Iraqi girls take up swimming in IS-free Mosul

AFP | Her father and grandfather gained fame in the pool. Now, 12-year-old Rama Omar hopes to do the same -- a bold move in...

Turkey ready to respond if US imposes more sanctions

AFP| Turkey on Friday threatened to respond in kind if Washington imposed further sanctions over the detention of an American pastor which has sparked a...

Tehran museum lionises war in which Iran took on ‘world’

AFP | With its air raid simulator and battlefield reconstructions, the state-of-the-art Holy Defence Museum in Tehran seeks to glorify the Iran-Iraq war as a...

Saudi Arabia tests Japan-inspired ‘nap pods’ for Hajj

AFP | Mansour al-Amer swipes a card to reveal a narrow sleep pod, reminiscent of Japan's famed capsule hotels. But this pod is in Saudi...

Trump’s war on Turkey for Pastor Brunson -Jacob Hornberger

Jacob G. Hornberger | Every year, thousands of American citizens are incarcerated in foreign countries. Yet, President Trump has decided to go to war to...

Eid-ul-Adha 2017: Glimpses from around the world

Eid-ul-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, is the second most revered festival in the Muslim world, which is celebrated to mark the end of...

Pakistan’s Foreign Policy at Crossroad: Imran Khan shows support for Turkey during its row with U.S.

News Analysis | Turkey is facing one of the direct challenges in recent times to keep its economy going after the row with the United...

Turkey slaps retaliatory tariff hikes on key US products

AFP | Turkey hiked Wednesday tariffs on imports of several key US products in retaliation for American sanctions against Ankara, as a bitter dispute between...

Lira crisis and ‘collateral currency damage’ to other countries

News Analysis | The crisis in Turkey is no longer limited to threatening its own territory, only. In fact, this crisis is spreading to other...

Erdogan says Turkey to boycott US electronic goods

AFP | President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said Turkey would boycott US electronic goods like the iPhone in retaliation for punitive sanctions from Washington,...

The sweet taste of success: a Syrian’s journey from Gitmo to pastries

AFP | Ahmed Ahjam spent more than 12 years in the Guantanamo Bay prison for terror suspects, but now he has seen a dream come...

Amid ethnic protests, Iran warns of foreign meddling

James M. Dorsey | Iran has raised the specter of a US-Saudi effort to destabilize the country by exploiting economic grievances against the backdrop of...
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