More than 17 million people desperately need food in Yemen, including 6.8 million who are ‘one step’ away from famine. Civil war is causing Yemen to spiral toward total collapse with the threat of famine [ More … ]
The detainees will be investigated for “undermining the security of the state” following months of social unrest. Moroccan police have arrested 40 people in connection with protest movement that has shaken the country’s northern Rif [ More … ]
A spokesman for Iraq’s Iran-backed paramilitary forces has said they ready to move inside Syrian territories to fight alongside the Assad regime after they captured areas along the border. A spokesman for Iraq’s Iran-backed paramilitary [ More … ]
The UN humanitarian chief says thousands of Syrians in at least 10 communities are facing suffering as the regime denies aid to the needy and pushes people in besieged cities. The United Nations humanitarian chief [ More … ]
We may reconsider decision in future if we see ‘positive steps’ from Germany, says Turkish foreign minister Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has made it clear that Turkey will not open its Incirlik airbase to German [ More … ]
Sudan’s cabinet has approved a ban on imports of agricultural and animal products from Egypt, according to Sudan’s state news agency SUNA. The ban came days after Sudan’s FM Ibrahim Ghandour had cancelled his planned trip [ More … ]
BY: Taha Kılınç* Gulf countries ended the last week in the shadow of an interesting diplomatic crisis. The crisis that broke out with statements attributed to Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, praising Iran, [ More … ]
Oman is mediating between Yemeni rivals over peace plans presented last week by UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. Oman is mediating between Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s government and its Houthi opponents [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified on Monday (29 May) a new law that imposes severe restrictions on NGOs and human rights organizations operating in Egypt — a move, critics warn, that greatly expands the Egypt’s military dictator ever-widening [ More … ]
The United Nations’ refugee agency has urged North African neighbors to provide safe passage to dozens of Syrians who are stranded in a border zone between Algeria and Morocco. The United Nations’ refugee agency on [ More … ]
As the planned offensive of IS-held Raqqa approaches, the US is living up to its promise and providing small arms to Kurdish fighters readying for the assault. US small arms have been delivered to Kurdish [ More … ]
In its 2016 annual report released on Wednesday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) denounced Israeli policies for remaining “the key driver of humanitarian need” in the occupied Palestinian territory [ More … ]
BY: İBRAHIM KALIN* We will not be able to establish political order and economic equality unless we establish the principles of harmony, peace and beauty within our own souls in the first place President Recep Tayyip [ More … ]
The Saudi security agents were protecting demolition workers who are demolishing the town’s old quarter, despite fierce opposition from the local Shia-majority community. Two police officers were injured in a roadside bomb attack in Saudi [ More … ]
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