BASRA: The United Nations envoy to Iraq called Wednesday for “calm” in Basra, after six died in the bloodiest day of protests over poor public services in the southern city.In a statement, Jan Kubis,
more 468HABBANIYAH, Iraq: In the 1980s, Iraq’s Lake Habbaniyah was a tourist hotspot, popular with wealthy newlyweds and so luxurious it was even a haunt of dictator Saddam Hussein and his fearsome entourage.Top-notch restaurants, flower
more 379DUBAI: Qatar amended its residency laws on Tuesday to allow most foreign workers to leave the country without exit permits from their employers, a provision which labor rights groups have long said should be
more 397After many years, jury selection has started, beginning one of the most contentious and racially charged murder trials to take place in years in the United States. The shooting of Laquan McDonald, a black
more 330Twin bombings at a sports club in Kabul on Wednesday killed at least 20 people and wounded 70 others, the latest in a spate of deadly attacks in the Afghan capital. No immediate claim
more 431An Emirates airliner carrying more than 500 passengers was quarantined on a New York City runway after reports of a large number of people falling ill on Wednesday. At least 19 people on board
more 345The UN's special envoy to Yemen expressed confidence even though the first day of peace talks between rebels and the internationally recognised Yemeni government was pushed by a day, as Houthis failed to arrive in Switzerland. Speaking
more 362United Nations investigators are warning crimes against humanity are continuing unabated in Burundi. And they blame other serious violations partly on hate speech by President Pierre Nkurunziza. Burundi became the first nation to withdraw
more 371BEIRUT: International calls mounted Wednesday to avoid a “massacre” by regime forces in Syria’s last rebel-held province of Idlib, two days before a summit between key powers backing the government and opposition.Troops have been
more 392JERUSALEM: Israel’s top court on Wednesday upheld an order to raze a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, clearing the way for the demolition to go ahead despite international pressure.The ruling means
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