forces
President Donald Trump has said that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi has been killed in a U.S. military operation in northwest Syria.
Speaking from...
Facebook deletes page of influential Palestinian news website
Facebook has deleted the page of a hugely influential Palestinian news site which has described the move as part of a war on Palestinian content...
