Iran executes three men over recent protests, judiciary says
DUBAI: Iran on Friday executed three men accused of deadly violence during last year’s anti-government protests despite objections from human rights groups. Mizan,…
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More than $3bn needed for aid in Sudan, Sudanese refugees: UN
GENEVA: The United Nations said Wednesday that $3.03 billion would be needed to provide urgent aid to people in conflict-ravaged Sudan and to…
Turkiye opposition contests thousands of ballots after election
ANKARA: Turkiye’s main opposition party said on Wednesday it had filed complaints over suspected irregularities at thousands of ballot boxes in Sunday’s landmark…
Air strikes pound Sudan’s capital as conflict enters second month
DUBAI: The Sudanese army carried out air strikes in the north of the capital Khartoum on Monday, attacking its paramilitary rivals around a…
Home New Yemen peace talks ‘will protect people of the south,’ says Southern Transitional Council head New Yemen peace talks ‘will protect people of the south,’ says Southern Transitional Council head
RIYADH: Protecting the rights of people in southern Yemen is a key aim of talks to end the country’s war, Yemen’s southern separatist…
Japan calls for restraint in Israel-Palestine conflict
TOKYO: Japan’s Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned the rise in violence in Israel and Palestine and called on all parties “to restrain themselves.”…
New Yemen peace talks ‘will protect people of the south,’ says Southern Transitional Council head
RIYADH: Protecting the rights of people in southern Yemen is a key aim of talks to end the country’s war, Yemen’s southern separatist…
Thousands of Israeli settlers on the march to illegal outpost
RAMALLAH: Extremist Israeli government ministers led thousands of settlers on Monday on a march to an illegal settler outpost in the occupied West…
UN chief urges ‘massive’ international support for Somalia
MOGADISHU: Visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed Tuesday for “massive” international support for Somalia as it battles a devastating drought and a grinding…