Deutsche Welle

Wide-ranging new sanctions are designed to isolate anyone doing business with Bashar al-Assad’s government. But with the population reeling from…

Thousands of Palestinians and Israelis protested in Israel on Saturday against Israel’s plan to extend sovereignty over parts of the…

Thousands of foreign fighters have returned to their home countries after fighting with terror groups. But those who stay behind…

In countries that practice Islamic law, legal reforms to advance the status of women tend to fail due to hard-liners…

As the Muslim world prepares to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Islam’s holiest month, many of the faithful…

Turkish officials were angered when the UAE weighed into the tussle for rights to gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean…

The EU’s highest court has ruled that Hungarian authorities circumvented EU law by holding Afghan and Iranian asylum seekers in…

An extraordinary case of child marriage in Yemen has highlighted the rising number of forced, underage weddings. In rare instances,…

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake jolted Iran’s capital, Tehran, and nearby areas in the early hours of Friday, forcing many people to flee buildings.…

Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf has publicly hit out at Assad’s seizure of his businesses, exposing a rift in the elite’s…