Middle East
Up to 2.5 million Turkish referendum votes could have been manipulated: Official observer
April 18, 2017
Up to 2.5 million Turkish referendum votes could have been manipulated: Official observer
As many as 2.5 million votes could have been manipulated in Sunday's Turkish referendum which ended in a tight 'Yes'…
Pakistan hate speech investigation against clerics after student killed for alleged blasphemy
April 18, 2017
Pakistan hate speech investigation against clerics after student killed for alleged blasphemy
Pakistani police opened a hate speech investigation involving two Muslim clerics on Sunday after the killing of a university student…
Leader of Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike sent to solitary confinement
April 18, 2017
Leader of Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike sent to solitary confinement
Israel's minister of public security says a prominent Palestinian prisoner has been placed in solitary confinement for inciting a large-scale…
Abu Dhabi’s The National newspaper sees layoffs after sale
April 18, 2017
Abu Dhabi’s The National newspaper sees layoffs after sale
A state-backed newspaper in the United Arab Emirates that was bought by an Emirati who oversees the English soccer club…
UN: Nearly half a million Iraqis have fled Mosul fighting
April 18, 2017
UN: Nearly half a million Iraqis have fled Mosul fighting
The United Nations says nearly half a million civilians have fled Mosul since US-backed Iraqi forces launched a wide-scale military…
Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails begin hunger strike
April 17, 2017
Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails begin hunger strike
Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails began a hunger strike on Monday in response to a call by prominent prisoner…
Saudi to shelve, reform billions of dollars of unfinished projects: sources
April 17, 2017
Saudi to shelve, reform billions of dollars of unfinished projects: sources
Saudi Arabia's government is ordering its ministries and agencies to review billions of dollars' worth of unfinished infrastructure and economic…
Flooding cuts off aid supplies, escape route from west Mosul
April 17, 2017
Flooding cuts off aid supplies, escape route from west Mosul
Flooding has made all bridges across the Tigris in and out of western Mosul impassable, cutting off aid supplies and…
Erdogan declares referendum victory, opponents plan challenge
April 17, 2017
Erdogan declares referendum victory, opponents plan challenge
President Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in a referendum on Sunday to grant him sweeping powers in the biggest overhaul of…
Thousands expected to be evacuated in Syria after blast
April 16, 2017
Thousands expected to be evacuated in Syria after blast
An opposition activist group and a TV station run by Lebanon's Hezbollah say more than 3,000 people are expected to…