Nader Hashemi, Georgetown University Middle East Studies is in peril. Today, we are facing the biggest threat to academic freedom since the founding of the Association of American University Profes...

State Department official Scott Busby told senators this week that China has detained at least 800,000 Muslim minorities in internment camps. “The U.S. government assesses that…

The federal government is resuming funding to UNRWA, the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians, CBC News has learned.

A volatile millennial wields absolute power in Saudi Arabia. What will he do next?

Sara Khadem and family plan to set up residence in an unnamed Spanish city, according to reports

On a rare trip to Europe, Myanmar leader and Hungary PM discuss issue of ‘growing Muslim populations’

For nearly two decades of war in Afghanistan, U.S. leaders have sounded a constant refrain: We are making progress. They were not, documents show, and they knew it.

The UN rapporteur who found “credible evidence” linking the Saudi crown prince and others to the killing of the journalist tells The Atlantic justice would also mean that all sides, including the...

The "Ocean's Eleven" star discussed how his upbringing influenced his work in activism and the legacy he wants to leave behind for his children.

DW spoke to Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi, as she received an award at the Human Rights Film Festival Berlin.

In fact, terror attacks and hostage-taking sparked several recent conflicts that US presidents of both parties labeled genocide

Consul Yuval Donio-Gideon objected to course at Bard College but president says institution ‘stood up for academic freedom’

Statement is the first time the US has allowed the security council to take action against Israel in six years

150 Palestinian prisoners are being released as part of Israel and Hamas’s recent hostage deal. But thousands more remain behind bars.

In the end, Putin will not destroy Ukrainians’ desire for freedom any more than Khrushchev did with Hungarians or Brezhnev with Czechs and Poles. But many more lives could be lost before he realizes...

The head of a charity in the strip helping people traumatised by the conflict explains why he still has hope for the future

Mr. Yang said his initial statement in support of Israel, which drew criticism from progressives, “failed to acknowledge pain on both sides.”

With the death of President Morsi, whatever was left of the West's democratic legitimacy in the Arab world fades away.

A human rights campaigner has told fans that enjoying the team’s success and protesting against the kingdom’s autocracy are not mutually exclusive

Police fire tear gas after Mahsa Amini's funeral as mourners chant anti-government slogans.

Recent protests mark a tectonic shift in the method and rhetoric of expressing dissent in Iran. For over four decades, the Islamic leadership has fostered a culture of debate without delivery, using...

Iran's ongoing crackdown against protestors continues as nationwide demonstrations sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody are now in t...

Since journalist Jamal Khashoggi's slaying in Turkey by Saudi Arabian agents, reports of violence against journalists have increased worldwide.

Omar Abdulaziz broke down when told of the death of his mentor. From his Montreal home, he explains why the murder has made Saudi dissidents stronger

Ruling for Salma al-Shehab is the longest ever given to a women's rights activist in kingdom. There are concerns further lengthy sentences are coming

The US has played a significant role in shielding Saudi Arabia's authoritarian rulers from international scrutiny

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Trump's massive kowtow to the Saudis has proven deadly. Was Steve Linick fired as inspector general at the State Department because he was about to expose a president's darkest secrets?

It comes after a hashtag against their execution was used millions of times online.

Elon Musk said he bought Twitter to defend free speech but caved to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s requests to remove a critical BBC documentary.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo renewed his defense of the firing of the inspector general, saying he wished he had asked the president to act earlier.

The US and other Western governments said they'd had enough of Saudi Arabia but it appears the Kingdom's oil and wealth are too hard to resist.

Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University student, was charged with following and retweeting dissidents and activists

Saudi authorities have intensified their crackdown against critics and stepped up executions over the past six months

Editorial: The suffering grows and no end is in sight. This is turning out to be our crime too

Editorial: Businesses and governments have turned a blind eye to the kingdom’s behaviour because it suited them. Now the costs are clearer

US media quotes intelligence sources who intercepted a conversation between Mohammed bin Salman and an aide in 2017