Fri, 2022-09-30 19:26 LONDON: Nationwide protests in Iran following the death of a woman in custody could topple the country’s so-called morality police, Human Rights Watch has said. Rothna Begum, senior researcher at HRW’s women’s rights division, told The Independent … read more
Fri, 2022-09-30 16:16 LONDON: The UN has warned that people living near oil fields, where gas is openly burned, face heightened risks of leukaemia, and that it has classified such areas as “modern sacrifice zones.” Singling out sites in Iraq … read more
ID: 1664476083078316300 Thu, 2022-09-29 18:18 BAGHDAD: Iraq summoned the Iranian ambassador on Thursday to deliver a diplomatic complaint following a deadly drone bombing campaign, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The Iranian drones targeted an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group … read more
Thu, 2022-09-29 21:10 RAMALLAH: Dozens of Palestinians demonstrated in the center of Ramallah on Thursday in response to a violent crackdown by Israeli authorities in the West Bank this week. A strike was organized in protest against the Israeli army’s … read more
Thu, 2022-09-29 20:38 VIENNA: Qatar has been elected for membership of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency for 2022-2024, the Qatar News Agency reported. The election took place during the 66th IAEA general conference, which started … read more