On Oct. 20, Arabic-language website alawatanews.com published a report that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had been forced out of power. Citing the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), it said King Salman had signed a decree removing the prince “against the backdrop of growing...

Pakistan’s top court on Wednesday overturned the death sentence of a Christian woman accused of blasphemy. While Ireland recently voted to oust its ‘medieval’ law, many European countries still have laws criminalising blasphemy. Could the tide finally be turning against blasphemy?...

 The 26-year-old Yazidi mother faces a heartbreaking choice. Her family is preparing to emigrate from Iraq to Australia and start a new life after the suffering Daesh (ISIS) wreaked on their small religious minority. She is desperate to go with them, but there is also someone she can’t...

China'a number one Wang Qiang has been left "really tired" at the end of a punishing season on the WTA tour and believes she has played "too many matches". The world number 22 has been on a spectacular run of form recently that has seen her leapfrog Zhang Shuai to become China's top...