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An Egyptian human rights group said on Wednesday that a 19-year-old was tortured to death in custody in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, while the interior ministry claimed the detainee died of natural causes. Mostafa Montaser was arrested on 20 J…

A Russian and Ukrainian team on Wednesday completed a high-stakes inspection of the first shipment of grain from Ukraine since the Kremlin’s invasion five months ago helped spark a global food crisis. The checks aboard the Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni i…

Pope Francis marked the second anniversary of the Lebanon port explosion by insisting Wednesday that truth and justice “can never be hidden,” in an apparent reference to the stalled investigation into the disaster. Francis made the comments at the end …

Turkish schools will reopen in Saudi Arabia, Ankara has announced, as relations between the two largely Muslim countries improve. The schools had been shut for the 2020-2021 academic year as relations soured over a number of regional issues, including …

Yemen’s warring parties agreed to extend a four-month long truce for a further two months just hours before it was due to expire, the United Nations announced Tuesday. Yemen has been gripped by conflict since the Iran-backed Houthi rebels took control …

The first shipment of Ukrainian grain to leave Odessa since Russia’s invasion reached Turkey on Tuesday under a landmark deal to lift Moscow’s naval blockade in the Black Sea. The Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni arrived at the edge of the Bosphorus Strait …

The former leader of the UK Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, has been criticised for appearing on an Arab TV network close to Iran and the Syrian regime. Corbyn appeared on the Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen channel, criticising the West for their ongoing milita…

Torrential rains have spread across Saudi Arabia in recent days, causing floods across numerous areas of the kingdom. Thunderstorms with rainfall ranging from medium to heavy levels are expected to continue in “most areas” across the kingdom, the count…

From Istanbul to Izmir, thousands of Turkish activists took to the streets in protest to commemorate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Pride month in June. In response, Turkish authorities launched a series of attacks against LGBT rights a…

Six Pakistan servicemen including a senior commander were killed in a helicopter crash during flood relief operations in southwestern Pakistan, the military confirmed Tuesday. Civilian authorities in Pakistan depend heavily on the army during natural c…