We use cookies to improve our service for you. You can find more information in our data protection declaration.

More info OK
  1. Inhalt
  2. Navigation
  3. Weitere Inhalte
  4. Metanavigation
  5. Suche
  6. Choose from 30 Languages
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

'Jalwa' law in Jordan sends hundreds into domestic exile

A child walks past a mural, painted on a wall in Amman, Jordan.

The Jordanian custom of banishing the families of suspected criminals is intended to prevent revenge. It's a collective punishment that even affects distant cousins.

Jordan blast: Large explosion at military facility near Zarqa

Jordan: A new hope for women

UAE's tourism sector gets a shot in the arm as Israelis flock to Dubai

A man holding a passport

Despite COVID-19, up to 50,000 Israelis have been flying to Dubai since last November. The UAE is adapting to the new clientele as mutual business interests start to take off.

Israel, UAE to establish full diplomatic ties in groundbreaking deal

Israel establishes ties with two Arab states

Mike Pompeo claims Iran is new 'home base' of al-Qaida

US Secretary of State Pompeo

The top US diplomat has claimed, without evidence, that the Islamist militant group has established a new base of operations in Iran, moving away from Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Saudi Arabia vs. Iran: From 'twin pillars' to proxy wars

Pompeo accuses Iran of providing base for al-Qaida

Iran: Facebook deletes Press TV page

Press TV's Twitter page

Iran's state media Press TV wrote on Twitter that Facebook has deleted its main page "without any warning or explanation."

Kuwait government ministers resign en masse

Kuwait's Emir Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah attends a parliament session in Kuwait City

Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid al-Sabah must submit his government's resignation to Kuwait's ruler, Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Sabah, after many of his ministers quit their posts.

Qatar Airways flight lands in Saudi Arabia for 1st time in years

Saudi airport officials surround the first Qatar Airways plane in three years to land in Riyadh

The resumption of direct flights between Doha and Riyadh for the first time since 2017 is the latest step towards ending a multi-year rift between the two Gulf states.

US to declare Yemen's Houthi rebels as 'terrorist organization'

Tribesmen loyal to Houthi rebels hold their weapons as they attend a gathering against the agreement

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he will designate Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a foreign terror group, a move that aid agencies fear will hamper their work in war-torn Yemen.

Facebook and Google Earth help probe eco-crimes in the Middle East

Iraqi fire fighters try to extinguish oil wells set on fire near Mosul by the extremist IS group as it fled the area

Researchers are using the same open-source data methods that helped track war crimes in Syria to document environmental offenses in places like Yemen and Iraq.

Iran reveals new missile base on the Persian Gulf

Iranian Revolutionary Guard inspecting the new missile facility

Iranian military forces have shown off their Naval Missile Facility on the coast of the Persian Gulf and boasted of their extended defensive capabilities.

Iran leader bans COVID vaccines from UK and US

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the public over a live television broadcast

Despite a high coronavirus death toll, Iran's hardline Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamanei has called for a ban on BioNTech-Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines.

More news from the Middle East

Can Benjamin Netanyahu survive Israel's next election?

As new parties shake up the political landscape, Israelis will vote for the fourth time in two years in March. This comes as the government continues mass inoculations amid the country's third pandemic lockdown.

Germany, France and UK press Iran over nuclear enrichment

The three European countries have issued a joint condemnation of Iran's return to enriching uranium to levels above those set in the 2015 nuclear deal.

Sudan signs pact with US on normalizing ties with Israel

Sudan and the United States have signed an accord that paves the way for normalizing ties with Israel, making it the third Arab country to sign the "Abraham Accords."

Dubbed dramas give Turkey the power of (the) remote control

Televised Turkish dramas are all the rage in the Middle East. A young Ottoman TV Empire has been expanding its soft power by harnessing regional dialects, Arabic names and viewers' desire for racy-yet-traditional plots.

Gulf leaders sign agreement to end Qatar blockade

The Saudi crown prince embraced the emir of Qatar before signing a deal to end Saudi Arabia's yearslong boycott of its smaller neighbor.

Irak Jesidin Kocher mit Kindern im Flüchtlingslager Sar-Dashte auf Mount Sinjar

Iraq's Yazidis 4 years after the genocide

For Kocher, life in Iraq is agony. The Yazidi woman and her children were enslaved by the "Islamic State" for two years.

A suicide belt among rubble

Mosul: The deadly legacy of the 'Islamic State'

Booby traps and unexploded bombs are hampering reconstruction in Mosul's Old Town, a year after liberation from IS.

Watch video 26:00

Saudi Arabia dismisses criticism over Khashoggi murder

Senior Saudi official Adel al-Jubeir says Riyadh is paying 'a great price' over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

More videos

DW Conflict Zone - Adel al-Dschubeir, ehemaliger Außenminister Saudi-Arabien

Saudi Arabia dismisses criticism over Khashoggi murder

Flüchtlinge Boot Symbolbild Jemen Äthiopien

Ethiopian, Somali migrants face perils in Yemen

Jemen Symbolbild Arbeiter

After 5 years of war, Yemenis on the brink

Israel Premierminister Benjamin Netanjahu

Netanyahu: Allegations are 'unprecedented witch hunt'

A group of men sit near the entrance of a shop damaged after a large explosion on August 4, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon.

In pictures: Beirut blast aftermath — destruction, chaos and protests

A powerful explosion rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut, killing at least 150 people and injuring thousands more. Residents have taken to the streets to demand government reforms and resignations over the blast.

Advertisement
Pilgrims circumambulating around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the centre of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca

2020 hajj: Amid COVID-19, thousands flock to Mecca

In a normal year, millions of Muslims flock to Mecca for the hajj pilgrimage. But with COVID-19 still a global threat, only a few thousand have been allowed to make the journey this year, under strict rules.

Thomas Louis Gilzean is a World War II veteran, who landed in Normandy and fought in the Battle of the Bulge

Veterans of World War II

People from more than 60 nations fought in World War II. In an ongoing project, Jonathan Alpeyrie set out to collect their images and testimonies without pretense to judge or criticize their actions or decisions.

Palestinian artist Samah Saed decorates a protective face mask

Coronavirus in Gaza: Trying to avert disaster

What was long feared has now become reality — the COVID-19 pandemic has reached the closed-off Gaza Strip. It's a race against time to head off the outbreak and stop a catastrophe.