An Iranian couple have been arrested after they got engaged in front of a cheering crowd at a shopping centre. Video of the public proposal in the northern city of Arak was shared on social media and shows the pair standing in a ring of rose petals. After the woman says yes, she can be […]
Image copyright Jamie Wiseman/Daily Mail Image caption Shamima Begum with her third child Jarrah, who died on Thursday Home Secretary Sajid Javid is facing criticism after the baby son of Shamima Begum died in a Syrian camp. Ms Begum left London to join the Islamic State group aged 15. Mr Javid revoked her British citizenship […]
Image copyright AFP PHOTO / FREE NAZANIN CAMPAIGN Image caption Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her daughter Gabriella, who she saw during a temporary release from prison Jailed British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will be given diplomatic protection by Britain, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. It means the case will now be treated as a formal, legal […]
Image copyright Absher Google has remained silent over reports it told a US congresswoman that a controversial app was not in breach of its terms and conditions. Saudi app Absher can be used by men to track women and prevent them from travelling. The office of Jackie Speier confirmed to the BBC that a verbal […]
Image copyright Absher Google has remained silent over reports it told a US congresswoman that a controversial app was not in breach of its terms and conditions. Saudi app Absher can be used by men to track women and prevent them from travelling. The office of Jackie Speier confirmed to the BBC that a verbal […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption A “Palestinian affairs unit” will operate from the consulate site on Agron road The US has closed its consulate general in Jerusalem, which covered Palestinian affairs, folding its operations into the new embassy to Israel in the city. The state department said the merger was made for efficiency reasons and […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption A “Palestinian affairs unit” will operate from the consulate site on Agron road The US has closed its consulate general in Jerusalem, which covered Palestinian affairs, folding its operations into the new embassy to Israel in the city. The state department said the merger was made for efficiency reasons and […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Shawkan celebrated his release with his family at their home in Cairo The award-winning Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, who is widely known as Shawkan, has been released after five years in prison. Shawkan was arrested in 2013 while covering a deadly crackdown by security forces on a sit-in by […]
Media captionYago Riedijk said he saw nothing wrong in marrying 15-year-old Shamima Begum. The Dutch husband of Shamima Begum, who joined the Islamic State group in Syria in 2015 aged 15, has said he wants her to return to the Netherlands with him. Yago Riedijk and Ms Begum married days after she arrived inside IS […]
Media captionPolice face students opposing the president’s plan to run again Algeria’s veteran President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has defied protesters by confirming he will run again – but says he will not serve a full term. In a letter he said if he won April’s vote he would oversee a national dialogue leading to fresh elections […]
