Category: News

A source from the theatre said some 30 arts students had been allowed to enter the theatre by its director, the celebrated Lebanese-born theatre writer and director Wajdi Mouawad, who … Read More

A German who spied for Egypt while he was working in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s press office was handed a suspended prison sentence of one year and nine months, a Berlin … Read More

Hamas firebrand Yehiyeh Sinwar was re-elected on Wednesday as the Palestinian militant group’s leader in the Gaza Strip, leaving a figure closely aligned with the hard-line wing in charge of … Read More

The presidents of Turkey and Russia remotely inaugurated the construction of a third nuclear reactor at the Akkuyu power plant in southern Turkey Wednesday, vowing to continue their close cooperation.

The video finds a group of clowns mockingly applauding people refusing to get vaccinated, saying that if the pandemic ends they would have to remove their masks and might be … Read More

As President Emmanuel Macron orders his officials to speed up the opening of France’s archives on the Algerian war, we look at the North African country’s bloody struggle against French … Read More

Bahraini security forces have beaten children and threatened them with rape and electric shocks after detaining them in protest-related cases last month, the anniversary of a 2011 pro-democracy uprising, rights … Read More

Libya’s long-divided parliament on Wednesday approved an interim government mandated to bring the fractured country together after a decade of chaos and violence, and to oversee elections in December as … Read More

Saudi Arabia will take action to deter attacks on its oil facilities, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, following an attack on the heart of the industry this week by … Read More

The head of the U.N. food agency warned after a visit to Yemen that his underfunded organization may be forced seek hundreds of millions of dollars in private donations in … Read More