Author: Tue, 2019-07-30 22:23 BAGHDAD: Around $10 million in aid for the displaced in northern Iraq’s Nineveh province, where the Daesh group was based, has been embezzled by its fugitive ex-governor, the country’s anti-corruption commission said Tuesday. A spokesperson for the … read more
Author: Tue, 2019-07-30 22:10 JERUSALEM: An Israeli military court jailed a prominent Palestinian lawyer for 13-and-a-half years on Tuesday for shooting at Israeli vehicles in the occupied West Bank, the army said. Tareq Barghout, a Ramallah-based lawyer who represented Palestinians accused … read more
Author: Tue, 2019-07-30 21:53 TEHRAN: Former Tehran mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi was sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering his wife, the judiciary said Tuesday, after a high-profile case that received extensive media coverage. A prominent reformist, Najafi was … read more
Tue, 2019-07-30 22:10 KHARTOUM: Sudanese authorities Tuesday ordered all schools nationwide to suspend classes indefinitely after crowds of students launched demonstrations against the killing of five pupils at a rally in a central town. “Killing a student is killing a … read more
Author: Mon, 2019-07-29 23:31 JEDDAH: The Arab coalition on Monday accused the Houthi militia of committing a massacre in northern Yemen. Earlier reports said 13 people were killed in a strike on a market Al-Thabit Al-Shaabi district in Saada province. The … read more