Majority across Arab world believe ‘women should not play equal role to men’
Clear majorities across the Arab world believe that women should not play equal roles to men in both the public and private spheres.
According to polling...
World Cup: LGBTQ fans can display affection, alcohol allowed in fan zones
Qatar's World Cup chief has said that gay fans will be able to display affection during the World Cup, rainbow flags will be allowed...
Harry Kane says he will wear OneLove rainbow armband at World Cup
England football captain Harry Kane will wear a OneLove rainbow armband at the World Cup in Qatar even if it's prohibited by FIFA, it...
Amnesty: At least 82 killed outside Sunni mosque in Iran
Amnesty International has accused Iranian security forces of unlawfully killing at least 66 people, including children, and injuring hundreds of others outside a Sunni...
Qatar has spent almost £200 billion on World Cup
This year’s World Cup, which is set to begin in November, has cost Qatar over £193 billion, almost 20 times what Russia spent in...
Prospect of war in Yemen looms again as ceasefire talks break down
Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Ansarullah Houthi movement have failed to reach an agreement to extend a nationwide ceasefire, raising the prospect of renewed war.
The United...
Palestinian boy dies of heart attack ‘after being chased by Israeli soldiers’
Palestinians in the West Bank have buried a seven-year-old boy a day after his parents say he died from fear of armed Israeli soldiers.
Rayan Suleiman...
Saudi women’s football team plays first ever home match
Saudi Arabia's women's football team has played a match on home soil for the first time ever.
The team, most of whom were not wearing...
Survey: Recep Tayyip Erdogan most popular leader among Arabs
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the most popular leader among citizens in the Arab world while Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran is the...
Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi dies at 96
One of the world's most influential Islamic scholars, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, has died at the age of 96 in the Qatari capital, Doha.
The official...
