Foreign ministers of nations boycotting Qatar will meet in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss their next steps. Kuwait's emir has been mediating between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours to end the blockade Saudi Arabia and three allies boycotting Qatar have agreed to a...

Why Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel

US President Donald Trump called Jerusalem the capital of Israel on December 6 and began the process of moving his country's embassy to the city. The move sparked global condemnation from world leaders. Israel occupied East Jerusalem at the end of the 1967 War with Syria, Egypt and Jordan; the western half...
Arab-Islamic-American summit condemns perpetrators that commit terrorist acts in the name of religion. Trump said that the fight against extremists is "a battle between good and evil" US President Donald Trump, leaders and representatives of 55 Arab and Muslim-dominated countries...
Amid growing tensions at al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Al Jazeera explains why the holy site is a flashpoint. The compound that houses al-Aqsa Mosque is of great importance to both Muslims and Jews.  The last couple of weeks have seen daily demonstrations...
Head of village council who allegedly sanctioned rape of 16-year-old among four suspects held over incident near Multan. The room where a Pakistani teenage girl was allegedly raped in the neighbourhood of Raja Ram in Muzaffarabad, a suburb of the...
Dozens of worshippers gathered to pray at an entrance to the compound after new measures introduced at holy site.   Al-Aqsa mosque officials have rejected new security measures put in place by Israel as it reopened the holy site following a...
About 3,000 people including 700 rebels, are being taken out of Waer district, according to provincial governor. The Russian-supervised operation began two months ago The last Syrian rebels and their families are being taken out from the last opposition-held neighbourhood...
  The United States launched air raids in Iraq late on Thursday, US officials said, directing them at four locations of the Iranian-backed Shia militia members believed to be responsible for an earlier rocket attack that killed and wounded American and British troops at...
The Arabic world has reacted to the highly flammable decision made by Donald Trump as he announced the U.S’ recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Trump also announced that the American Embassy in Israel will be moved to...
As 16-year-old Miriam* stepped out of her tent to fetch water near the Madinatu Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state in January last year, a middle-aged woman she knew as "Aunty Kiki" approached her. She asked...

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