While Muslims worldwide celebrate Ramadan with special meals and tasty treats, millions of Yemenis are suffering from an acute lack of food as the country's two-year war rages on.
According to aid agencies, 17 million people do not have enough...
The bill restricts NGO activity to developmental and social work and introduces jail terms for non-compliance.
Egyptian lawmakers have said the new law is necessary to protect national security
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has signed into law a contentious...
How the war changed Ramadan in Baghdad
Mohamed al-Azawi and his wife describe how Ramadan traditions have been affected by the ongoing conflict in Iraq.
After the US invasion, many families could no longer afford to invite guests to iftar, because...
Elections of 2014
Frustration against the GNC was exacerbated by its refusal to step down after the mandate for their rule expired. Thousands of Libyans protested in Tripoli and Benghazi, demanding the interim government step down as promised.
GNC members had...
ISIL car bomb also wounds at least 30 people as they gathered to enjoy a Ramadan evening after breaking their fast.
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a popular Baghdad ice cream shop early on Tuesday, killing at...
No group has immediately claimed responsibility, but Taliban insurgents have stepped up attacks in the past month
Suspected Taliban militants patrol after they reportedly took control of Ghazni's Waghaz district, in Afghanistan EPA
At least 18 people, mostly civilians, were killed when a suicide car bomber targeted a convoy...
A Palestinian activist reflects on her father's 33-day hunger strike in Israeli jails, 37 years ago.
Ismail Abusalama and his comrades managed to survive their ordeal because they were convinced their 'cause is just'
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Shahd Abusalama
Approximately 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners have...
UN rights chief expresses concern as health of hunger-striking prisoners in Israeli jails 'detoriates significantly'.
A man in Gaza plays the role of a prisoner during a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails
The...
Ramadan Abedi, father of the suicide bomber, gestures as he speaks in Tripoli, Libya on Wednesday
Police made arrests in the UK and Libya as the investigation into a suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a Manchester concert...
US President Donald Trump visits Jerusalem on Monday to seek ways to restart talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.
Trump's visit is part of his first trip abroad as president and follows an initial stop in Saudi Arabia, where...
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