Israel's government avoided any show of satisfaction on Thursday over the ouster of Egypt's Mohamed Mursi, an Islamist president who alarmed many in the Jewish state but quickly made clear he would not renege on a peace treaty. 　　A spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to comment on Mursi's... More

　　President Barack Obama recently stated the United States was not taking sides as Egypt's crisis came to a head with the military overthrow of the democratically elected president. 　　But a review of dozens of US federal government documents shows Washington has quietly funded senior Egyptian opposition figures who called for... More

　　Palestinians fear many detainees scheduled for release will only have a brief taste of freedom. 　　Dalia Hatuqa Last Modified: 12 Aug 2013 15:17 　　Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker 　　Email Article 　　Print Article 　　Share article 　　Send Feedback 　　In 2011, 1,027 Palestinian prisoners were freed in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad... More

　　More than two million Syrians have now fled their war-ravaged country, according to the UN refugee agency, marking the nearly 10-fold increase from a year ago. 　　In addition to the two million Syrians living as refugees, another 4.25 million people have been displaced within the country since the regime crackdown... More

　　What once was her right arm is now just a stub lying limp next to her torso. She sits with a far-away look in her eyes and a sad smile. Morium Begum was working inside Rana Plaza when it collapsed, in what has been dubbed the deadliest garment factory accident... More

　　The Palestinian economy could expand by over a third if Israel were to lift its restrictions on about 60 percent of the West Bank that it controls, the World Bank said. 　　"More than half the land in the West Bank, much of it agricultural and resource rich, is inaccessible to... More

　　The UN says there are now more refugees than at any time since 1994. Thousands of asylum-seekers, mainly from Afghanistan and the Middle East, head to Indonesia each year to make the dangerous voyage across the Indian ocean to Australia. 　　They are seeking a new life, fleeing war, political unrest,... More

　　A new Human Rights Watch report has criticized the Iranian government for ill-treatment of Afghan migrants, including the detention and deportation of thousands of Afghans each year. 　　The report, Unwelcome Guests: Iran's Violation of Afghan Refugee and Migrant Rights, released at a Kabul press conference last week, calls for action... More

　　European leaders should "hang their heads with shame" over their treatment of Syrian refugees fleeing the country's brutal crackdown, rights group Amnesty International has said. 　　In a briefing, released on Friday, entitled; "An international failure: The Syrian refugee crisis", the rights group states that European Union (EU) member states have... More

　　While publicly condemning US drone attacks on its soil, evidence suggests Pakistani government complicity. 　　Pakistan's government and political parties are once again up in arms over the latest drone strikes by the US in tribal areas. 　　For years, Pakistani governments - both the quasi-military rule under former military ruler General... More

　　Khaled Sabra stands next to a broken cement wall across from his house in the Palestinian village of Bruqin. Last winter, the rains caused the stream running below the wall to rise until it overflowed, flooding Sabra's house and other homes in the center of the village. 　　The water also... More

　　Thousands of Nigerian Muslims on Sunday urged authorities to "redress the many injustices" against Muslims but reiterated readiness to work with Nigerians of other faiths for the benefit of their country. 　　"We frown at the continued marginalization of the Muslims across the country and in Lagos," Prof Ishaq Oloyede, of... More

　　The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has systematically killed and tortured about 11,000 people, according to a reported based on the evidence of a defector and produced by three former international prosecutors. 　　The report, commissioned by the government of Qatar and released on Tuesday, examined thousands of pictures said... More