GENEVA (AA) – The UN Human Rights Office on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the imminent amputation of the fingers of eight men convicted of burglary in Iran, urging the country’s authorities to call off their planned action. “We also call on Iran to urgently revise its criminal penalties to do away with any form […]
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – The Khor Mor gas field in Iraq’s eastern province of Sulaymaniyah was attacked with missiles, local media reported on Wednesday. Security forces launched an investigation to identify the perpetrators of the incident, Iraqi media outlets reported. The Shekhan district of the country’s Duhok governorate also came under a missi...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Floods caused by heavy rains in Bangladesh have killed at least 42 people and spread waterborne diseases, with calls mounting for food and potable water. The deaths were mainly due to snake bites, drowning, landslides and other injuries, according to the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room of the D...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Authorities in Indian-occupied Kashmir sounded a flood alarm in Srinagar after the region’s largest river breached the danger mark on Wednesday. The warning comes with advice to people living near large water bodies to remain vigilant. Locals have been cautioned against venturing near uphill streams that are ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas is preparing to restore relations with the Syrian regime after a 10-year hiatus, a Palestinian source said on Tuesday. “The two sides will open a new phase in their relations in the coming period,” the source, who preferred to remain unnamed, told Anadolu Agency. The source [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Syrians who fled the war in their country and took refuge in Türkiye remain committed to exercising their right to return to their homeland when the necessary humanitarian, security and political conditions are met, said a joint statement by numerous NGOs on Tuesday. More than 200 organizations attended a meeting organize...
Bangladesh (AA) – At least 23 people have died in floods that swept across northeastern Bangladesh, inundating 6 million inhabitants and thousands of hectares that include local paddy fields and fishing enclosures. At least 13 districts across the South Asian country have been marooned by the floods. Affected areas include almost the ent...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian civilian was fatally stabbed by an Israeli settler on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, the Health Ministry said. The ministry identified the victim as Ali Hassan Harb, 27, who lost his life in Iskaka town in Salfit province. Harb “succumbed to a fatal stabbing to the heart by […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Due to a sharp decline in fundraising campaigns and a dysfunctional process of repatriation, Rohingya refugees camping in Bangladesh say they fear a shortage of food and an impact on their livelihoods, education, and other activities. Khin Maung, a Rohingya youth in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, lamented that the world...
ANKARA (AA) – Lebanon, Egypt and Syria signed an agreement for the re-flow of gas from the “Arab Natural Gas” line on Tuesday in Beirut. Lebanese Energy Minister, Walid Fayyad, Syria’s Deputy Ambassador to Beirut, Ali Abdulkerim Ali, and Egypt’s Ambassador to Beirut, Yasser Allavi, were present at the gas agreemen...