One migrant was killed and at least six others, including a teenage girl, were injured on Saturday in a shootout between migrant groups in Serbia near the Hungarian border, the state-run RTS television reported. The 16-year-old girl sustained life thre…
Ambassador reported for sexual harassment in Kuwait: report
A secretary working at the embassy of an African country in Kuwait reported the ambassador for sexual harassment, Kuwait’s Al-Rai newspaper reported. The ambassador allegedly lured the secretary into his office, grabbed her hand and hugged her, Al-Rai …
Over half of Iraq land at risk of desertification: ministry
More than half of Iraq’s land is at risk of desertification, the agriculture ministry said on Friday. Iraq is facing an unprecedented drought crisis – hit by climate change and moves by Iran and Turkey that have reduced the flow of water from the Tigri…
Lebanese army shoots knife wielding attacker dead in Tripoli
A knife wielding man was shot dead by the Lebanese army on Saturday after stabbing a soldier in the northern city of Tripoli. “On July 2, 2022 at dawn in the Rifa area – Tripoli, the citizen (N.M.) tried to storm an army post, carrying a knife and a ba…
India bars Kashmiri photojournalist from flying to Paris
A Pulitzer Prize-winning Kashmiri photojournalist said on Saturday that she was stopped by Indian immigration authorities from flying to Paris without giving any reason. In a tweet, Sanna Irshad Mattoo said she was scheduled to travel from New Delhi to…
Taliban leaders ask for formal international recognition
A Taliban-run gathering of thousands of male religious and ethnic leaders ended on Saturday by asking foreign governments to formally recognise their administration, but made no signals of changes on international demands such as the opening of girls’ …
Giving Saudi a free pass makes human rights not so universal
Only a few months have rolled by since Saudi Arabia pulled off its largest campaign of mass execution by beheading 81 people in a single day, and it seems the scandalous misadventure has been clouded by the passage of time. Corporate media’s coverage o…
Pope urges Congo, South Sudan to work for peace, prosperity
Pope Francis urged the people and leaders of Congo and South Sudan on Saturday to “turn a page” and forge new paths of reconciliation, peace and development. Francis issued a video message on the day he had planned to begin a weeklong pilgrimage to the…
Russia forces continue assault on Ukraine’s Lysychansk
Russian forces are pounding the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out attempt to seize the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk province, the governour said on Saturday. Ukrainian fighters have spent weeks trying t…
Shia cleric shot, wounded in Iran’s Isfahan: media
A Shia cleric in central Iran was injured on Saturday morning after an assailant on a motorcycle shot at him, Iranian state media said. Mohsen Akhavan, who holds the clerical rank of hojatoleslam, was targeted in the city of Isfahan, according to the w…