AMMAN: The Jordanian government has taken steps to ease the plight of Palestinians living in the country and to bolster the civil defense guards at Al-Aqsa Mosque.Wasfi Kilani, director of the Hashemite Fund for

Palestinians and right groups condemned a decision by an Israeli court that gave the green light for the military to demolish a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, forcibly evicting 180 residents there.

Qatar will soon be the first Arab Gulf nation to allow some of its long-time foreign residents to become permanent residents. Issuing a new law, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani directed the

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused US President Donald Trump of planning to "abuse" the presidency of the UN Security Council to criticise Tehran, Washington's political nemesis. Zarif said the US leader "plans

A day after six people were killed in southern Iraq's Basra city, violent protests over poor government services continued with security forces opening fire after new clashes. Protesters in Basra told Al Jazeera on Wednesday

Paraguay will return its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv, reversing a contentious decision months ago to move the diplomatic site to Jerusalem. "Paraguay wants to contribute to an intensification of regional diplomatic

BASRA: The United Nations envoy to Iraq called Wednesday for “calm” in Basra, after six died in the bloodiest day of protests over poor public services in the southern city.In a statement, Jan Kubis,

HABBANIYAH, Iraq: In the 1980s, Iraq’s Lake Habbaniyah was a tourist hotspot, popular with wealthy newlyweds and so luxurious it was even a haunt of dictator Saddam Hussein and his fearsome entourage.Top-notch restaurants, flower

DUBAI: Qatar amended its residency laws on Tuesday to allow most foreign workers to leave the country without exit permits from their employers, a provision which labor rights groups have long said should be

After many years, jury selection has started, beginning one of the most contentious and racially charged murder trials to take place in years in the United States. The shooting of Laquan McDonald, a black