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Saudi Arabia state airline cancels flights to Canada amid growing dispute
Middle East

Saudi Arabia state airline cancels flights to Canada amid growing dispute

(CNN) – Saudi Arabia’s state airline will suspend all flights to and from Toronto starting next week, amid a intensifying…
Saudi Arabia arrests two more women’s rights activists: rights group
Middle East

Saudi Arabia arrests two more women’s rights activists: rights group

DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has arrested two more women’s rights activists, the latest to be swept up in a…
As North and South Korea cosy up, human rights groups struggle for cash
World

As North and South Korea cosy up, human rights groups struggle for cash

  Human rights and North Korean defector groups in South Korea say they are struggling to raise money, cutting jobs…
Activists accused of aiding terror groups on trial in Turkey
Middle East

Activists accused of aiding terror groups on trial in Turkey

Eleven human rights activists, including the two local heads of Amnesty International, went on trial in Turkey on Wednesday, accused…
Anti-G-20 activists riot for second night in Hamburg
World

Anti-G-20 activists riot for second night in Hamburg

Anti-globalization activists rioted violently for a second night as Hamburg hosted Group of 20 leaders, setting up street barricades, looting…
Bahrain files lawsuit to dissolve secular political party
Middle East

Bahrain files lawsuit to dissolve secular political party

Bahrain's government filed a lawsuit Monday to dissolve a secular political party, the second-such organization it has targeted in the…
January 25 turns six: Despair overwhelms in Cairo streets, no signs of celebration
Egypt

January 25 turns six: Despair overwhelms in Cairo streets, no signs of celebration

Six years after the January 2011 uprising that overthrew Egypt's longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, Egyptians who had participated in protests…
Bahrain executes three Shi’ites for bombing, sparks outcry
Middle East

Bahrain executes three Shi’ites for bombing, sparks outcry

Bahrain on Sunday executed three Shi'ite Muslim men convicted of killing three policemen in a 2014 bomb attack, the first…
Egypt slams EU, UK for criticizing ruling on activists
Egypt

Egypt slams EU, UK for criticizing ruling on activists

Egypt has blasted the EU and Britain for criticizing a recent court decision to freeze the assets of three rights…
Turkey halts activities of 370 groups as purge widens
Middle East

Turkey halts activities of 370 groups as purge widens

Turkey has halted the activities of 370 non-governmental groups including human rights and children's organizations over their alleged terrorist links,…
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