Women are bearing the brunt of Iraq's disastrous modern history. Despite early advances in women's rights, including the fact that Iraq was the first country in the Arab world to have a woman serve

Wall Street stocks has plunged with major indices losing more than three percent in a sell-off prompted by the sudden jump in US interest rates. At the closing bell in the New York Stock

MOSCOW: More than 1,000 militants have left a demilitarised zone in Syria’s rebel-held region of Idlib, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Wednesday.Russia and Turkey agreed to enforce a new demilitarised

DUBAI: Oman is on alert after the meteorology center upgraded Luban to tropical cyclone category one on Wednesday while Yemen issued a warning.  Oman is likely to escape the worst of tropical cyclone, and will

BENI MELLAL: A 17-year-old Moroccan girl whose alleged gang rape and forcible tattooing sparked a public outcry has confronted in court the only minor among the 12 suspects accused of assaulting and torturing her.The

A massive corruption scandal has engulfed Belgian football as authorities carried out dozens of police raids in the country and around Europe in a vast probe into financial fraud and match-fixing. A total of

Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi counsulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain a document certifying he had divorced his ex-wife, only to never be seen since.  Turkish sources have told media outlets that

Hurricane Michael made landfall on Florida's Panhandle as a "monstrous" Category-4 storm on Wednesday, bringing with it life-threatening winds, catastrophic storm surges and heavy rain.  The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the hurricane was

Al Jazeera has been given access to a yet-to-be-released report by a panel of UN experts. It shows the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is violating sanctions imposed in Somalia and Eritrea. The report highlights

Istanbul, Turkey - President Donald Trump said he has spoken to officials at the highest level in Saudi Arabia about the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and wants the United States to get to the bottom