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November 3, 2016

Houthis slam UN envoy for interfering in Yemen

The Houthi militia spokesperson has accused the UN envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, of fuelling the war and inducing the country’s humanitarian crisis, Al Arabiya reported. Mohammed...
November 3, 2016

UNESCO: A journalist is killed every 4.5 days

A journalist is killed every four and a half days, according to a UNESCO report released yesterday. Some 827 journalists have been killed in the last decade while reporting,...

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November 3, 2016

Iran’s supreme leader: ‘US is in crisis’

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, described the US’ presidential election frontrunners as a “catastrophe” and warned against any further negotiations with Washington. “These two candidates [Hillary Clinton and...

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November 3, 2016

Amnesty accuses Italy of abusing refugees

Amnesty International has accused Italian police of using violence to fingerprint and record migrants and refugees. The human rights groups said there was evidence of 24 accounts of ill...

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November 3, 2016

Former Iranian prosecutor sentenced to 135 lashes in graft case

An Iranian court sentenced the former Iranian public prosecutor to 135 lashes on charges of graft and wasting public funds when he was head of Iran’s social welfare organisation,...

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November 3, 2016

Israel’s US ambassador to accept award from anti-Muslim hate group

Israel’s Ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer, is set to accept an award from an anti-Muslim hate group in a New York ceremony next month. According to reports, Dermer...

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November 3, 2016

Israeli soldiers shot an unarmed, 'suicidal' 12-year-old child

Israeli occupation forces shot an “unarmed and suicidal” 12-year-old girl in an incident initially reported by the Israeli media as a failed stabbing attack. According to Defence for Children...

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November 3, 2016

‘Israel should be held accountable for its crimes against journalists’

Demonstrators in Gaza yesterday called for Israel to be punished for its crimes against journalists. In a protest organised by the Committee for Supporting Palestinian Journalists outside the UN’s...

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November 3, 2016

Israeli draft law legalises Jewish settlements in West Bank

Political groups which form Israel’s coalition proposed a new bill to retroactively legalise illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Quds Press reported yesterday. Reporting the Israeli TV...

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November 3, 2016

Misplacing priorities and freedom of expression

It would be slightly premature to consider the statement by the EU Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, regarding the right of EU citizens to boycott...

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