Mortar bombs land on Tripoli suburb as two-week battle rages on
Middle East
April 19, 2019
Mortar bombs land on Tripoli suburb as two-week battle rages on
AL-SUANI, Libya/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Mortar bombs crashed down on a suburb of Tripoli on Thursday, almost hitting a clinic and…
Bahrain mass trial raises deep concern: U.N. rights chief
Middle East
April 18, 2019
Bahrain mass trial raises deep concern: U.N. rights chief
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday she was concerned that a Bahrain mass…
U.N. urges resolving fate of 2,500 foreign children at Syria camp
Middle East
April 18, 2019
U.N. urges resolving fate of 2,500 foreign children at Syria camp
GENEVA (Reuters) – A senior United Nations relief official called on governments on Thursday to help resolve the fate of…
Boxing: Iranian female fighter cancels return home after arrest warrant issued
Middle East
April 18, 2019
Boxing: Iranian female fighter cancels return home after arrest warrant issued
PARIS (Reuters) – The first Iranian woman to contest an official boxing bout has canceled plans to return home after…
Death toll exceeds 200 in Tripoli fighting: WHO
Middle East
April 18, 2019
Death toll exceeds 200 in Tripoli fighting: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – Some 205 people have been killed, including 18 civilians, and 913 wounded in two weeks of fighting…
German Nazi camp guard, 92, charged as accessory to thousands of murders
World
April 18, 2019
German Nazi camp guard, 92, charged as accessory to thousands of murders
BERLIN (Reuters) – German prosecutors have charged a 92-year-old former concentration camp guard with being an accessory to murder, in…
Video: Ancient Christian manuscripts digitized at monastery beneath Mount Sinai
Books
April 18, 2019
Video: Ancient Christian manuscripts digitized at monastery beneath Mount Sinai
At St. Catherine’s Monastery at the foot of Egypt’s Mount Sinai, the silence in the library is broken only by…
Qatar calls for arms embargo against Libya’s Haftar
Middle East
April 16, 2019
Qatar calls for arms embargo against Libya’s Haftar
MILAN (Reuters) – Qatar’s foreign minister has called for an effective arms embargo against eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar and…
Bahrain’s court jails 138 on terror charges, revokes their citizenship: statement
Middle East
April 16, 2019
Bahrain’s court jails 138 on terror charges, revokes their citizenship: statement
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Bahraini court sentenced 138 people to prison on terror charges on Tuesday, including 69 to life…
Taliban team at Afghan peace talks in Qatar to include women: spokesman
Middle East
April 16, 2019
Taliban team at Afghan peace talks in Qatar to include women: spokesman
KABUL (Reuters) – Women will be included for the first time in the Taliban delegation to peace talks in Qatar…