New law in Egypt – an end to discrimination between Christians and Muslims
On a recent Sunday in southern Egypt, dozens of Coptic Christians gathered for mass next to the charred remains of a wooden structure they once…
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Mohammed attended Goodwood horse race
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai attended the second day of the…
Palestinian teams in rare Gaza face-off
Hundreds of spectators and football fans filled Al-Yarmouk Stadium in central Gaza City yesterday to watch the West Bank’s Al-Ahly club play Gaza’s Khan Younis…
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…
Russia and Syria launch large-scale humanitarian op for Aleppo residents
Russia said on Thursday it had launched a “large-scale humanitarian operation” together with the Syrian government around the battered city of Aleppo to open humanitarian…
Iran and Saudi Arabia execute more than 350 people in six months
Iran and Saudi Arabia execute more people than anywhere else in the region – with Iran killing at least 250 in 2016 Iran and Saudi…
View of Mecca 131 year ago – photo
A Saudi newspaper on Wednesday published what it said was a picture of Makkah nearly 131 years ago. The picture in ‘Ajel’ Arabic language daily showed…
MSF to open hospital in Ramadi
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will open a hospital in Ramadi, Anbar province, western Iraq, a government official announced. Member of the Anbar Provincial Council, Amal…