Middle East
Aid group calls on Libya to end detention of refugees
September 2, 2017
Aid group calls on Libya to end detention of refugees
An international medical aid group has called on Libyan authorities to end arbitrary detention of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers,…
Suicide bombers attack power station north of Baghdad, killing seven: police
September 2, 2017
Suicide bombers attack power station north of Baghdad, killing seven: police
Suicide bombers attacked a state-run power station north of Baghdad early on Saturday, killing seven people and forcing the facility…
Turkey’s Erdogan slams US indictments as ‘scandalous’
September 2, 2017
Turkey’s Erdogan slams US indictments as ‘scandalous’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday denounced the indictments in the United States of 19 people, among them 15…
Gunmen kills 2 in attack on opposition lawmaker in Pakistan
September 2, 2017
Gunmen kills 2 in attack on opposition lawmaker in Pakistan
Pakistani police say two gunmen targeting an ethnic party lawmaker after Eid prayers instead gunned down two others, including a…
Trump’s travel restrictions have Muslims on hajj concerned
September 1, 2017
Trump’s travel restrictions have Muslims on hajj concerned
Some 16,000 Muslims from the United States are in Saudi Arabia this week to perform the hajj pilgrimage, one of…
Iraqi PM declares Tal Afar ‘fully liberated’ from IS
August 31, 2017
Iraqi PM declares Tal Afar ‘fully liberated’ from IS
Iraq’s prime minister on Thursday declared the town of Tal Afar “fully liberated” from the Islamic State group after a…
Several wounded after blast hits bus in Turkey’s Izmir
August 31, 2017
Several wounded after blast hits bus in Turkey’s Izmir
Seven people were wounded when an explosion hit a shuttle bus carrying prison guards in the Turkish coastal province of…
Pakistan court convicts 2 policemen in Bhutto’s murder case
August 31, 2017
Pakistan court convicts 2 policemen in Bhutto’s murder case
A prosecutor says a Pakistani court has sentenced two former police officers to 17 years in prison for failing to…
Hundreds attend funeral of Iranian dissident politician
August 31, 2017
Hundreds attend funeral of Iranian dissident politician
Hundreds of Iranians attended the funeral Thursday of Ebrahim Yazdi, one of the country’s most influential dissident politicians and a…
2M Muslims gather near Mecca for peak of hajj pilgrimage
August 31, 2017
2M Muslims gather near Mecca for peak of hajj pilgrimage
With their palms facing the sky in supplication, and many with tears in their eyes, around 2 million people from…