Turkey's national electoral board has pronounced incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the winner of the country's presidential election with an "absolute majority" of valid votes

Partial results in Turkish state media have pro-Kurdish party poised to enter parliament, ruling party majority at risk

For black Arabs, Ramadan TV satires evoked racist tropes when their lead actors appeared in blackface

Tens of thousands of Egyptians have set social media alight with tweets on opposing hashtags, one calling on President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to resign and another praising his leadership

An Iranian lawyer has been arrested for "spreading lies" after saying on social media that a Sufi executed this week was wrongfully convicted

Saudi King Salman has sacked the head of the country's entertainment authority after religiously-conservative citizens took to social media to denounce a Russian circus show that showed female performers in tightly-fitted attire

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have announced what they say is a "multi-faceted plan" to protect civilians in Yemen's port city of Hodeida, where forces from both countries are leading an assault to drive out Yemeni rebels

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has defended austerity measures aimed at reviving the economy, amid fears of public anger that may have motivated the arrest of activists and bloggers in recent weeks

Saudi-owned satellite news channels say battle for Yemen's port city of Hodeida has begun

Israeli authorities have foiled over 200 Palestinian attacks by monitoring social media, sifting through vast amounts of data and identifying prospective assailants ahead of time, according to Israel's public security minister