A cautious calm prevailed in the northern city of Tripoli on Friday hours after rioters set fire to several buildings, capping days of violent clashes as anger over growing poverty made worse by the coronavirus lockdown boiled over. Lebanese troops deployed in the country's second-largest...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken held his first telephone call Thursday with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein since the top US diplomat took office earlier this week. Blinken conveyed condolences for a deadly twin suicide bombing claimed by Daesh/ISIS last week that killed 32 victims...

Pakistan on Thursday rejected New Delhi’s claim that Islamabad and Beijing are backing the ongoing protests by farmers in India. In a weekly news briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said the “baseless and irresponsible” accusations are a continuation of...

Amid controversy over the government’s stance towards Muslims, Islamophobic attacks in France shot up by over half in 2020, the head of a monitoring group said Friday. There were 235 attacks on Muslims in France in 2020, up from 154 the previous year, a 53% jump, Abdallah Zekri, head of...