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Leaders from across the Arab World offered their condolences to the Queen of the United Kingdom following the death of her husband Prince Philip on Friday.
Tehran and 250 other cities and towns have been declared "red zones" by Iran's coronavirus task force due their highest positivity rates and the most severe restrictions in place.
Former UK minister accuses pro-Israel lobby of 'disgusting interference'
Duncan wrote in his memoir 'In The Thick of It: The private diaries of a minister' that the Conservative Friends of Israel has pushed Britain to adopt pro-Israel policies.
Muslim leaders battling misconceptions on vaccines, fasting this Ramadan
Top clerics have said that getting the coronavirus vaccine does not invalidate a fast, but local community leaders are working hard to reassure ...
Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip has died: palace
"His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle."
Suez Canal blockage to weigh heavily on reinsurers
The blockage caused by the grounding of the Ever Given held up an estimated $400 million per hour in international trade. Insurers are expected to cover up to $100 million.
Whitewashing state racism: 40 years after the Brixton uprising
Comment: Today, just as in the 80s, communities of colour are being driven to protest, only to be met with a government that denies the ...
The Crown star calls for release of British-Iranian man
With the launch of a new Amnesty International campaign, British film and TV stars have called on the Iranian government to release Anoosheh ...
UAE candidate cannot become Interpol president, says UK report
A new report urges the international community to prevent the appointment of a UAE General to Interpol president.
Uighur women violated and repressed by Xinjiang's draconian policies
Uighur women and girls are not only enduring unspeakable cruelties in internment camps, subject to draconian sterilisation procedures, rape and ...
Protesters commemorate anniversary of Syrian regime Douma chemical massacre
Protesters in Idlib gathered to remember the victims of the 2018 chemical weapons attack on Douma that killed 39, and to demand accountability.
Indonesia 'cannot accept' delays of 100 million AstraZeneca jabs
Indonesia has an ambitious coronavirus vaccine programme. However, this looks threatened after Jakarta said 100 million doses of the AstraZeneca ...
Of Necessity and Wanting: A kaleidoscopic portrayal of Karachi
Book Club: Sascha Akhtar's novel is a collection of interconnected short stories about three different women set in Pakistan's cosmopolitan hub ...
To honour Mohammed Saleem, UK must officially define Islamophobia
Comment: For Maz Saleem, whose father was killed by a white supremacist, adopting an official, legal definition of Islamophobia would provide ...
Comment: Those protesting images of the prophet being shown in a class on blasphemy display the kind of intolerance our schools are working to ...
Iran tests new advanced centrifuge amid indirect US talks
It is claimed the IR-9 centrifuge can enrich uranium 50 times faster than the first-generation centrifuges Iran is allowed under Tehran 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
Saudi human rights activist sentenced to 20 years
Abdul Rahman Al-Sadhan has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and given a 20 year travel ban for allegedly running an anonymous social media ...
UK's Johnson confirms return to pubs but sounds caution
Boris Johnson confirmed pubs and restaurants could reopen to serve outdoors in a week's time, as Covid restrictions are lifted, but sounded a ...
Labour reinstates Muslim councillor cleared of antisemitism complaint
A Labour Party panel found that East London councillor Puru Miah had not breached the party's rules on antisemitism.
Pakistanis rush to buy Covid-19 vaccine through private sales
As commercial sales of the Russian vaccine were possible for the first time in Pakistan, thousands of Pakistanis rushed to get vaccinated.
British-Muslim woman campaigns after racist murder of father
The daughter of a man who was murdered by white supremacists is launching a campaign and urging the British government to officially define ...
Iran to refuse 'direct or indirect' talks with US
Iran's deputy foreign minister said Tehran will refuse 'direct or indirect' talks with the US in Vienna on Tuesday.
UK to announce new international travel rules
Britain will set out plans to restart international travel, using a "traffic-light" system as the country cautiously emerges from lockdown.
Saudi prince sells English country estate to Bahrain's king
Prince Bandar bin Sultan bought the estate in the 1990s for 11 million pounds.
The GCSE textbooks were 'dangerously misleading', a report found.
The US will take part in next week's talks in Vienna, which Iran will also attend.
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