"The genocide in Gaza exposes Europe's failure to act and speak with one voice," European Commission vice president Teresa Ribera...
Stockholm, Sweden -- A dozen patents belonging to Swedish inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel and lost for almost 50 years...
Amnesty International expressed concern over the crackdown launched by Iran against women deemed to have violated the Islamic republic's dress...Amnesty said that Iran has begun a new crackdown on women's dress after the intensity of protests died down
The country's conservative clergy who dominate the leadership and parliament passionately defend the dress code
- A government security official said that "an arms dealer was killed along with his wife and five of his children...
An official in the government forces reported that four Yemeni soldiers were killed Tuesday evening
The government military official said "the Houthis infiltrated the road and planted four explosive devices"
- During Tuesday's protest, Ennahdha spokesman Imed Khemiri denounced "the return of a policy of intimidation... which restricts freedom of expression...
Addressing the crowd, veteran politician Ahmed Nejib Chebbi denounced a "total failure" by Saied in managing the state
The opposition has kept up its protests against Saied's dramatic July 2021 move sacking the government and suspending parliament
- Tehran, Iran - Iranian authorities have arrested several followers of the Bahai faith accused of spying for Tehran's arch-foe Israel, local...
"A number of members at the core of the Bahai spy party have been arrested in Gilan province" in Iran's north, said Fars news agency.
Fars reported the group was alleged to have links "with the Zionist center known as Bayt al-Adl located in the occupied Palestinian territories".
- "The United Nations has begun an operation to defuse what might be the world's largest ticking time bomb," UN Secretary-General...
The transfer of 1.14 million barrels of Marib light crude from the 47-year-old FSO Safer to the new vessel is expected to take around three weeks.
The UN hopes the $143 million operation will eliminate the risk of an environmental disaster that it estimates would cost $20 billion to clean up.
Violence linked to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict this year has killed at least 201 Palestinians, 27 Israelis, one Ukrainian and one Italian. They include,...The Israeli army said three "armed terrorists" had opened fire on its soldiers from a vehicle in a Nablus neighbourhood and the troops fired back "to neutralise" them
Since early last year, the territory has seen a string of attacks by Palestinians on Israeli targets, as well as violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian communities
- The conflict broke out in the capital Khartoum on April 15 and spread to Darfur, leaving at least 3,000 dead...
Youssef Ezzat made his remarks in the West African nation of Togo where he was attending talks
Togo talks came after rights campaigners in Darfur blamed RSF and allied Arab militias for reported atrocities
- Authorities in Iraq -- a key conduit for the amphetamine-type drug -- regularly announce such operations in which large hauls...
Forces arrested "a foreign narcotics trafficker" and seized large quantities of the drug hidden in a truck.
On July 16, the interior ministry reported the discovery of a rare captagon manufacturing lab in the country's south.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition allies approved the bill in a Knesset vote boycotted by opposition lawmakers, some...
Netanyahu's coalition government, which includes far-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties, argues that the proposed changes are needed to ensure a better balance of power.
The reform package has triggered one of the biggest protest movements in Israel's history since it was unveiled by the government in January.
- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to bring his controversial proposal to curb the power of judges to a vote...
US President Joe Biden said, "It doesn't make sense for Israeli leaders to rush this — the focus should be on pulling people together and finding consensus"
Some 20 legislators have lined up to speak against the bill, which would limit Supreme Court judges' ability to strike down government decisions
