Month: July 2018

Middle East

Houthis announce temporary halt to shipping lane attacks

The Houthis have previously threatened to block the strait of Bab al-Mandeb several times (AFP) Yem..

Middle East

How ‘vocabulary of the revolution’ is changing in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta

File photo of rebel fighters and their family members being evacuated from Eastern Ghouta (AFP) Whe..

Middle East

Nawaz Sharif back in jail

Pakistan's jailed former premier back in jail after doctors signal improvement in his health I..

Middle East

Iran says Trump offer of talks is humiliation, without value

Senior Iranian officials on Tuesday rejected US President Donald Trumps offer of talks without preco..

Middle East

Iranians caught between scepticism and hope after Trumps offer of talks

Donald Trump took everyone by surprise in offering face-to-face talks with Hassan Rouhani. (Reuters)..

Middle East

Sweida attacks: Syria’s Druze will not be turned against Assad

A recently published book on Iraq under Saddam Hussein suggests that contrary to common perception, ..

Middle East

Israel sentences Palestinian writer Dareen Tatour to jail for ‘inciteful’ poem

Dareen Tatour reacts at Nazareth magistrates' court after being sentenced to five months in pri..

Europe

Abuse of vulnerable women and girls by international aid workers is ‘endemic,’ UK government report finds

The inquiry heard "horrifying" stories of aid staff sexually exploiting the very people they were me..

Europe

Abuse of vulnerable women and girls by international aid workers is ‘endemic,’ UK government report finds

The inquiry heard "horrifying" stories of aid staff sexually exploiting the very people they were me..

Business

Two Koreas hold military talks as US suspects activity at missile factory

North and South Korea held military talks today after suspicion between the pariah state and the US ..