- On Sunday, around 300 people demonstrated in the region's second city Sulaimaniyah against the new sentence imposed on Sherwani. NGO...
Sherwan Sherwani had been due for release in September following a presidential decree reducing his sentence
In Thursday, the CPJ said, Sherwani was given a four-year prison term for "falsification" in connection with a petition prepared in jail
- The forum was agreed during talks between Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus earlier...
The Syrian delegation was headed by Defence Minister General Ali Mahmud Abbas and General Intelligence Director, Major General Husam Louka
The talks "went over the issue of the parties that organise, run and carry out smuggling operations across borders to Jordan
- "The UAE believes in the importance of joint action, integration of efforts, and promotion of economic development for countries facing...
The UAE has pledged $100 million at the International Conference on Development and Migration
The country emphasizes climate change and its impact on migration and development challenges
- The president met with a string of leaders from the Arab world and the European Union and discussed ways to...
The UAE has announced a contribution of US$100 million to support developmental projects in countries affected by irregular migration
The heads of the European Commission and the European Council, and the Tunisian president and Lebanese PM applauded the UAE for the aid
- Italy and the European Commission have sought to step up engagement with Tunisia, promising funding if the country undertakes to...
Italy's far-right PM is expecting leaders from the region, the European Union and international financial institutions to meet in the capital
Giorgia Meloni has confirmed the presence of Tunisian President Kais Saied while the PM of Egypt and Malta have both said they will attend
- His latest health scare comes with lawmakers set to debate the reforms bill in parliament on Sunday to be followed...
The prime minister will undergo the procedure at Tel Hashomer hospital, a statement from his office said
A week ago Netanyahu, 73, had been discharged from the same medical centre after a night of hospitalisation
- The demonstrators marched through the Swiss city in opposition to the 1923 treaty, while organisers urged the international community to...
Kurdistan Cultural Centre in Lausanne said the treaty "enacted the separation of the Kurdish people between four states -- Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria
We demand an apology from Lausanne, which divided Kurdistan into four parts, said protester Munevver Gok, 56, a housewife living in the Netherlands
- According to lawyers and medics, rocket fire on residential areas of one of Darfur's main cities and shelling near hospitals...
Ravaged by brutal conflict in the early 2000s, Darfur has seen some of the worst of violence since fighting erupted in mid-April
Hundreds of thousands of people displace by the war live on the land between the White Nile and Blue Nile rivers
- NEW DELHI, INDIA - Energy ministers from the group of 20 nations meeting in India on Saturday failed to agree...
The failure to reach agreement in Goa comes despite G7 leaders agreeing in Hiroshima in May to "accelerate the phase-out of unabated fossil fuels".
G20 host nation India is itself only pledging to reach net zero by 2070, 20 years later than the commitment made by many other countries.
- JERUSALEM- More than 1,100 Israeli air force reservists -- including fighter pilots -- threatened to suspend volunteer service as protests...
At least 1,142 air force reservists declared their intention to suspend volunteer service if parliament passes the bill next week.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right government unveiled in January the plans to limit the judiciary's powers.





















