Prominent Emirati rights activist Ahmed Mansoor has filed a Supreme Court appeal in a bid to overturn a 10-year prison sentence handed to him earlier this year over several Twitter posts. Mansoor was sentenced

US Open champion Naomi Osaka has said that her landmark victory in New York last month still felt "bittersweet" after a controversial and dramatic final against her childhood idol Serena Williams. The Japanese player's

Qatar's sports broadcaster beIN has launched a $1bn compensation claim against Saudi Arabia, accusing it of "breaching international law" in relation to the streaming of sporting events beIN owns the rights to. Separately, on

Iraq’s parliament has to elect its new president within the next few hours, a role that is served by a Kurd. The process has been plagued with delays and both main Kurdish parties are

The legendary French singer Charles Aznavour, whose career spanned eight decades, has died aged 94. The songwriter, who had just returned from a concert tour of Japan last month, died in his home in

(CNN)Here is a look at the Islamic New Year. The next Islamic New Year begins on the evening of August 31, 2019.Exact date varies depending on method used to determine start of new year:

KHAN AL-AHMAR, West Bank: Palestinians residents of a West Bank hamlet braced on Monday for an Israeli demolition of their homes as activists arrived to help them resist in case Israeli troops moved in

In the summer of 2016, two political earthquakes hit the European Union and Turkey within a month of each other. On June 23, the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU, triggering a major

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Monday it was temporarily withdrawing some foreign staff from the Gaza Strip following security concerns linked to job cuts in the coastal enclave. In a statement, the

An international court has ruled that Chile does not have to negotiate access to the Pacific ocean with Bolivia, frustrating hopes of resolving a bitter 135-year dispute. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), based