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...

A Belgian judge has ordered the government to repatriate six children of Daesh (ISIS) militants and their mothers who have been detained in a camp in Kurdish-controlled Syria, the national news agency Belga said Wednesday. Tatiana Wielandt, 26, and Bouchra Abouallal, 25, both Belgian citizens,...

From dusk till dawn, the Afghan capital of Kabul resembles an abandoned city these days, shrouded in the thick black smoke of mostly coal-fired heaters amid the harsh winter. Air pollution during the winter in this fast-developing metropolis has made breathing difficult for locals,...