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UN Security Council asked to hear from UN mission on Myanmar atrocities
BEIJING: China on Tuesday characterized its mass internment of Muslims as a push to bring into the “modern, civilized” world a destitute people who are easily led astray — a ... -
China says interning Muslims brings them into ‘modern’ world
BEIJING: China on Tuesday characterized its mass internment of Muslims as a push to bring into the “modern, civilized” world a destitute people who are easily led astray — a ... -
Rocket fired on Israel from Gaza: Israeli army
MOSUL: When Shahed was born in 2015 her father tried to notify Iraq’s civil registry. The problem was, their city of Mosul was held by Daesh group and the office ... -
Iraq’s Mosul logs civil records lost to years of Daesh rule
MOSUL: When Shahed was born in 2015 her father tried to notify Iraq’s civil registry. The problem was, their city of Mosul was held by Daesh group and the office ... -
Turkish police shoot driver ‘planning Israel protest’
JEDDAH: Protest strikes in Iran by truckers and bazaar storekeepers have spread to the country’s schools. Thousands of teachers have been on strike for the past three days over what ... -
Boko Haram kills second kidnapped aid worker in Nigeria: Red Cross
ABUJA: Daesh-allied Boko Haram militants have killed another kidnapped female Red Cross worker in northeast Nigeria in a “despicable act of cruelty,” the agency said on Tuesday, a month after ... -
Four parties agree to Western Sahara talks
LONDON: The number of recorded hate crimes in England and Wales has more than doubled in the past five years, official data shows, with a substantial rise in offenses directed ... -
Religious hate crime surge brings call for action from Muslim Council of Britain
LONDON: The number of recorded hate crimes in England and Wales has more than doubled in the past five years, official data shows, with a substantial rise in offenses directed ... -
El-Sisi confident Russian flights will resume ‘soon’ to Egyptian resort cities
El-Sisi confident Russian flights will resume ‘soon’ to Egyptian resort cities CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said Tuesday he is confident Russia will resume direct flights to Egyptian resorts as ... -
UN allows Palestinians more full member powers in 2019
UNITED NATIONS: The 193-member United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday allowed the Palestinians to act more like a full UN member state during meetings in 2019 when they will chair ... -
450 militants killed in Egypt Sinai offensive: army
RAQQA, Syria: When the Daesh group lost its Syrian bastion Raqqa last year, Amani hoped to finally uncover what happened to her husband who had vanished in the jihadists’ prisons.But ... -
Rescuers search for 1,000 missing in Florida Panhandle after hurricane
LYNN HAVEN, Fla.: Rescue workers and volunteers searched for more than 1,000 people still missing in the Florida Panhandle and tens of thousands of residents remained without power on Tuesday ... -
France preparing Channel Tunnel checks in case of ‘no deal’ Brexit
LUXEMBOURG: France is making urgent preparations for Britain crashing out of the EU without a deal, including imposing checks at the Channel Tunnel, a senior minister warned Tuesday.Nathalie Loiseau, France’s ... -
Frenchman held in Yemen released with Saudi, Omani help: presidency
LYNN HAVEN, Fla.: Rescue workers and volunteers searched for more than 1,000 people still missing in the Florida Panhandle and tens of thousands of residents remained without power on Tuesday ... -
Case of slain Libyan rebel commander opens old wounds in oil producer
Lavrov says Russia has invited Syria's Assad to visit Russia and Crimea - Interfax LONDON: Russia has invited Syrian President Bashar Assad to visit Russia, including Crimea, Foreign Minister Sergey ... -
UN warns of worsening hunger crisis in Yemen
GENEVA: Some 12 million Yemenis could soon be on the brink of famine if the security and economic situation in the war-ravaged country does not improve, the UN warned Tuesday.“Yemen ... -
Egypt extends state of emergency for another 3 months
TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have carried out 700 drone strikes against forces of the Daesh group in Syria, its aerospace chief told conservative news agency Fars on Tuesday.“Our bomber drones ... -
Macron reshuffles government, names new interior minister
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron reshuffled his government on Tuesday after two weeks of fevered speculation about the changes, which will see former Socialist MP Christophe Castaner take up the ... -
UK minister Brokenshire says colleagues must rally behind PM May on Brexit
ULAANBAATAR: Mongolia has invited Kim Jong Un to visit the nation’s capital, which once hoped to host the historic summit between the North Korean leader and US President Donald Trump, ... -
Afghan official: Taliban kill 7 policemen in country’s north
KABUL, Afghanistan: An Afghan official says a Taliban attack on a security outpost in northern Samangan province has killed seven policemen, including a deputy provincial police chief.The provincial governor, Abdul ...
