Civil rescue organisation Sea-Watch is suing the European Union border force Frontex in the EU’s general court after the agency refused to release documents that shed light on its dealings and coordination on migrants with the Libyan coastguard in the …
Turkey’s Erdogan calls Le Pen’s elections defeat a ‘win’
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s defeat in the French election as a “win”, saying that the world suffered because of extremism, local media reported on Saturday. Le Pen, 53, failed to unseat Presi…
Yemen presidential body in UAE for ‘several days’ of talks
The head of Yemen’s new presidential council landed in the UAE on Friday for wide-ranging talks with Emirati officials that will last several days, Yemeni state media said. Rashad al-Alimi and the council’s vice presidents were received in Abu Dhabi on…
Afghanistan to face power cuts following tower explosions
Millions of people across 11 provinces in Afghanistan faced blackouts on Saturday after two power transmission towers were blown up just west of the capital Kabul, authorities said. The outages come ahead of the Eid Al-Fitr holiday that marks the end o…
Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank
A Palestinian man died in the early hours of Saturday after being shot by Israeli forces near the town of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry has said. Yahya Ali Adwan, 27, was shot in the chest as he and other Palestini…
Cyprus detains two for smuggling after Syrians land in boat
Cyprus police on Friday detained two men on suspicion of helping two dozen Syrian asylum-seekers reach the east Mediterranean island nation aboard a rigid-hulled inflatable boat. A court ordered the two men- aged 30 and 28- held in police custody for e…
IS ‘Beatle’ sentenced to life for murdering hostages
A US judge on Friday imposed a lifetime prison sentence on a member of an Islamic State militant group nicknamed ‘The Beatles’ that beheaded American hostages, at a hearing where one victim’s mother told the defendant: ‘I will not hate you’. US Distric…
Sudan: Three killed in latest deadly violence in Darfur
Three people were killed on Friday in Sudan’s Darfur region, witnesses and an aid group said, as the United Nations condemned recent clashes that have left over 200 dead. West Darfur state, the arid region of Sudan bordering Chad, has for the past week…
Hezbollah warns Iran could retaliate for Israeli strikes
The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group warned on Friday that if Israel continues to target Iran’s presence in the region, Tehran could eventually retaliate by striking deep inside Israel. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s warning came in a speech during a cer…
Afghanistan: 10 killed in bomb blast in Kabul mosque
A bomb blast in the Afghan capital ripped through a Sunni mosque and killed at least 10 worshippers on Friday, interior ministry officials said. The attack was one of a number of recent violent episodes in the country during Ramadan. Dozens of civilian…