Al-Araby

An investigation has been opened into a children’s magazine in the United Arab Emirates for promoting, according to authorities, homosexuality. The May issue of Majid Magazine, a popular comic for kids in the Arab world published by Abu Dhabi Media and…

India and the European Union resumed talks Monday on a free-trade deal after a nine-year gap, as Western countries seek to wean New Delhi off its close economic ties to Russia. Dubbed the “tariff king” by ex-US President Donald Trump, India has become …

A Norwegian court on Monday identified the suspect in a deadly rampage at a gay bar in Oslo as Zaniar Matapour, a Norwegian citizen of Iranian origin, as the city prepared a demonstration of solidarity to honour the victims later on Monday. Matapour, w…

Microsoft opened new offices in Qatar on Sunday and announced it would launch its new regional datacenter within the coming two weeks, as part of expanding investments in the country. The company opened its fourth and largest offices at the Burj Al Far…

Fans of Egyptian singer Amal Maher fear she is in danger following her “disappearance”, accusing her ex-husband, Saudi Entertainment Authority head Turki Al-Sheikh of being behind the chilling mystery. Saudi Al-Sheikh – who is also a Saudi Royal Court …

Tunisia’s former prime minister Hamadi Jebali, on hunger strike after being arrested earlier this week on money-laundering allegations, was rushed to intensive care on Saturday, his lawyer said. “His condition rapidly deteriorated because he is on an i…

As demonstrations continue across the US following Friday’s Supreme Court ruling overturning federal protection for abortion rights, many in the United States are fearing the loss of other rights. On Saturday, the second day of protests, many demonstra…

The death toll of children in last week’s devastating earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan has risen to at least 155, the United Nations said as the scope of the deadliest quake to hit the impoverished country in two decades comes into focus. The UN’…

The leader of Bosnia’s Serbs said Sunday he hoped former U.S. President Donald Trump would return to power and that the Serbs would “wait for appropriate global circumstances” to reach for their goal of seceding from Bosnia, which he called an “unsusta…

At least 21 teenagers, the youngest possibly just 13, died at the weekend after a night out at a township tavern in South Africa, in a tragedy whose cause remains unclear. Many are thought to have been students celebrating the end of their high-school …