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Yazidi women kept as slaves by IS appeal to UN to intervene in their fight for compensation

Tuesday 24-01-2023 03:15 PM

Five Yazidi women held as slaves by an Islamic State fighter are appealing to the UN to intervene in their case for compensation in a move lawyers hope will help fix a “lawless” global system that ...

Nigeria bets on Chinese-funded port to drive economic growth

Tuesday 24-01-2023 02:48 PM

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has marked the opening of a $1.5 billion, Chinese-funded deep seaport in the commercial hub of Lagos that authorities hope will help grow the West African ...

FAO: Rising prices, food insecurity add to ranks of hungry

Tuesday 24-01-2023 02:33 PM

Growing numbers of people in Asia lack enough to eat as food insecurity rises with higher prices and worsening poverty, according to a report released Tuesday by the Food and Agricultural ...

France: more women, children returned from IS camps in Syria

Tuesday 24-01-2023 02:06 PM

France on Tuesday repatriated another group of women and children from former Islamic State group-controlled areas of Syria, the latest return of French nationals who’d been stranded in camps ...

Jobs website finds place for French hijab-wearers

Monday 23-01-2023 04:08 PM

A pair of French Muslims have launched a website to help hijab-wearing women to find a job. Under a law that separates the church and state in France, public sector employees are not allowed ...

EU plans more Iran sanctions; won’t list Revolutionary Guard

Monday 23-01-2023 03:57 PM

The European Union is set Monday to impose sanctions on several more Iranian officials suspected of playing a role in the crackdown on protesters, but won’t add the Islamic Republic’s ...

‘Russia ordered Russian Imperial Movement to send letter bombs in Spain’

Monday 23-01-2023 03:17 PM

Russia ordered a white supremacist group to send letter bombs to high-profile targets in Spain as a warning over Europe’s support for Ukraine, according to United States officials. Spanish ...

Chechens avenge family lost in wars against Moscow

Monday 23-01-2023 02:52 PM

The cities of Bakhmut and Grozny were in the same country not so long ago, a 600-mile road journey apart. The route that the men in front of me have taken from Chechnya to Ukraine since the ...

Poland pushes for more tanks for Kyiv, will seek German OK

Monday 23-01-2023 02:26 PM

Poland will ask Germany for permission to send some of the Polish army’s Leopard tanks to Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Monday, as he pushes Europe to send more military ...

Iraqi PM replaces Central Bank governor over currency drop

Monday 23-01-2023 02:08 PM

Iraq’s prime minister on Monday replaced the governor of the country’s Central Bank following a weekslong plunge of the Iraqi dinar, the state news agency reported. Prime Minister Mohammed ...

Lights out in Pakistan as energy-saving move backfires

Monday 23-01-2023 01:32 PM

Much of Pakistan was left without power for several hours on Monday morning as an energy-saving measure by the government backfired. The outage spread panic and raised questions about the ...

Canada to repatriate British-born 'Jihadi Jack' from Islamic State prison camp

Sunday 22-01-2023 05:12 PM

Canada will repatriate the British-born Isil member known as "Jihadi Jack" along with 22 other citizens held in Islamic State prison camps in north-east Syria. Muslim convert Jack Letts, 28, ...

Pressure Builds on Germany to Approve Tanks for Ukraine

Sunday 22-01-2023 04:38 PM

Pressure mounted on Germany to approve the transfer of its Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, a day after Western allies meeting at the U.S. Ramstein Air Base in Germany failed to reach an ...

Pakistan Strengthens Already Harsh Laws Against Blasphemy

Sunday 22-01-2023 04:24 PM

Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, which can already mean death for those deemed to have insulted Islam or the Prophet Muhammad, can now also be used to punish anyone convicted of insulting people who ...

Iran to rule on release of film-maker Jafar Panahi

Sunday 22-01-2023 04:03 PM

Iran’s judiciary is to rule on whether to release the film-maker Jafar Panahi on bail after his conviction was overturned by the supreme court, his lawyer said. Panahi, 62, who has won a ...