Woman arrested in Iran after video showing her cycling without hijab goes viral
Wearing a hijab has been compulsory for all women in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution
Middle East
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Millions of Yemenis lose access to aid amid funding shortfall, UN says
'What is to be the fate of the four million we no longer have the money to help?' asks the UN humanitarian chief
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Kurdish-led authorities free hundreds of Islamic State militants jailed in northern Syria
Only those prisoners with 'no blood on their hands' would be released, Syrian Kurdish authorities say
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Dubai's new remote-working visa offers Brits who relocate opportunity to keep entire salary
Dubai is seeking to counter the potential mass exodus of its workforce caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, with 900,000 jobs under threat
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Homeless migrants sleep rough beneath Dubai's skyscrapers as Covid employment crisis bites
Blue collar workers from Asia and Africa find themselves without a job or any money due to lockdown rules
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Lebanon's ex-PM Hariri says he would return to rule, with conditions
International aid is the only solution to Lebanon's collapse, says Saad Hariri
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EU Parliament condemns human rights abuses in Saudi migrant camps after Telegraph investigation
Vote kept top secret until last minute amid concerns of coercion
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US to apply new sanctions aimed at crushing Iranian economy
Iran says US sanctions already threaten millions of lives
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Syrian chemical weapons victims ask German prosecutors to investigate
Lawyers representing Syrian victims of chemical weapons attack say they have new evidence proving the Syrian government culpable
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Iran reports record infections in 'third wave' of coronavirus
Public blamed for not observing regulations aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus
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US court orders Iran to pay $1.4 bn damages to missing intelligence agent Robert Levinson's family
The missing former FBI agent is believed to have been the longest-held hostage in US history
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Jerusalem's open-air merchants feel the pinch in second lockdown
Israel warns of slow, cautious route out of lockdown as infection rates soar
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'You can die at sea or you can die here': Lebanese in Tripoli join illegal migration to Cyprus
Increasing numbers of Lebanese economic migrants are risking their lives for the chance to work illegally in Cyprus
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Lebanon seeks Interpol arrest warrants for Russian pair linked to Beirut explosion
Lebanon requests global arrest warrants for Russian captain and owner of ship that brought explosive material to Beirut
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'A catalogue of cruelties' emerges from Saudi detention centres
Amnesty International provides mounting evidence of human rights abuses including migrants being shackled, torture and dying children
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Coronavirus infections in Turkey 'twenty times higher than official figures'
The case rate was far above the official tally of 1,500 on September 10, according to a leaked document
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United Arab Emirates expands space programme with Moon mission
Rashid rover will explore lunar surface as part of Arab world's first Moon mission
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Israel's lockdown could last 'much longer than a month' as mass protests banned
Protesters accuse government of using coronavirus as excuse to quell their rights as tougher rules imposed
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Saudi exiles defy royal family with pro-democracy opposition groups
National Assembly Party and Democracy for the Arab World Now vow to throw spotlight on repression in Saudi Arabia
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Emir of Kuwait dead at 91, royal court announces
Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has died, Kuwait says
