By AFPIran's Supreme Court has ordered a retrial for a young Iranian sentenced to death for his part in protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, the judiciary said on Wednesday.Mahan Sadrat was one of nearly a dozen Iranians sentenced to death after b...

By AFPAbout 7,000 children of suspected foreign jihadists housed in overcrowded detention camps in northeast Syria are at risk of attack and must be repatriated, an aid organisation warned Wednesday.Since the Islamic State group's 2019 territorial de...

By AFPKneeling in front of a turbanned judge in a tiny room at the Ghazni Court of Appeal in eastern Afghanistan, an old man sentenced to death for murder pleads for his life.The 75-year-old admits to having shot dead a relative -- out of revenge, he...

By AFPThe death toll from a landslide at an unauthorised campsite in Malaysia rose to 26 after search and rescue teams on Wednesday found the body of a man in a tight embrace with his dog, officials said.Seven people are still missing after a predawn...

By AFPLeaders from the Middle East and beyond pledged Tuesday to support Iraq's "stability" and called for Baghdad to distance itself from foreign influence, at a summit aimed at helping resolve regional crises.Iraq has been caught for years in a del...

By AFPMorocco is hoping its unprecedented World Cup exploits can help it win friends and influence people, especially among an Arab public opposed to its 2020 rapprochement with Israel.Support for the Atlas Lions surged as they battled their way to t...

The Jordanian scene today is full of accelerating events, some of which have been violent, and in the background of the scene is an economic crisis the likes of which the country has not witnessed before.While experts fear that the events will destab...

By AFPUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US leader Joe Biden and address Congress in Washington on Wednesday, a visit the White House said will send Russia a strong message of Western unity.The secretly arranged trip comes on the same d...

By AFPHundreds of young women were stopped by armed guards on Wednesday from entering Afghan university campuses, a day after the nation's Taliban rulers banned them from higher education in another assault on human rights.Despite promising a softer...

By AFPAt least five people were killed and over 70,000 rushed to evacuation centres in Malaysia after monsoon-triggered floods inundated the country's north, authorities said Wednesday.Over 31,000 people have fled their homes in Kelantan state while...

By AFPThe World Bank said Tuesday that it has approved a fresh $610 million package for Ukraine, with financing aimed at sustaining essential services and supporting health care as war rages on.This comes as Russia's invasion "continues to have devas...