Police says over 100 arrested in latest protests

Son of Iran’s Shah urges civil disobedience

LONDON/TEHRAN (Al Arabiya, Agencies)

Iran's former crown prince backed a campaign of "civil disobedience and non-violence" Saturday to oust the government in Tehran and urged Western support, but warned against any armed intervention. "The end of the apartheid regime in South Africa, of military juntas in South America, of...More

Security forces clashed with opposition supporters during protests on Wednesday

Security forces clashed with opposition supporters during protests on Wednesday

Fire all women, don't promote democracy: Shabaab

Somali rebels' 11 commandments to aid groups

Don't promote democracy, fire all women, don't take Sundays off and remove all logos from your vehicles: these are only some of the 11 new rules Somalia's Shabaab rebels want to slap on aid groups. According to a document obtained by AFP Friday and issued two days earlier by the authorities for the...More

Fighters from Shabaab paraded in the streets of Mogadishu (File)

Marriage becoming "entertainment": citizens

Somalia cheap mobile calls help youngsters elope

Somali courtship was different in Hassan Aden's day. When he was a teenager, you gave the girl's parents 11 camels and an AK-47 assault rifle as bride price and then waited respectfully. Now, the 55-year-old said, a mobile phone service that seems to be the only thing working in the failed Horn of Africa state is helping...More

People taking photographs of bride and groom with mobile phones in Sudan, Khartoum (File)

Victim numbers unknown, seen on the rise

Iraqi kidnappings unabated as violence subsides

A young Iraqi boy is given as bag of school goodies by a member of the Iraqi military Volcano Brigade (File)

Ten-year-old Iraqi football fan Muntazer picked up his ball one day and walked to his grandparents' house. On the way, he was snatched by kidnappers, who...More

Israeli forces mistreat workers at checkpoints

Israeli group defends Palestinian laborers

Palesinian workers are forced to wait for hours under the summer sun or winter rain

The number of Palestinian laborers who cross Israeli checkpoints daily in West Bank is estimated at 70,000. During every trip, they suffer from the sizzling...More

Say return from Iraq depends on response

Turkish Kurd refugees await Ankara peace move

An Iraqi Turkmen (L) crosses a street along with an Iraqi Kurd (R) in front of the statue of Turkmen leader Abdullah Awchi (File)

Fifteen years after they were driven out by bloodshed, thousands of Kurdish refugees living in a camp in northern Iraq dream of coming back to Turkey, but say...More

Fashion week will showcase 32 local designers

Hip Pakistan snubs Taliban at fashion week

A model presents a creation by Pakistani designer Aiesha Varsey during the Pakistan Fashion Week in Karachi

Bare shoulders, backless gowns and pouting models are wowing Pakistan's glitterati as Karachi fashion week shows the world a different side of the...More

Mutah Beale launches TV show to present "true Islam"

US rapper to expose "media lies" about Islam

Mutah Beale is now a motivational speaker after leaving the hip hop high life for Islam

Islam is backward, breeds terrorists and suppresses women, are just some of the lies the media promotes about Islam, says American rapper and convert to Islam...More

Palestinian keffiyeh honors UN judge over war report

Gaza inscribes "Goldstone" on national scarf

South African Judge Richard Goldstone's name may spark anger for some in Israel, but in Gaza the name is synonymous with heroism and to prove it, it is...More

urity fears delay event, kept away foreign glitterati

Pakistan fashion week starts under Taliban shadow

Models will sashay down catwalks for four days, flaunting the latest creations by local designers (File)

Pakistan's fashion week began Wednesday with an opulent opening ceremony, against a backdrop of militant violence and security fears that delayed the...More