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January 28, 2018

UN concern over bodies dumped in east Libyan cities

The United Nations has said it is “appalled” by apparent retaliatory killings in Libya following reports of eight bodies found in the eastern cities of Benghazi and Derna. Five...

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January 28, 2018

Prominent member of halted Egyptian opposition campaign attacked and injured

A leading member of an opposition campaign which was until this week challenging Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in upcoming elections was attacked outside his home on Saturday in...

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January 28, 2018

South Sudan, facing humanitarian crisis, waives some fees for aid groups

South Sudan has temporarily abandoned some of the fees it charges foreign and local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in a bid to encourage groups to help with a humanitarian crisis,...

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January 28, 2018

Turkey says US has promised to stop arming YPG

The United States has pledged to stop supplying weapons to a Kurdish militia in Syria, Reuters reports Turkey as saying on Saturday, calling on Washington to immediately remove its...

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January 28, 2018

Yemen government bans protests in Aden ahead of separatist deadline

Yemen’s internationally-recognised government said on Saturday it had banned public gatherings in Aden ahead of a deadline given by southern separatists to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to dismiss the...

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January 28, 2018

Friendly fire kills 11 in Iraq air strike

Friendly fire from the US-led coalition fighting Daesh killed 10 members of the Iraqi security forces and a local official in an air strike west of Baghdad on Saturday,...

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January 28, 2018

Activists say Bahrain human rights deteriorate as world looks away

Human rights in Bahrain have deteriorated significantly in the past year because international pressure on the Gulf Arab kingdom has weakened, Reuters reports activists as saying on Thursday. “Bahrain...

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January 28, 2018

Revolutionary Guards clash with Daesh in western Iran

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards clashed with Daesh militants in the western part of the country on Saturday, according to Sepah News, the official news site of the Guards. A team...

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January 28, 2018

Israel: Aid cut to harm ‘security coordination’ with PA

The Israeli army has warned of grave consequences of a US move to cut funding for the Palestinian Authority (PA) and UN refugee agency UNRWA. The army and security...

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January 28, 2018

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed freed

Saudi Arabia’s internationally known billionaire businessman, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, was released from his luxury hotel detention in the nation’s capital on Saturday, family sources told multiple media outlets....

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