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JOHANNESBURG - Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Tuesday urged the Cape Town Opera to abandon a trip to

'Just as we said during apartheid'

Archbishop: only 'thickest-skinned' South Africans would be comfortable performing before excluding…

ABU DHABI - Kalima, the translation project of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH),

Translated by Sami Abu Yahia and Fuad Ismail…

UNITED NATIONS - UN human rights chiefs and experts launched a new offensive on the US conduct of its

Investigate all allegations in the Wikileak documents

Washington under fire over 'war on terror', Iraq-Afghan conflicts, Wikileaks…

JERUSALEM - A rights group on Monday published new photos of Israeli soldiers posing with a detainee and

'It's the norm in the Israeli military'

Release of new Israel abuse photos seeks to demonstrate that previous incidents not…

LONDON - The sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has converted to Islam following a visit

'Just absolute bliss and joy'

Lauren Booth undergoes religious conversion following visit to holy Iranian city of Qom.

to…

The widows of insurgent fighters in Diyala province are demanding that the government acknowledge the

hundreds of children whose fathers died leaving them without Iraqi citizenship.

Unregistered children are denied Iraqi citizenship, leaving them with no right to basic services.

By Ali Mohammed - BAQUBA (Iraq)

During the worst years of…

JERUSALEM - Israel on Sunday slammed critical remarks made by Middle East Catholic bishops after a

'An anti-Israel majority'

Palestinians welcome Catholic support for end of Israeli occupation of their territories.

meeting chaired by…

Washington on Sunday came under increasing pressure to investigate allegations in the leaked Iraq war

The outcome of the US invasion is still coming out

Human rights organisations demand answers after allegations against US, its allies in Iraq.…

AMMAN- Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called on Jordan to "respect the right to free expression" in the

‘The government is here to silence unwelcome voices’

Jordan urged not to censor news item critical of government regarding general…

MANAMA - The leader of Bahrain's mainstream Shiite opposition has called for an end to the stranglehold on

Looks forward to the day when any Bahraini, Sunni or Shiite, can become PM

Sheikh Salman says power 'monopolised by a single family' in Bahrain…

The workers herd cows through the dusty tunnels beneath the Gaza border, but this time they are leading them

Little help to the economy

Palestinians smugglers exporting Israeli products, Gaza raw material into Egypt via tunnels.…