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Iran defends execution of gay people
Middle East
June 12, 2019
Iran defends execution of gay people
The US on Wednesday accused Iran of violating fundamental human rights after Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Sarif endorsed the…
Italy to fine NGOs who rescue migrants at sea
Middle East
June 12, 2019
Italy to fine NGOs who rescue migrants at sea
A decree adopted by the Italian government on Tuesday would force non-governmental organizations to pay between €10,000 and €50,000 ($11,327…
African Union suspends Sudan, demands civilian administration
Middle East
June 6, 2019
African Union suspends Sudan, demands civilian administration
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The African Union said on Thursday it had suspended Sudan until a civilian government was formed, intensifying…
Burning trash and factories belching smoke choke Iraqis
Middle East
June 6, 2019
Burning trash and factories belching smoke choke Iraqis
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – As if life was not bad enough for Adnan Kadhim – he lives in a slum where…
Sudan protesters reject talks after 108 killed in crackdown
Middle East
June 6, 2019
Sudan protesters reject talks after 108 killed in crackdown
Sudanese protest leaders on Wednesday turned down an offer by the ruling military council for talks and demanded justice for…
Climate change could pose ‘existential threat’ by 2050: report
World
June 4, 2019
Climate change could pose ‘existential threat’ by 2050: report
(CNN)–Twenty days of lethal heat per year. Collapsed eco-systems. And more than one billion people displaced. Those are all probable…
Egypt wins membership of Executive Board of UN Human Settlements Program
Egypt
June 4, 2019
Egypt wins membership of Executive Board of UN Human Settlements Program
Egypt won the membership of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) for a period of…
Work not handouts: entrepreneurs reboot image of refugees
Middle East
May 31, 2019
Work not handouts: entrepreneurs reboot image of refugees
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Stuck in a former Dutch prison housing asylum seekers, Syrian software trainer Tey el-Rjula conjured…
Exodus grows from northwest Syria in intensified fighting
Middle East
May 24, 2019
Exodus grows from northwest Syria in intensified fighting
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Thousands more people have fled violence in northwest Syria, the United Nations and a medical agency said…
Yemen’s Houthis say they attacked Saudi’s Najran airport by drone
Middle East
May 24, 2019
Yemen’s Houthis say they attacked Saudi’s Najran airport by drone
DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement on Thursday launched a drone attack on a Patriot missile battery in the…