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  • Ratko Mladic sentenced to life in prison for genocide

    Former Bosnian Serbian commander Ratko Mladic has been sentenced to life in prison, for genocide and war crimes during the Balkan conflict more than two decades ago. The presiding judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday found that the 74-year-old general "significantly contributed" to genocide.. More

  • Lebanon's PM Saad al-Hariri holds off resignation

    Saad al-Hariri has deferred his resignation as Lebanon's prime minister and has vowed to work with the country's president Michel Aoun to "protect" the country and maintain its security. "Today I presented my resignation to the president and he urged me to hold onto it for more dialogue about its reasons and its political underpinnings..... More

  • Riyad Hijab quits as head of Syrian opposition's HNC

    Riyad Hijab, the head of Syria's main opposition bloc, has resigned before a conference scheduled in Saudi Arabia aimed at "unifying" various groups opposing Bashar al-Assad. A former prime minister under Assad who defected following the 2011 uprising, Hijab has been the face of the Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee (HNC) since December.. More

  • Dutch police officer 'may wear headscarf with uniform'

    Police in the Netherlands are discriminating against a Muslim female officer by not allowing her to wear a headscarf with a uniform since her contact with the public is limited, the country's Commission for Human Rights has ruled. According to Dutch law, police officers are banned from wearing visible religious symbols while on duty on the grounds.. More

  • Robert Mugabe faces looming deadline to resign

    As a noon deadline for President Robert Mugabe to resign nears, as imposed by Zimbabwe's ruling party, people remain in a state of shock after the 93-year-old leader refused to bow to pressure and quit. Public expectation was high that Mugabe, under incredible pressure to quit, would tender his resignation in a live address to the nation on Sunday.. More

  • Rafah border crossing to close after three-day opening

    Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt will close later on Monday after temporarily opening as part of the reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas. Egypt opened its largely sealed border with Gaza on Saturday after Hamas gave the Palestinian Authority control over the crossing for the first time since 2007. The Egypt-brokered deal is expected.. More

  • Palestinians to suspend US ties if PLO office closed

    Palestinian officials have warned that they will freeze all communication with the US, following steps by the Trump administration to close the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) office in Washington, DC. Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Saturday the PLO had been informed by the US State Department of a decision not to.. More

  • UAE remarks on control of mosques in Europe condemned

    A human rights group has condemned comments by a top United Arab Emirates (UAE) government official who urged Germany and other European countries to exert greater control over its mosques in order to prevent "terrorist" attacks. "One cannot simply open a mosque and invite everyone to attend and to preach," Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak.. More

  • Iran-Iraq earthquake: Rescuers in race for survivors

    Rescue efforts are under way in Iraq and Iran after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the border region between the two countries, killing more than 450 people and injuring an estimated 7,400. As aftershocks continued on Monday and as rescuers scrambled to find survivors, Tasnim news agency reported that the death toll in Iran has reached 445, while.. More

  • Erdogan calls on Russia, US to pull troops out of Syria

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested Russia and the US should pull their troops out of war-torn Syria after their leaders - Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump - said there was "no military solution" to the country's long-running conflict. "I am having trouble understanding these comments," Erdogan was quoted by reporters.. More

  • Air raids kill 43 civilians in Syria's Aleppo

    At least 43 civilians have been killed and dozens more wounded in three air raids on a busy market in al-Atarib, a town in Syria's western Aleppo province. Al Jazeera Suhaib al-Khalaf, reporting from Idlib city, Syria, said the overall toll was expected to rise because dozens of people had been wounded or were still missing after the attack. The UK-based.. More

  • Iran-Iraq earthquake: More than 140 die in heavy tremor

    A 7.3 magnitude earthquake has struck the border region between Iraq and Iran, killing more than 141 people and injuring an estimated 1,000 more, according to local media. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said Sunday's powerful quake hit close to Halabjah, southeast of Sulaymaniyah, a city in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. The.. More

  • Jordan, Russia, US agree on de-escalation zone in Syria

    Amman, Moscow and Washington have agreed to establish a temporary "de-escalation zone" in southern Syria, according to Jordan’s official Petra news agency on Saturday. Mohammad Momani, Jordan’s media affairs minister, said representatives from the U.S., Russia and Jordan had gathered in the capital Amman and agreed to set up a.. More

  • HRW urges world leaders to tackle Rohingya crisis

    A New York-based international human rights group has called on world leaders meeting for summits in Asia this week in Manila to address the Rohingya crisis as well as the human rights situation in the Philippines connected with the government's campaign against illegal drugs. In a statement posted on the Human Rights Watch (HRW) website on Thursday,.. More

  • UN: Yemen facing massive famine if blockade not lifted

    Millions of people will die in Yemen, in what will be the world's worst famine crisis in decades, unless a Saudi-led military coalition ends a devastating blockade and allows aid into the country, the United Nations has warned. The Saudi-led alliance fighting Yemen's Houthi rebels tightened its air, land and sea blockade of the country after a ballistic.. More