Sat, 2018-11-17 01:08 NEW YORK: A UN committee on human rights has approved a resolution urging Iran to stop its widespread use of arbitrary detention and expressing serious concern at its “alarmingly high” use of the death penalty. The General … read more
Author: AFP, AP ID: 1542407592133141300 Sat, 2018-11-17 01:32 WASHINGTON: The US Senate has rejected a long-shot effort to block $300 million in arms sales to Bahrain, as the bill’s opponents stressed the island nation was a critical ally hosting an … read more
Sat, 2018-11-17 15:30 BEIRUT: Air strikes by the US-led coalition Saturday killed 43 people, mostly civilians, in a Daesh holdout in eastern Syria, a Britain-based monitor said. Seventeen children were among 36 Daesh family members killed in Abu Husn village of Deir Ezzor province … read more
Author: Associated Press ID: 1542439555487239200 Sat, 2018-11-17 (All day) BAGHDAD: The Iraqi president visited Iran on Saturday as Tehran seeks to shore up ties with its closest economic partners after crushing new sanctions were reimposed by the US. Iran is … read more
Sat, 2018-11-17 05:35 ANKARA: Turkey has failed to persuade the rebel alliance Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) to withdraw from a demilitarized zone in Syria’s Idlib province that was agreed by Ankara and Moscow in September, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on … read more