
INTERVIEWS
'West demonizes Muslims to justify wars'
Western governments try to demonize Muslims to simply justify their own long-term agenda of controlling the Middle East, a political commentator says.

Western governments try to demonize Muslims to simply justify their own long-term agenda of controlling the Middle East, a political commentator says.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will emerge more powerful than ever after the coup, a former US Senate foreign policy analyst says.

What happened in Turkey would lead to a serious weakening of the army, a Beirut-based journalist has predicted.

The Iranian president says the solution to woes in the region does not lie in the use of force but rather in respecting democracy.

Two people were shot dead at a medical center in Florida on Sunday.

Syrian government forces have completely cut off the only main road used by foreign-backed militants into Aleppo.

A large majority of Americans think US race relations are "generally bad," a new poll shows.

The Iranian foreign minister attends a parliament session to brief the lawmakers on latest developments in Turkey, among other issues.

Tens of thousands of Venezuelans cross into Colombia to buy food and medicine.

Unknown gunmen have reportedly seized a police headquarters in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, taking an unknown number of people hostage.

A court in Bahrain dissolves the main Shia opposition group the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, almost a month after its activities were suspended.

A poll shows that British people do not want a general election and a second referendum on Brexit.

Media reports say a number of officers accused of having a hand in the failed Turkish military coup were detained at a military base used by the US.

Some of the soldiers detained in Turkey have reportedly told interrogators they were not aware they were part of a coup attempt.

A nuclear power plant is halted for checks after an earthquake hit the country's east.

The UN-mediated negotiations between Yemen’s warring sides resume in Kuwait City after a 15-day suspension.

The French government asks young people to help boost security by joining the special “operational reserve” following a terrorist attack in the city of Nice.

Bahraini cleric Sheikh Issa Qassim, who recently had his nationality revoked, will reportedly face trial next month for alleged corruption charges.