Intensified fighting and air strikes over the past 24 hours in Yemen have left 80 people dead, including 37 civilians, as lengthy peace talks in Kuwait made no headway, officials said. In the largest death toll, jets from the pro-government Saudi-led coalition killed 34 people, including 19 civilians when they[…]
Campaigning for national elections on Wednesday has divided Mongolia as a record number of candidates vie for seats in parliament and local councils. While suffering through the worst economic crisis since 2008, 12 different parties and three separate coalitions are jousting for power with the economy and foreign debt repayment[…]
The United Nations raised alarm as a series of racist incidents against minorities and foreigners were reported in the United Kingdom, following the country’s decision to leave the European Union. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Tuesday that “racism and xenophobia are unacceptable in any[…]
Ethiopia has won a seat on the United Nations Security Council following an overwhelming vote of 185 out of the 193-member General Assembly of the body. Along with Ethiopia, Sweden, Kazakhstan and Bolivia were also elected after Tuesday’s vote, the four countries would be joined by one other to serve[…]
The Jordanian government condemned Israel’s violations on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, citing recent raids into the site over the final days of the holy month of Ramadan, when dozens of Palestinian worshipers and workers were assaulted by Israeli forces with rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters, and beaten with batons.[…]
Hundreds of teenage Egyptian students gathered in front of the Ministry of Education in downtown Cairo on Monday morning, decrying what they saw as an “oppressive and failing” educational system and demanding that the minister of education “leave”. A few hours into their protest, as students began heading to Tahrir[…]
Brits disappointed with the UK’s referendum results will not be getting a second chance at voting, as UK’s Electoral Commission said that an online petition that gathered 3.7 million signatures was not enough to trigger a second referendum. The online petition carries no legal authority, the Electoral Commission ruled, after[…]
A suicide attack west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killed at least 12 people and injured another 32, media quoted Iraqi officials as saying. An attacker wearing a suicide vest targeted a Sunni mosque. The bomber hit a mosque in Abu Ghraib, which is located around 25 km (15 miles)[…]
Prime Minister David Cameron is heading to Brussels to meet with EU leaders for the first time since Britain voted to leave the bloc. He is expected on Tuesday to discuss the vote at an EU summit, while the other 27 leaders will gather for the first time without him[…]
Israeli special forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday morning for the second day in a row, evacuating Muslim worshipers, including the elderly, to allow right-wing Jewish Israelis to tour the compound freely. Director of the Islamic Endowment and Al-Aqsa Mosque affairs Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib[…]
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