Egypt's historic Tahrir Complex in Downtown Cairo will be transformed into a hotel under Marriott's ultra-luxurious brand.

Iraq’s highest court has temporarily suspended the enforcement of three contentious laws passed by parliament last month, ...

Iraq’s poverty and unemployment rates declined in 2023 due to government measures, the planning ministry spokesperson ...

Despite Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster last month in a lightning insurgency, the country’s dire economic conditions ...

Iraq's parliament ammended a law protecting girls against child marriage, now allowing brides as young as 9 years old.

Tahrir Square was not designed to serve as a space for the Egyptian people's expressions of revolution and protest, but it became exactly that. Even before the most significant event in the last two ...

Iraqi lawmakers have passed amendments that give courts more authority in family matters, the Associated Press reported, and critics are concerned the move may spark a rise in child marriages.

Caption: Protesters gather to demonstrate against a proposed law to permit underage female marriage in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, on Aug. 8, 2024. Critics say new amendments made Tuesday to the country ...

Iraqi law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in most cases, but the changes passed Tuesday would let clerics rule according to their interpretation of Islamic law.

Human rights groups warn of 'disastrous effects' as some clerics interpret Islamic law as allowing girls to be married as ...

In Tahrir Square, downtown Cairo’s massive focal point, the protesters managed to hold their ground until late at night, when the police drove them out. The protests continued the next day ...