Middle East

Three members of a leading Egyptian human rights group detained in Cairo last month have been freed following widespread international criticism. The men, who worked for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR),…
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Egyptian authorities have said they are "temporarily closing" the investigation into the 2016 murder of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni, with the killer "still unknown". It comes as Italian prosecutors are said to be…
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Iran's most senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been assassinated near the capital Tehran, the country's defence ministry has confirmed. Fakhrizadeh died in hospital after an attack in Absard, in Damavand…
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The family of the jailed Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul says her trial has been transferred to a terrorism tribunal. Ms Hathloul's sister Lina had expressed hope that she would be freed when the trial resumed in Riyadh…
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A prominent Egyptian singer who was photographed posing with two Israeli celebrities at a party in Dubai faces a court hearing in Egypt next month. A lawyer has filed a suit accusing Mohamed Ramadan of "insulting the Egyptian people"…
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Seven rockets were fired on Iraq's heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad late Tuesday, killing at least one child and injuring five other civilians, according to the Iraqi military. Four of the rockets landed inside the Green Zone, and…
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The US has declared as anti-Semitic a prominent international movement which calls for a complete boycott of Israel over its treatment of the Palestinians. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) was…
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President Donald Trump asked senior advisers last Thursday about potential options for attacking Iran's main nuclear site, US media report. The advisers warned him that military action could spark a broader conflict, officials were cited…
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The head of a major Algerian media group has been jailed for five years. Anis Rahmani was close to the president who was forced from power after mass protests in 2019. He is the latest in a series of powerful figures in the ousted…
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has toughened penalties for the killing of women by family members as part of an overhaul of the country's Islamic laws. The UAE's government said it would repeal a law that allowed judges to issue lenient…
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