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Rivers in Bangladesh have burst their banks and caused the worst floods in the country’s northeast for nearly two decades, with about two million people marooned by rising waters, officials said Saturday. Floodwater rushing from India’s northeast breac…

Pakistan’s former human rights minister was arrested Saturday in the capital over a decades-old land grabbing allegation, her daughter and another former minister said. Shireen Mazari, who served in the Cabinet-level position under former Prime Ministe…

The US Senate’s longest serving member has rebuked Egyptian authorities for continuing to detain activist and blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah, calling his treatment “reminiscent of the Middle Ages”. Democrat senator for Vermont Patrick Leahy told Congress th…

A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces during a raid on Saturday in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. “A 17-year-old boy was killed and an 18-year-old was critically wounded by the Israeli occupation…

Lebanon’s hijacked sovereignty must be restored after an election denied the powerful Shia movement Hezbollah a parliamentary majority, said leader of the Lebanese Forces party Samir Geagea. “All strategic decision-making should return to the Lebanese …

Amnesty International has urged Yemen’s Houthi rebels to free four journalists facing the death penalty for “espionage” in the war-torn country, ahead of an appeal court hearing on Sunday. The four, Abdul Khaleq Amran, Tawfiq al-Mansouri, Harith Hamid …

Undefeated boxing star Floyd Mayweather will fight “Dangerous” Don Moore in a rearranged exhibition bout in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, organisers said on Friday. The former welterweight world champion, who retired with an unbeaten 50-0 record, was preparin…

Lebanon held parliamentary elections on 15 May, and saw a raft of new independent candidates secure seats, in addition to Hezbollah losing its parliamentary majority. On this week’s episode of The New Arab Voice, we explore the results of the recent vo…

The United States on Friday urged Lebanon’s leaders to move urgently to form a government and address a crisis-wracked economy after elections raised fears of new political deadlock. “We urge those elected and the country’s political leaders to heed th…

The Tigray rebel forces fighting Ethiopia’s federal army say they will release 4,000 prisoners of war as part of an amnesty. The Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front announced the release on Twitter Friday, amid an escalating war of words between Ethiopian…