Turkey announced it will draft plans to return one million Syrian refugees back to their country, said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday. Erdogan made the announcement in a video message during an inauguration ceremony marking the delivery of n…
Iran used fake Facebook account to fool Israelis: Shin Bet
Iran used a fake Facebook profile to gather intelligence on Israeli targets, the Shin Bet security agency claimed on Monday. The Israeli agency accused Iranian operatives of posing as “Sara Puppi”, a Jewish woman with connections and business in Israel…
Extreme heat kills at least 25 in India’s Maharashtra state
India’s western state of Maharashtra has registered 25 deaths from heat stroke since late March, the highest toll in the past five years, with more fatalities likely elsewhere in a country sweltering in temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius. Scientists …
Middle East ranks among lowest for press freedom globally
Journalists in the Middle East work in the most hostile media environment in the world, according to the 2022 World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday. Over 50 percent of countries in the Middle East had “very s…
Tunisia: Ex-chief staff allegedly mocks Saied’s health
A new leaked tape, reportedly of Nadia Akacha, a former chief of staff of Tunisian President Kais Saied, in which she mocks the president’s foreign policy and his mental health, has taken the North African country by a storm. In the recording, the voic…
Mali’s junta breaks off from defence accords with France
Mali’s ruling junta announced on Monday it was breaking off from its defence accords with former colonial ruler France, condemning “flagrant violations” of its national sovereignty by the French troops there. The announcement – threatened several times…
Hunger-striking Palestinian Khalil Awawdeh hospitalised
A Palestinian under Israel’s administrative detention was transferred to hospital as his health deteriorated, amid an ongoing hunger strike to protest his imprisonment. Khalil Awawdeh, 40, was transferred toTel Aviv-based Assaf Harofeh Hospital by the …
What does a fair immigration system look like?
Perhaps the most striking thing about Britain’s immigration system is that it works for no one. It is deeply painful and cruel for those having to interact with it, expensive to the taxpayers funding it, and damaging to the UK’s reputation. Even on the…
Biden meets parents of US journalist abducted in Syria
US President Joe Biden told the parents of a reporter who disappeared in Syria almost a decade ago that his administration would work “relentlessly” until his return is secured, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement on Monday. INBOX…
Chinese surgeons execute Uyghur prisoners for organ removal
“When I was in the concentration camp in Xinjiang my organs were scanned and many blood tests were done on me. I was so scared as I didn’t know why they were doing those tests,” Aisha, an Uyghur mother of three whose name has been changed for safety re…