A fresh alleged leak claims to shed new light on efforts by top-level Egyptian officials to transfer large amounts of weaponry to an anti-militia campaign in Libya. Egyptian satellite channel Mekameleen, known for its support for the banned Muslim Brotherhood, aired on Thursday the latest in a series of recordings[…]
Gripping the bars of the cage holding 28 defendants in a Tripoli Courtroom on Wednesday, former head of the Libyan external intelligence agency Abuzeid Dorda pulled himself to a standing position. Both his legs were broken in a fall whilst in custody in 2011 and he cannot stand unaided. “I[…]
Death sentences issued by an Egyptian court against dozens of Palestinians have shocked Gaza in the wake of seeming appeasement between the Hamas movement and the Egyptian authorities last month. The court delivered the verdict last week, in which deposed Egyptian president Mohammad Morsi and 128 defendants were accused of[…]
Humanitarian agencies are struggling to cope as tens of thousands of Burundian refugees stranded on Kagunga Island in Tanzania face worsening medical conditions. UNICEF officials told Al Jazeera on Thursday that conditions at Kagunga were “tough” and that a cholera outbreak had made conditions even more dire. At least 33[…]
An Israeli court on Thursday ruled to release imprisoned Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar under house arrest, the head of the Palestinian Authority’s Prisoners’ Affairs Committee said. Issa Qaraqe told Ma’an that Jarrar will be released to house arrest and forced to pay a 20,000 shekel ($5,180) fine. The court gave[…]
Tens of thousands of litres of spilled oil from a broken underground pipeline threatened protected waters and wildlife on California’s southern coast Wednesday, as US federal and local authorities rushed to contain its spread. The spill has blackened white sands at Refugio State Beach, near the coastal city of Santa[…]
Qatar has done little to improve conditions for migrant workers despite promising reform last year, rights body Amnesty International has said in a new report. Amnesty said in a briefing that little had changed for the 1.5 million migrant workers and that soccer’s governing body FIFA had a “clear responsibility”[…]
The UN announced Wednesday a date for its conference on Yemen. But Yemen’s Riyadh-based government swiftly demanded a pullback of the Iran-backed Shiite rebels from seized territory as a precondition to joining the talks set for May 28 in Geneva. The developments came as Tehran headed off a potential confrontation[…]
The Malaysian Foreign Minister was to visit Myanmar on Thursday to discuss the thousands of migrants from Myanmar’s Rohingya ethnic minority adrift across South-East Asia. Anifah Aman’s visit comes a day after Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta agreed to allow thousands of the migrants, who also include Bangladeshis, to temporarily land[…]
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has delayed by a week local and parliamentary elections set for May 26, after nearly a month of political unrest and a failed military coup in the east African state, his adviser has said. Nkurunziza made the decision after a recommendation by the election commission and[…]
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