Washington D.C., US--– Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the US, Reema Bandar Al-Saud, has expressed disappointment with recent media criticism of the kingdom's hosting of the Women's Tennis Association Finals and broader issues concerning women's rights in Saudi Arabia. In response to an opinion piece published by The Washington Post, she...

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories— The Israeli air force said it had carried out overnight air strikes against sites of the Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian enclave towards Israeli territory. The Israeli army reported on Saturday evening a rocket had been fired...

In a rare display of anger against the Chinese government, scores of protestors took to the streets of Shanghai early Sunday calling for an end to lockdowns. China has been facing wide criticism over its zero-Covid policy. A fire spurred an outpouring of anger in Xinjiang region as many blamed...

Doha, Qatar— FIFA president Gianni Infantino hit back at criticism of Qatar's human rights record on Saturday, blasting the "hypocrisy" of Western critics on the eve of the World Cup kick-off. Infantino was speaking at his opening press conference of the tournament in Doha. "This moral lesson-giving -- one-sided --...

Rallying behind Saudi Arabia, several Arab states have voiced their support for Saudi Arabia in the face of harsh criticism from the US over the kingdom’s decision to cut oil output. From the UAE to Oman, Algeria to Bahrain, the governments have condemned what they termed as the politicizing of...

The UN experts said publishing the column was a matter of freedom of expression, and concluded that he had been "detained for peacefully exercising that right".

Turkey's main airport stirred back to life on Wednesday and Greece's under-fire prime minister issued a formal apology as the east Mediterranean neighbors faced the political fallout of a paralyzing blizzard.

The common complaint in Gaza is that the journey, often made on stuffy buses, is made deliberately more arduous and uncertain so that travel operators can profit more.

Tehran on Friday criticized as "illegitimate" a Western statement that assured Arab allies their security interests would be taken into account during talks aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal.

Lebanon on Monday called for talks with Saudi Arabia to ease a spiraling diplomatic row sparked by remarks made by a Lebanese minister on the Yemen war. 

Kuwait has recalled its ambassador from Beirut and has given the Lebanese envoy 48 hours to leave the emirate, the foreign ministry said Saturday, quoted by state news agency KUNA.

Authorities say they try to convince victims' families to pardon death row offenders UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet had said over 80 child offenders are on death row   Tehran: Iran’s use of the death penalty for crimes committed as minors does not mean it violates human rights, a senior...