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Moroccan protesters hold posters during a demonstration in Rabat in support of Maati Monjib on Oct. 21, 2015. (AFP/Fadel Senna)

November 8th, 2015 - 11:36 GMT

An arbitrary law in Morocco is sending activists to jail

Human rights organizations urged the country to abolish the law after five activists were charged with "undermining international security."

Qatar was ranked the richest country in the world, according to a study that factored in GDP per capita and purchasing power in the country. (Shutterstock)

October 29th, 2015 - 11:48 GMT

This Gulf state was listed as the richest country in the world

Five airstrikes on Monday hit a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in Saada, a Houthi stronghold and designated military target by Saudi Arabia. (AFP/File)

October 29th, 2015 - 12:21 GMT

Saudi Arabia backtracks to deny hitting Doctors Without Borders hospital in Yemen

Israeli security forces fire tear gas canisters to disperse Palestinian protesters during a demonstration in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, on Oct. 27, 2015. (AFP/Hazem Bader)

October 27th, 2015 - 09:05 GMT

How do Palestinian families bury the bodies of their loved ones?

Civil rights activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was arrested on charges of violating Egypt's protest law four years ago. (AFP/File)

October 27th, 2015 - 01:59 GMT

On the anniversary of an arrest, Egyptians are campaigning for the military prisoner’s release

A Yemeni woman walks through a heavily damaged neighborhood in the war-battered city of Saada, March 8, 2015. (AFP/File)

October 27th, 2015 - 09:52 GMT

Doctors Without Borders says Saudi airstrikes struck its hospital in Yemen’s Saada

Russia began conducting airstrikes in Syria in late September, but the raids haven't been targeting Daesh as the country claims. (YouTube)

October 27th, 2015 - 05:59 GMT

Russia is using drone footage in its latest propaganda drive on the Syrian war

Al-Saadi Gaddafi was extradited in March 2014 and has been held at Libya's al-Hadba prison. (AFP/File)

October 26th, 2015 - 03:41 GMT

Three ways Gaddafi’s son claims a Tripoli prison violated his human rights

Saudi Abdulrahim al-Talhi allegedly attempted to extort a 15-year-old girl with sexually explicit photos. (Twitter)

October 26th, 2015 - 01:14 GMT

The case of a Saudi blackmailing an American girl gets lost in translation online

Egypt election officials sit at an empty polling station on the second day of voting, Oct. 19, 2015. (AFP/File)

October 25th, 2015 - 02:05 GMT

Egyptians aren't buying the 27 percent voter turnout number

The US released a report in late September that said Tunisians were the most common nationality among foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria. (AFP/File)

October 22nd, 2015 - 12:33 GMT

Jordan is allowing Tunisians entrance without visa requirements, but not everyone is thrilled

Houses in the UNESCO World Heritage site in Yemen's capital of Sanaa are seen destroyed on June 12, 2015, after an overnight Saudi-led airstrike. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)

October 22nd, 2015 - 10:10 GMT

Six photos of Sanaa’s Old City remind us of the history at stake in Yemen’s war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taking the heat for saying the Palestinian grand mufti was responsible for talking Hitler into genocide. (AFP/File)

October 21st, 2015 - 01:12 GMT

Netanyahu's in the hot seat for comments that fall under definitions of Holocaust denial