A princess who tried to flee the United Arab Emirates months ago is "a troubled young woman," a former U.N. human rights chief said Thursday after meeting her this month. Mary Robinson told BBC radio 4's Today program that she had been invited by Princess Haya, the wife of Dubai ruler...

An Egyptian court has slapped a Muslim Brotherhood leader with two years behind bars for “insulting the judiciary”, according to Egypt’s official MENA news agency. Mohamed al-Beltagy, a leading member of Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood group, was convicted Wednesday on charges...

Sudanese journalists on Thursday began a three-day strike to protest alleged government efforts to censor coverage of popular demonstrations that have rocked the country in recent days. In a statement, the Sudanese Journalists’ Network (SJN), an NGO, said the Sudanese security...

Israeli forces arrested five Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli military on Thursday. The individuals were arrested for “suspected involvement in popular terrorist activities”, the army said in a statement, without...