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Rights groups urge Russians to wake up to Syria abuses
Rights groups in Moscow urged Russians to take responsibility for abuses in Syria as they released a damning report on Friday on the country’s role in the decade-old conflict. ...
US calls on Iran to release all American citizens wrongfully detained
The US on Friday reiterated previous calls for Iran to release all American citizens detained in the country. ...
Syria Kurds say 125 Daesh militants captured in displacement camp sweep
Kurdish forces on Friday said they had captured 125 suspected Daesh members as part of a security operation in northeast Syria’s Al-Hol displacement camp. ...
Turkish police detain pro-Kurdish lawmaker who lost his seat
Turkish police on Friday detained a former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the party said, after his parliamentary status was revoked last month over a finalized sentence on terrorism charges. ...
US, EU mull sanctions on Lebanon politicians over government formation deadlock
The US, the European Union (EU) and many Arab countries are considering imposing sanctions, including freezing assets and travel bans, on a number of Lebanese politicians found responsible for the inability to form a government, Western diplomatic sources have reported. ...
Suez Canal: Egypt begins inquiry into cargo ship's grounding
Egypt has begun a formal investigation into how a giant container ship blocked the Suez Canal and disrupted global trade for almost a week. ...
Suez Canal reopens after giant stranded ship is freed
Traffic has resumed in Egypt's Suez Canal after a stranded container ship blocking it for nearly a week was finally freed by salvage crews. ...
Lebanon 'could sink like Titanic' without new government
One of Lebanon's top politicians has warned that the entire country could sink like the Titanic unless a new government is formed. ...
Israeli-owned ship hit by missile in suspected Iranian attack: Official
A cargo ship owned by an Israeli company was damaged by a missile in the Arabian Sea on Thursday in what was suspected to be an Iranian attack, an Israeli security official said. ...
Suez Canal: Owner of cargo ship blocking waterway apologises
The Japanese owner of the giant cargo ship that has been blocking Egypt's Suez Canal since Tuesday has apologised for the disruption to global trade. ...
US envoy urges Lebanese officials to break government formation deadlock
US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy C. Shea on Thursday urged Lebanon’s leaders to form a new government and “rescue the country from the multiple crises and self-inflicted wounds” it was facing. ...
Turkish mothers’ protest group faces trial
The trial of Turkey’s Saturday Mothers — a group that campaigns to find the whereabouts of sons, fathers and husbands who disappeared after the 1980 military coup — began on March 25 in Istanbul. ...
Italian envoy meets with Libyan officials
Cooperation in the fight against illegal migration, training security staff and monitoring of land, port and airport borders was discussed by the Italian Ambassador to Libya Giuseppe Buccino and Interior Minister Khaled Mazen of the new Unity Government of Libya. ...
Cabinet talks in Lebanon break down, heralding
Protesters blocked some roads in the Lebanese capital with burning tires Monday after talks on the formation of a new Cabinet broke down, heralding more economic and financial collapse for the small Arab country. ...
Blast kills one in restless Iranian border area
An explosion killed one person and injured three others on Sunday in a southeastern Iranian town that was the center of bloody unrest last month, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported. ...
Iran threatens US Army base and top general: AP sources
Iran has made threats against Fort McNair, an Army base in the nation’s capital, and against the Army’s vice chief of staff, two senior US intelligence officials said.They said communications intercepted by the National Security Agency in January showed that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard discussed mounting “USS Cole-style attacks” against the base, referring to the October 2000 suicide attack in which a small boat pulled up alongside the Navy destroyer in the Yemeni port of Aden and exploded, killing 17 sailors. ...
Bomb blast kills 1, injures 2 in northern Iraq
An Iraqi civilian was killed and two security personnel injured in a bomb blast Saturday in the northern Saladin province, according to a local police officer. ...
Thousands protest Turkey’s withdrawal from women’s treaty
Thousands protested in Turkey on Saturday calling for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reverse his decision to withdraw from the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women. ...
Hezbollah has thousands of missiles, rockets located in civilian areas to target Israeli citizens: IDF
Hezbollah possesses thousands of missiles and rockets located in the heart of the civilian population that are deliberately intended to target Israeli civilians, the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Thursday. ...
Ukraine rejects Iran's final report on downing of flight PS752
Ukraine has rejected the Civil Aviation Organisation of Iran's final report on the downing of a Ukrainian jet as a "cynical attempt" to conceal the truth. ...
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