A Tanzanian subsistence miner has hit the jackpot after the government handed him a cheque for 7.74bn Tanzanian shillings ($3.35m) for the two largest tanzanite gemstones ever found. The two... Read more

Boris Johnson appeared unwilling to compromise in order to secure a trade and security deal with Brussels when he joined EU leaders for a summit last week, one of the three who attended the... Read more

After fleeing to Taiwan from the frontlines of the Hong Kong protests, Ben suffered a recurrent nightmare for months: he dreamed his fellow protesters were being tortured by police, but he c... Read more

China is attempting to use journalists from non-English speaking countries to promote its policies beyond its borders in a concerted new push for influence, a report by the International Fed... Read more

Hussam Al-Haddad Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported that on Monday, two Turkish charities had sent six trucks carrying humanitarian aid to the rebel-held province of Idlib in no... Read more

A US public health chief told Congress on Tuesday that coronavirus has “brought this nation to its knees” as America struggles with more than 2.3 million confirmed cases and more than 121,00... Read more

As lockdown eases around the world, George RR Martin has revealed he is currently isolating in “an actual cabin in the mountains” and hopes to finish his long-awaited fantasy novel The Winds... Read more

Uganda has temporarily opened its border to thousands of people fleeing deadly ethnic clashes in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Ugandan government closed its recept... Read more

European diplomats are being urged to restart shuttle diplomacy with Iran after the US presidential election in November or risk Tehran hardliners gaining still wider control of Iran’s many... Read more

As seen, with an inevitable degree of simplification, the goal of the Brotherhood can be described as the establishment of an Islamic state through ‘Islamisation from below’, a slow process... Read more

Three categories of individuals and organisations operating inside the UK can be referred to as “Muslim Brotherhood.” In decreasing degrees of intensity, these are the pure Brothers, Brother... Read more

A son of the suspected senior al-Qaida member Abu Anas al-Liby has described the moment masked US commandos grabbed his father outside their Tripoli home. Abdullah al-Ruqai, 21, said three m... Read more

Mustafa Kamel   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions in Libya have deteriorated his alliances and popularity at home, as he continues to support the Government of National... Read more

Hani Daniel   The European Union’s relationship with Turkey has entered a stage of tensions in light of Ankara’s breach of European efforts to stop military action in Libya. It is expec... Read more

Ali Rajab Libyan political forces warmly welcomed remarks by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that his country may find itself obliged to militarily intervene in Libya if the forces o... Read more