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  • Egypt retires 32 judges for opposing Morsi ouster

    Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council has forced 32 judges into retirement for having opposed the army's ouster of president Mohamed Morsi in 2013, an official has said. The decision taken on Monday was part of the authorities crackdown on all forms of dissent, including secularists and liberals, since July 2013, when then-army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.. More

  • Pakistanis hunt for militants behind blast that killed at least 65

    Pakistani authorities launched a hunt on Monday for militants behind a suicide bomb that killed at least 65 people. Most of the victims of the bomb attack at a park in the eastern city of Lahore on Sunday evening were women and children enjoying an Easter weekend outing. "We must bring the killers of our innocent brothers, sisters and children.. More

  • UN slams 'gruesome' killing of wounded Palestinian

    The United Nations condemned on Friday the "gruesome" killing of a wounded Palestinian by an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank, after a video of the death spread widely online. "I strongly condemn yesterday's apparent extra-judicial execution of a Palestinian in Hebron in the occupied West Bank," UN Special Coordinator for.. More

  • Turkey to build housing units in war-battered Gaza

    The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) on Wednesday announced plans to build 320 housing units for Palestinians affected by Israel’s 2014 military offensive against the Gaza Strip. The $13-million project will include construction of 20 buildings, TIKA representative Bulent Korkmaz said at a project signing ceremony on Wednesday... More

  • Syrian regime blocks aid convoys to Douma, Darayya

    The Syrian regime withheld the green light from an UN aid convoy seeking to deliver humanitarian aid to Douma and Darayya, UN humanitarian advisor Jan Egeland said on Wednesday. "We do not have permission to go six besieged areas. We got verbal assurances (from the regime) last night and this morning... Three or four of these six areas will be.. More

  • Syrian regime 'creating new sieges', opposition says

    President Bashar al-Assad’s regime is launching new sieges on towns and villages across Syria, the country’s opposition said on Tuesday. The head of the opposition delegation to peace talks in Geneva, said regime forces were now besieging 25 areas - up from 12 in recent days. “The regime is now creating new sieges,” Asaad al-Zoubi,.. More

  • UNHCR, MSF withdraw from Greece's refugee 'hotspots'

    The UN refugee agency pulled out staff on Tuesday from facilities on Lesbos and other Greek islands being used to detain refugees as an international deal with Turkey came under further strain. Greece began arresting everyone arriving in boats from Turkey after the agreement went into effect on Sunday. They are being held at European Union-supervised.. More

  • Brussels airport and metro station hit by explosions

    Two explosions have hit the Brussels Zaventem airport, killing up to 13 people and injuring dozens, hospital sources told local media. Shortly after the airport blasts on Tuesday morning, an explosion also struck at a metro station in the center of the Belgian capital, close to European Union institutions. There were unconfirmed reports of attacks.. More

  • Syrian opposition rejects any election-related delay to peace talks

    The Syrian opposition said on Sunday it rejected any attempt by the regime to delay the next round of peace talks until after a parliamentary election on April 13 and urged Russia to press its ally into serious talks on a political transition. The two sides have been holding separate talks for the past week in Geneva with U.N. Special Envoy Staffan.. More

  • Turkey will 'never surrender to terror', Erdogan says

    Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Turkey would "never surrender to the agenda of terror", a day after a suicide bomber blew up himself and four other people in central Istanbul's most popular shopping district. Erdogan made the comments at a speech in Istanbul. PHOTO CAPTION Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech.. More

  • Anti-Trump protesters block Arizona road; march in New York

    Demonstrators briefly shut down an Arizona highway leading to a campaign rally for Donald Trump on Saturday while protesters rallied outside of Trump Tower in Manhattan to voice their opposition to the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. Television news footage of the demonstration outside Phoenix showed dozens of protesters blocking.. More

  • Dozens killed in air strikes on Syria's Raqqa: monitor, activists

    Dozens of people were killed in a series of air strikes on the city of Raqqa in northern Syria on Saturday, a monitoring group and activists said, as Damascus and Moscow waged attacks. A cessation of hostilities in Syria took effect three weeks ago, reducing violence but not halting the fighting as peace talks take place in Geneva. Russia has been.. More

  • Refugee crisis: Boats arrive in Greece despite EU deal

    Refugee boats continued to arrive in Greece in the eastern Mediterranean, despite a recent deal between the EU and Turkey - whereby refugees will be deported back to Turkey - coming into effect. At least five boats, carrying more than 30 refugees each, arrived from Turkey between Saturday midnight - when the agreement came into force - and Sunday morning. T.. More

  • Desperate migrants' hopes fade ahead of EU leaders' meeting

    Refugees stuck at the closed border crossing between Greece and Macedonia have little hope that a summit of EU leaders on the migrant crisis this week will lead to any improvement in their desperate plight. European Union leaders will hold talks in Brussels on Thursday with Turkey's prime minister to try to hammer out a deal to end the continent's.. More

  • Aid agencies call for full access in Syria

    Humanitarian agencies demanded unconditional access to all communities in Syria as Russia continued on Wednesday to withdraw its military forces from the country. In a joint statement signed by 102 humanitarian organizations to mark the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the war, aid agencies urged all warring parties that humanitarian access must.. More