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Bahrain strips 138 people of citizenship for links to elite Iran force
Middle East
April 17, 2019
Bahrain strips 138 people of citizenship for links to elite Iran force
A court in Bahrain sentenced 138 people to jail and stripped them of their citizenship for conspiring to create a “terror”…
New Palestinian government forgets ‘heritage’ clause while swearing in
Middle East
April 15, 2019
New Palestinian government forgets ‘heritage’ clause while swearing in
Ministers of the new Palestinian government on Sunday were sworn in a second time after dropping a phrase from their…
Red Cross reveals staff abducted in Syria
Middle East
April 15, 2019
Red Cross reveals staff abducted in Syria
A New Zealand nurse and two Syrian drivers working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were abducted…
Algeria’s interim President Abdelkader Bensalah announces July 4 presidential election
Middle East
April 11, 2019
Algeria’s interim President Abdelkader Bensalah announces July 4 presidential election
Algeria’s newly appointed interim President Abdelkader Bensalah on Wednesday announced the country would head to polls on July 4 to…
Refugees on stranded NGO rescue ship in ‘poor state’
Middle East
April 11, 2019
Refugees on stranded NGO rescue ship in ‘poor state’
DW: Where is the Alan Kurdi now? And what is the condition of those on board? Carlotta Weibl: The Alan…
South Korea’s top court strikes down abortion ban
World
April 11, 2019
South Korea’s top court strikes down abortion ban
South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the country’s law criminalizing abortion is unconstitutional, as well as a law…
Algeria names Abdelkader Bensalah interim president as protests flare
Middle East
April 10, 2019
Algeria names Abdelkader Bensalah interim president as protests flare
Algeria’s parliament named the 76-year-old Abdelkader Bensalah, leader of the upper house, as interim president on Tuesday — the first to…
UK woman detained in Dubai over Facebook comment
Middle East
April 9, 2019
UK woman detained in Dubai over Facebook comment
A human rights group on Monday called on Dubai’s ruler to free a woman who was arrested for allegedly defamatory…
Israel votes in pivotal elections
Middle East
April 9, 2019
Israel votes in pivotal elections
Polls opened on Tuesday in Israel’s parliamentary elections with more than 6 million people eligible to vote. The election is…
Libya: UN urges immediate halt to fighting
Middle East
April 9, 2019
Libya: UN urges immediate halt to fighting
The United Nations strongly condemned an escalation of violence in Libya on Monday and urged for fighting to stop following an…