War rape survivors face family rejection in Ethiopia
Over 100,000 women who became victims of rape during the two-year civil war in the northern Tigray region of…
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Escalation on Lebanon front sparks concerns of wider conflict
The ongoing hostilities along the Lebanese Israeli border have intensified over the weeks, leading to an increase…
Egypt condemns deadly attack on Libya’s Electoral Commission in Tripoli
Egypt condemns deadly attack on Libya's Electoral Commission in the capital of Tripoli
Palestinian stabs Israeli in Jerusalem; anti-Trump protest flares in Beirut
A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli security guard at Jerusalem’s main bus station on Sunday, police said, and…
Congress votes to call on Trump to denounce hate groups
The U.S. Congress passed a resolution late on Tuesday calling on President Donald Trump to condemn hate groups…
Rohingya refugees in Pakistan fear for relatives in Myanmar
For an estimated 300,000 Rohingya Muslims living in squalor in Pakistan’s largest city, the news from Myanmar in…
Egypt’s Azhar decries ‘failure of global conscience’ on Rohingya Muslims
Egypt's Al-Azhar has condemned the violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar and called on…
White House says some members of infrastructure advisory council resign
Some members of a White House infrastructure advisory council have resigned, the White House said on Tuesday, days…
Amid Trump backlash, his U.N. envoy says stand up, isolate hate
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told staff in an email - seen by Reuters on Friday - that…
Al-Azhar condemns Barcelona terror attack
Egypt's Al-Azhar has strongly condemned a terror attack in Barcelona on Thursday that killed and injured a number…
Trump’s crisis spurs talk of White House departures
President Donald Trump’s turnabout on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia has rocked his administration,…
Trump doesn’t ‘know the facts’ when he says Merck is shipping jobs…
Six American business leaders have stepped down from Donald Trump's manufacturing advisory council after the…
Obama’s response to Charlottesville is now the most ‘liked’ tweet of all…
Former President Barack Obama tweeted a picture and a quote in response to the violence in Charlottesville,…
Three CEOs resign from Trump council over Charlottesville
The chief executives of Intel Corp, Merck & Co Inc and Under Armour Inc resigned from U.S. President Donald…
Venezuelans fearing vote violence flee to Colombia
The flow of Venezuelans crossing the border into Colombia to escape unrest and penury at home has become a torrent…
French police use excessive force on Calais migrants: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch pressed France on Wednesday to end what it described as recurrent police violence against…
Philippines says militants had planned much larger-scale attack
Philippines troops thwarted an original plan drawn up by the Islamist militants now holed up in Marawi City to…
First draft of anti-hatred law ready: Egypt’s Azhar
The first draft of the law to counter hatred and violence in the name of religion was completed Tuesday by an…
Facebook won’t be drawn into changing its policies on images of child violence after leaks
Facebook has been under scrutiny this week after its policies dealing with sexual and violent imagery and videos…
U.N. restarts Syria talks with fresh format, same challenges
Syria's peace talks in Geneva this week should benefit from a tighter format and a deal to reduce the violence,…
Pope Francis condemns violence, urges tolerance during Cairo visit
Pope Francis urged tolerance and denounced demagogic, populism and violence committed in God's name on…
Lebanon near breaking point over Syrian refugee crisis: PM Hariri
Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said Lebanon was close to breaking point due to the strains of hosting 1.5 million…
Over 10,000 attacks on 2016 Yemeni women: UN
The conflict in Yemen has made women and girls more vulnerable to gender-based violence, with more than 10,000…
‘Kill Erdogan’ banner probed in Switzerland, Turkey
Swiss and Turkish authorities have opened separate probes into protesters in Bern who called for the assassination…
Five dead, around 40 injured in UK parliament terrorist attack
Five people were killed and about 40 injured in London on Wednesday after a car plowed into pedestrians and a…
Twitter software helps find, ban users advocating violence
Twitter said on Tuesday it had stepped up efforts to rid its social network of posts from users advocating…
Egypt’s army kills 18 terrorists, arrests 37 in North Sinai
Egypt's army said Sunday it killed 18 highly dangerous terrorists in different parts of the restive North Sinai as…
Syria’s civil activists demand talks on political transition, ceasefire monitoring
Syrian activists called on Sunday for the Assad government to engage in serious talks on political transition and…
ISIS attempts to promote sectarian strife in Egypt: Al-Azhar observatory
In response to a video released Sunday by the Islamic State group (ISIS), Egypt's Al-Azhar observatory warned…
Egyptian army arrests 8 terrorists in central Sinai
Egypt's army said on Sunday it had arrested eight terrorists in central Sinai’s Halal Mountain. "The raids on caves…
3 Egyptian soldiers killed, 4 injured during explosion in central Sinai
Three army soldiers were killed and four others injured in an explosion in the El-Halal mountain area in central…
Ministry: No tension between Egypt, France after Egyptian attacker in Paris
Egypt's foreign ministry said that no tensions have arisen between Egypt and France, and the relationship will not…
Children return to schools in recaptured east: Mosul battle
Thousands of Iraqi children are returning back to school in eastern areas of Mosul that have been cleared of…
Violence flares in Washington during Trump inauguration
Black-clad activists among hundreds of demonstrators protesting Donald Trump's swearing-in on Friday clashed with…
1,045 Facebook pages were shut in 2016 for inciting violence: Egypt interior ministry
More than 1,000 Facebook pages were closed in 2016 for “inciting violence against police and army officers ,…
Amnesty accuses Myanmar military of ‘crimes against humanity’
Amnesty International says the actions of Myanmar's military may constitute "crimes against humanity" after…
India vows revenge for soldiers killings
The Indian army has vowed to avenge the killing of three of its soldiers in the disputed Kashmir region as tensions…
Calais migrants: France starts to clear ‘Jungle’ camp
More than 1,200 police and officials in France have started an operation to clear the "Jungle" migrant camp in…
Rate of sectarian violence incidents is alarming says Pope Tawadros II
Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II warned on Monday against the repercussions of…
Rate of sectarian violence incidents is alarming says Pope Tawadros II
Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II warned on Monday against the repercussions of…