Fasting, praying and eating according to religious rules is impossible in some jails, ex-prisoners and groups say.

In the Sibillini Mountains of Italy, I have been rereading Buzzati’s Il deserto dei Tartari (‘The Desert of the Tartars’, translated into English as The Tartar Steppe). Written in 1938, this prescient ...

More than 90% of homes in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged, says the UN Leading European nations have said they support an Arab-backed plan for the reconstruction of Gaza that would cost $53 ...

Sudan has filed a case against the United Arab Emirates at the World Court for allegedly violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention by arming the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ...

Arab leaders began to arrive in Egypt on Monday to attend an emergency Arab summit on the war-torn Gaza Strip. The Iraqi state news agency INA said President Abdul Latif Rashid arrived in the ...

2.11 % 2007-2025 Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates In the United Arab Emirates the interest rate decisions are taken by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates. The official interest ...

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit denounced on Wednesday Israeli airstrikes in Syria as a “provocative escalation” that seeks to exploit Syria’s political transition to ...

Tatar has reiterated on Tuesday his dedication to the two-state solution for Cyprus during a recent meeting with Turkish House vice president of the foreign affairs committee, Mustafa Canbey, and ...

Are you an expat who wishes to learn Arabic? The Zayed House of Islamic Culture (ZHIC) offers Arabic courses for speakers of other languages. Those who wish to register can do so through Tamm ...

Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, President of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince ...

X@MohamedBinZayed Riyadh: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan participated in an Arab summit in Riyadh on Friday, where leaders from the GCC, Jordan, and Egypt gathered at ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday said he aims for 30 per cent of the north’s land to be covered by forest. Speaking during a visit to the north’s artificial ‘Welcome Baby ...