Air strikes thought to be conducted by the Saudi-led coalition have hit a hospital’s entrance, fishing port and fish market in the Yemeni city of Hodeidah, killing scores. A source at Hodeidah’s health office told Middle East Eye that 55 people were killed in the strikes, with more than 100[…]
Hundreds took to the streets of Copenhagen on Wednesday to protest the new ban on wearing face veils – or the niqab – in public. Activists have said they intend to continue protesting the ban, and Muslim women who wear the niqab have vowed to defy it. The new measure,[…]
The United Nations’ special envoy for Yemen has said he plans to invite the country’s warring factions to hold talks in the Swiss city of Geneva in September. Speaking before the UN’s Security Council, Martin Griffiths said on Thursday he hopes the meeting will allow the government and Houthi rebels[…]
The White House is announcing that the Treasury Department is imposing sanctions on two Turkish officials over a detained American pastor who is being tried on espionage and terror-related charges. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the Trump administration would sanction Turkey’s minister of justice and minister of interior[…]
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party has won the most seats in parliament, official results showed on Wednesday, as the count continued in the presidential race. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) results showed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ZANU-PF cruising to a big majority after picking up 109 seats in a 210-seat parliament. The[…]
Amnesty International says one of its employees was targeted with Israeli-made surveillance software as part of a deliberate attempt to spy on the human rights group by a “government hostile to its work”. In a 20-page report released on Wednesday, Amnesty said one of its staff members was baited with[…]
A delegation of senior Hamas leaders arrived in Cairo on Monday for talks with Egyptian officials regarding Palestinian reconciliation, Hamas spokesperson Fawzy Barhoum said in a statement. The Hamas visit came one day after the arrival of a senior Fatah delegation in Cairo to deliver the movement’s response to an[…]
An Israeli court has sentenced Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour to five months in prison for “inciting terrorism” in a poem she posted on social media. On Tuesday, Tatour, 36, was sentenced by the Nazareth district court after having already served nearly three years under house arrest. Tatour was arrested during[…]
Vote counting has started in Zimbabwe’s first general election since long-term President Robert Mugabe was pushed out of office last year. Electoral officials said turnout at Monday’s vote averaged 75 percent. “It is our view that the high voter turnout is indicative of the sound voter education and publicity conducted[…]
A gun battle is under way in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad after an explosion was heard near the city’s provincial hospital, according to provincial officials. Provincial government spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told AFP news agency that gunmen had stormed the refugees and repatriation department compound, which is in the[…]
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