Divisions have opened up at the Riyadh-based Syria opposition talks, with recriminations emerging over the invitation list, although optimism remains that a final joint opposition stance will be agreed. Hours before the conference was due to resume on Wednesday, one of the key participants criticised the organisers for inviting delegates[…]
Accountability is still lacking a year after the landmark report into US torture and rendition. No inquiry into UK government involvement has been initiated, according to the charity Reprieve. With no sign of an inquiry, the charity says the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is also yet to make a decision on[…]
As Iraqi forces close in on the western city of Ramadi, thousands of civilians are effectively being held hostage inside by Islamic State who want to use them as human shields. Iraqi forces cut the hardline group’s last supply line into Ramadi in November, surrounding the city and making it[…]
Saudi Arabia is hosting a three-day meeting in Riyadh to try to unite the Syrian opposition before potential talks with the government of President Bashar al-Assad. There have been attempts to do this before, but this time international peace efforts are gaining momentum. There is a need for the opposition[…]
At least six Afghan children, including a baby, have died after an inflatable boat carrying refugees sank in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey, Turkish media have said. The Turkish coastguard recovered the bodies of the drowned children and were still looking for two other refugees reported missing,[…]
A dozen Muslim men from Myanmar have been convicted for their alleged links to a previously unknown armed group and sentenced to five years in prison, following a trial which human rights groups say was tainted by allegations of torture. Fortify Rights, a watchdog group, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday[…]
At least 26 civilians were killed on Monday in a village in northeast Syria in strikes likely conducted by the US-led coalition, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. “The raids struck the village of Al-Khan, which is held by the Islamic State group,” said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.[…]
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Monday called for a “total and complete” block on Muslims entering the United States, in the wake of last week’s mass shooting in California by a Muslim couple believed to have been radicalised. A statement from Trump’s campaign team said the halt on Muslims[…]
Israeli troops forces shot dead a young Palestinian man during a predawn detention raid into Duheisha refugee camp to the south of Bethlehem on Tuesday. Medics identified the Palestinian as 21-year-old Malik Akram Shahin. Witnesses said that he was “left bleeding for long before he was evacuated to the public[…]
A Syrian opposition meeting is due to begin in Saudi Arabia that will discuss ways to overcome their differences before potential talks with the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The talks, due to take place from Tuesday, are seen as the most serious effort yet to unify the opposition groups,[…]
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