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Comment: A toxic mix of pervasive misogyny and policies that roll back essential baseline protections has seen the state of women's rights in Turkey enter free fall, writes Deniz Yuksel.
In-depth: Whatever happened - a coup, sedition, or an overzealous royal family seeking to stamp out internal opposition - one thing is clear: Jordanians will be the last to know.
Turkey slams admirals' warning over Bosphorus treaty
103 retired Turkish admirals signed an open letter warning that developing a shipping canal in Istanbul could endanger the 1936 Montreux Convention.
Stranded in Turkey, professor seeks return to France
Tuna Altinel's colleagues view the 55-year-old as another victim of a crackdown against academia and Kurdish causes that gathered force after ...
Palestinian factions head to Cairo for national dialogue talks
Palestinian factions head to Cairo for second round of national dialogue amid accusations of political monopoly, in order to discuss the ...
Sudan frees UN-sanctioned Darfur militia leader Musa Hilal
The release of Hilal and other members of his forces comes as Sudan's transitional government pushes peace efforts in Darfur.
Has Biden fallen at the first hurdle with Sisi?
Comment: Biden's huge and no-strings attached arms deal with Egypt suggests that his tough campaign rhetoric on Sisi might have been little more ...
In Sisi's Egypt, even children are political prisoners
In-depth: Ten years after the Arab Spring, Sisi rules Egypt with an iron fist. Under the guise of fighting terrorism, civil society has faced an ...
UK minister mocked for confusing Myanmar with Kashmir
Nigel Adams, the UK's Minister for Asia, has been mocked on social media for replying to a parliamentarian's question about Kashmir with a ...
Turkish interior minister blames US for failed 2016 coup
The US has reacted angrily to comments by Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu saying it was behind a failed 2016 coup attempt ...
Cypriots urged by UK to 'seize opportunity'
The UK and Cyprus have discussed efforts to revive talks that seek to reunify the Mediterranean island.
EXCLUSIVE: Imprisoned politician Marwan Barghouti running for Palestinian presidency
Imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti will run for Palestinian presidency during the upcoming summer elections.
UK must stop supplying arms to Egypt regime: CAAT
CAAT has urged the UK government to stop supplying arms to Egypt's military regime.
The New Arab's Most Important Stories from 2020
A retrospective of our coverage of 2020's leading stories
Turkey debates NGO law which could 'limit freedoms'
Turkey is debating a new law that critics say could limit the freedom of NGOs and other civil society organisations.
How Putin's Russia helped crush the Arab Spring
Analysis: Putin has always endorsed authoritarian rule in the Middle East and Russia has profited significantly from the brutal subversion of popular uprisings.
Turkey detains nearly 200 over Gulen links
Government critics say Ankara is using the crackdown to target dissenters, but Turkish officials argue the raids are necessary to remove Gulen's ...
Macron urged to pressure Sisi during Paris visit
Egyptian President Sisi is due to visit Paris to meet his French counterpart Macron on Sunday, amid protests by rights groups over a continued ...
Erdogan pushes tough foreign policy despite economic pain
Erdogan's increasingly hawkish foreign policy is rankling Western allies and scaring away investors
Biden and Sisi: A favourite dictator no more?
Analysis: While Biden has criticised Trump's support for Sisi, the president-elect has a mixed legacy when it comes to supporting human rights ...
Turkish Cypriots elect pro-Erdogan presidential candidate
Ersin Tatar, a right-wing candidate favoured by Turkish President Erdogan, has narrowly won presidential elections in the unrecognised Turkish ...
Turkish Cypriots vote for new leader amid EastMed tensions
North Cyprus on Sunday is holding a presidential vote for a new leader amid heightened tensions in the eastern Mediterranean.
Would Biden really stop writing blank cheques for Egypt?
Comment: Only a Biden administration would be capable of holding Sisi's regime accountable. But whether it would is another matter, writes Sam ...
Turkey seeks aggravated life sentence for American scholar
US academic Henri Barkey and Turkish civil society figure Osman Kavala are accused of involvement in a 2016 coup attempt against the ...
The trial of Omar al-Bashir was adjourned on Tuesday to October 6.
Cypriot singer Alexia Vassiliou remembers her life as a refugee.
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