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Pakistan has lifted a recently imposed ban on the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok after receiving assurances that ‘immoral’ content would be blocked.
French police have raided Islamist groups in the aftermath of the beheading of a teacher who showed his school class cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad
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 Republic of Northern Cyprus.
'Impunity reigns' one year after Lebanon protests: Amnesty
Amnesty International has urged Lebanese authorities to end harassment of activists and journalists, as well as the use of ...
The Lebanese board game fighting corruption with humour
'Wasta', a new board game inspired by anti-government protests, takes aim at Lebanon's broken political system.
Lebanon's revolution: How art turned into a political weapon
On the first anniversary of Lebanon's October uprising, The New Arab speaks to the artists who used their talent to amplify voices on the ground.
Aussie cops drop probe into Afghan 'war crimes' reporting
Australian police dropped an investigation into journalist Daniel Oakes and his producer Sam Clark who exposed war crimes in Afghanistan.
Pakistan bans TikTok over 'immoral content'
TikTok has come up against backlash in Pakistan.
An unpopular Macron invokes the anti-Muslim playbook
Comment: Macron's tirade against 'Islamist separatism' is nothing but a racist and malicious attempt to win votes, writes Yasser Louati.
How LGBT activists rallied against a 'homophobic' Tunisian influencer
With same-sex relations criminalised in Tunisia, the queer community is usually forced to live in the shadows - but now an influencer is ...
Matthew Hedges slams UAE general's bid to head Interpol
The jailed academic experienced torture and solitary confinement during his detention in the UAE, Hedges says.
Kuwaiti court acquits ex-MP Al-Nafisi of insulting the UAE
In August 2019, the ministry of foreign affairs filed a complaint against Al-Nafisi, accusing him of insulting the UAE in ...
Egypt's Al-Azhar hits back at Macron's 'racist' Islam remarks
Al-Azhar's religious scholars have accused Emmanuel Macron of hate speech after the president said Islam was 'in crisis' ...
Algerian lawyers announce strike for right to counsel
The strikes come amid a growing clampdown on repression in the North African nation, a year and a half since longtime president Abdelaziz ...
There is nothing unconscious about Tory bias
Comment: No amount of 'unconscious bias' training will remedy a political class that defines itself through the exploitation and ...
Egyptian police arrest 10 in small, rare protests
Demonstration have occurred across Egypt this week, which marks one year since corruption allegations sparked a renewed protest movement.
Zoom blocks Leila Khaled webinar after protests
The video conferencing company cited US anti-terrorism laws in cancelling the university event featuring Palestinian activist Leila Khaled.
AJ+ ruling projects Emirati power into US justice system
Comment: The DOJ report forcing AJ+ to register as a foreign agent bears the clear hallmarks of Washington's Emirati lobby and an ...
Sisi bulldozes homes with renewed disdain for Egypt's poor
Comment: A year after the 'Palacegate' protests that saw so many incarcerated, Egypt's streets are a grim mix of apathy, fear and ...
France's Charlie Hebdo sells out with Mohammed cartoons reprint
The satirical magazine reprinted the controversial caricatures to mark the start of the trial this week of alleged accomplices ...
For dissidents, Egypt has crossed a chilling new threshold
Comment: Sisi's heavy-handed persecution of Hassan instils fear and paranoia that will ultimately cause Egyptians at home and abroad to ...
Turkey, Pakistan, Al-Azhar condemn Charlie Hebdo's Mohammed cartoons
'The insistence on the criminal act to republish these offensive cartoons embeds hate speech further and inflames the emotions ...
Trial opens over Charlie Hebdo attacks that stunned France
Fourteen people accused of aiding gunmen attack the offices of Charlie Hebdo and a Kosher supermarket went on trial under ...
Biden's 'partnership plan' receives mixed response from Arab-Americans
Biden's plan touches issues from the Muslim ban, no-fly lists, refugee resettlement, census representation, to foreign policy pledges including ...
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