Second French church attacker formally identified: Prosecutors
Two teenage men have been identified as those responsible for the attack in France in which an elderly priest was brutally murdered French investigators have…
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The role of the West in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen
NINETY years ago, Britain’s planes bombed unruly tribes in the Arabian peninsula to firm up the rule of Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, the founder of…
Iran Insists That Boeing, Airbus Deals Will Go Ahead
The Iran Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has insisted that recently announced deals with the world’s two big aircraft manufacturers, Boeing and Airbus, can still go…
Turkey detains 42 journalists in crackdown as Europe sounds alarm
Turkey ordered the detention of 42 journalists on Monday, broadcaster NTV reported, under a crackdown following a failed coup that has targeted more than 60,000…
How can there be guardianship over women in a modern Saudi Arabia?
So much has happened over the past 10 days: a terrorist attack in France on Bastille Day, a failed Turkish coup, Donald Trump officially become…
Recent spate of violence against Egypt’s Christians goes largely unpunished
Violence against Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Christian minority, one of the largest and oldest groups of Christians in the Middle East, has escalated at an alarming…
European delegation visits EU-funded facilities in Gaza
A European Parliament delegation visited EU-funded infrastructure projects in the water sector in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. The delegation was headed by Jean Arthuis,…
Unity government condemns French military presence in Libya
Any assistance in fighting against IS ‘should be based on a request’ by Libya, unity government says Libya’s UN-backed government on Wednesday criticised the presence…
The Sense Behind the Nonsense From Iraq’s Foreign Minister
On the eve of a major donor’s conference in Washington, Iraq’s foreign minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, would like Americans to know a few things about his…
Kerry warns of new challenge in securing Iraq after Islamic State
The battlefield momentum in Iraq and Syria has shifted against Islamic State, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday, but the international community…