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June 19, 2018
Halt 'unlawful execution' of juvenile offender, UN experts tell Iran
Geneva — Two UN rights experts urgently appealed to Iran on Tuesday to halt the planned execution of a man sentenced to death for a murder committed when he was 15 years old.The experts said they had received word that Mohammad Kalhori would be executed shortly after the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which concluded last week."The Iranian authorities must halt the execution of this juvenile offender ...
June 19, 2018
UN chief warns of risk of war in Gaza
United Nations — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that Gaza is close to the brink of war and expressed shock over the number of Palestinians killed and wounded by Israeli live fire during protests, in a report obtained by AFP on Monday.Guterres told the Security Council that he "unequivocally condemns the steps by all parties that have brought us to this dangerous and fragile place" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.The ...
June 19, 2018
Most French firms 'won't be able to stay' in Iran: Minister
Paris —Most French companies hoping to continue doing business in Iran after the US imposes new sanctions on the country will find it impossible to do so, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Tuesday.These companies "won't be able to stay because they need to be paid for the products they deliver to, or build in Iran, and they cannot be paid because there is no sovereign and autonomous European financial ...
June 19, 2018
Iraq condemns strikes targeting forces fighting Daesh
CAIRO — Iraq on Tuesday condemned air strikes targeting forces fighting Daesh (the so-called IS) in Iraq or Syria after Syrian state media said that US-led coalition aircraft had bombed a Syrian army position near the Iraqi border, causing deaths and injuries.In a statement, Iraq's Foreign Ministry said that it "expresses rejection and condemnation of any air operations targeting forces in areas where they are fighting ISIS (daesh), whether in ...
June 19, 2018
Displaced Syrians find relief in tent-side World Cup screenings
Ain Issa, Syria — At a camp for the displaced in northern Syria, men and boys huddled near a projector to watch some of the world's best footballers play on the side of a tent.For these soccer enthusiasts uprooted by Syria's seven-year war, World Cup games such as these offer brief respite from their woes and the daily grind at the camp.Throughout the championship, a local charity is screening all ...
June 19, 2018
Erdogan faces biggest challenge in tight Turkey polls
Ankara — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday faces the biggest ballot box challenge of his 15-year grip on Turkey, seeking to overcome a revitalized opposition against the background of an increasingly troubled economy.A self-styled heavyweight champion of campaigning, Erdogan has won successive elections since his Islamic-rooted ruling party came to power in 2002, transforming Turkey with growth-orientated economic policies, religious conservatism and an assertive stance abroad.But he appears to ...
June 19, 2018
Candidates, parties, changes ahead of polls
Ankara — Turks vote Sunday in presidential and parliamentary elections, which will be followed by the biggest change in Turkey's political system in over half a century.A constitutional referendum backed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in April 2017 agreed changes expanding the powers of the Turkish president, most of which will come into effect after these elections.Under the changes, presidential and parliamentary elections are also now being held simultaneously.These polls ...
June 18, 2018
Israel indicts former minister over alleged spying for Iran
JERUSALEM — Israel has indicted a former Cabinet minister on suspicion of spying for Iran, Israel’s Shin Bet internal security service said on Monday.In a statement, the Shin Bet said Gonen Segev, energy minister from 1995 to 1996, had been living in Nigeria and “was recruited by Iranian intelligence and served as an agent”. Investigators found that Segev made contact with officials at the Iranian embassy in Nigeria in 2012 ...
June 18, 2018
Dr. Sarhan visits Syrian refugees’ camps in Jordan
AMMAN — Dr. Abdul Aziz Sarhan, secretary general of International Organization for Relief, Welfare & Development (IOR) and director of the Muslim World League’s office in Rome, Italy, recently visited Syrian refugees’ camps and health care centers in Jordan under the guidelines of Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, secretary general of Muslim World League (MWL). During his visit, he said: “With the worsening humanitarian crisis in Syria and an unremitting ...
June 18, 2018
Syrian, Iraqi forces say US bombs military border positions, US denies
BEIRUT — Syrian state media said on Monday that US-led coalition aircraft had bombed a Syrian army position near the Iraqi border, causing deaths and injuries, but the US military denied it was responsible.The attack took place in Al-Harra, southeast of the town of Albu Kamal, state news agency SANA said, citing a military source. SANA said the attack caused an unspecified number of deaths and injuries.A commander in the ...
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