Afghanistan has released five UK nationals from detention, London said Monday, adding that it regretted the episode and offering apologies to the authorities in Kabul. “Pleased the UK has secured the release of 5 British nationals detained inAfghanista…
Ukraine hits oil drilling at sea, says pro-Russian leader
Ukrainian forces attacked drilling platforms in the Black Sea owned by a Crimean oil and gas company, the pro-Russian head of the annexed peninsula said on Monday, giving no details of what weapons were used. Three people were wounded and a search was …
Palestinian Islamic Jihad conducts military drill in Gaza
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement (PIJ) on Monday launched large-scale military manoeuvres in the besieged Gaza Strip, with the participation of several military formations of Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the movement. Dubbed “Azm Al-Sad…
Lebanon threatens to expel Syrian refugees
Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday said Lebanon was ready to expel Syrian refugees living in the country if the international community does not work to repatriate them. Lebanon, grappling with its worst ever economic crisis, has the world’s highest…
Rojava official killed by Turkish airstrike in Iraq
Hussein Shibli, co-chairman of the executive council of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), who waskilled in a Turkish drone operation in the Kalar district of Sulaimaniyah province on early June 17, was on a formal visit to …
Tunisian coast guard retrieves bodies of four migrants
Tunisian coast guards retrieved the bodies of four migrants whose boat sank off Tunisia, security official told Reuters on Monday. He added that the bodies recovered in Skhira on Sunday were decomposing. In recent months, dozens of people have drowned …
Lawyers call on intl court to investigate Uyghur treatment
Lawyers on Monday renewed calls for the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in China’s Xinjiang region as they presented a dossier of evidence to prosecutors. Act…
Migrant Channel crossings to UK soar in first half of year
The number of migrants seeking to cross the Channel from France to the English coast in small boats rose 68 percent in the first half of 2022, the French interior ministry said, Monday as the UK seeks to toughen its policy against arrivals. From Januar…
Millions in Bangladesh and India await relief after floods
Authorities in flood-hit Bangladesh and northeastern India scrambled on Monday to provide aid to more than nine million people marooned after the heaviest rains in years killed at least 54 people across both South Asian nations, officials said. Monsoon…
Bus attack in Syria’s Raqqa kills 13
An attack on a bus early on Monday morning in northern Syria has killed 13 people, most of them government troops, the country’s defence ministry said. A ministry statement said that 11 government troops and two civilians were killed in what it said wa…