Tales of displaced Yemenis: two camps, same tragedy
AFP | For many families in Yemen, the war has not only stripped them of their livelihoods, homes and belongings but something far more valuable:...
US defense chief quits as Trump pulls from Syria, Afghanistan
AFP | US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday, leading a chorus of protests at home and abroad after President Donald Trump who ordered a...
Trump declares victory over IS in Syria, orders US troops home
AFP | The Islamic State group has been "beaten" in Syria, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday in announcing a stunning order to pull American...
US Syria pullout will have wide ramifications
AFP | The withdrawal of US troops in Syria will have an impact on the battlefield and well beyond, with wide-ranging geopolitical ramifications. Here is...
WTO sets up panel in Qatar-Saudi dispute
AFP | The World Trade Organization agreed Tuesday to establish a panel to decide if Saudi Arabia has failed to protect the intellectual property rights...
Arab refugees in sights of Berlin’s crime ‘clans’
AFP | Berlin crime gangs of Arab origin have long earned infamy with violence and brazen robberies but now, police warn, they have targeted a...
US accepts Assad staying in Syria — but won’t give aid
AFP | The United States said Monday it was no longer seeking to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but renewed warnings it would not fund...
Anti-Muslim post: Facebook places ban on Israel PM’s son
News Desk | The social media giant Facebook has blocked the account of Yair Netanyahu, the eldest son of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over...
Gulf rivalries spill onto the soccer pitch
James M Dorsey | With the 2018 World Cup in Russia behind it, the soccer world’s focus shifts to the 2022 tournament in Qatar. Politics...
1979: A pivotal year in the Arab-Muslim world
AFP | A series of dramatic events swept across the Arab and Muslim worlds in 1979, the aftershocks of which still reverberate today, 40 years...
Australia recognizes west Jerusalem as capital of Israel
AFP | Australia now recognizes west Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Saturday, but a contentious embassy shift from Tel Aviv will...
Defenders bad, aggressors good
Imran Jan | George Orwell’s Animal Farm is an absolute classic. In the story, the animals had 7 commandments distilled into the maxim “four legs...