DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Over 135,000 Rohingya and Kaman Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state have been arbitrarily and indefinitely detained in the last decade, an international rights watchdog has said. “Myanmar authorities’ crimes against humanity of apartheid, persecution, and imprisonment have deprived Rohingya of their liberty and threaten...
TEHRAN – (AA): Iran has said it still believes that negotiations can succeed to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, despite a recent rebuke from the UN nuclear watchdog. Tehran last week condemned as “unconstructive” a move by the International Atomic Energy Agency to censure the country for failure to cooperate o...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Egypt, Israel, and the EU on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding in Cairo to export Israeli gas to Europe. Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar shared a video on her Twitter account of the signing of the trilateral deal. “Today, Egypt and Israel together made commitment to share our natural gas with [...
Beersheba, Israel – (AFP): The European Union wants to strengthen its energy cooperation with Israel in the wake of Russia’s use of gas supplies to “blackmail” its members over the Ukraine conflict, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday. Her remarks came as Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, also...
Progressive advocacy groups across the United States on Monday welcomed a new legislative proposal that would cut Pentagon spending for the next fiscal year by $100 billion and reallocate it toward top threats facing the nation that “are not military in nature.” Public Citizen president Robert Weissman thanked Reps. Barbara Lee (D-...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Lawmakers from Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s bloc resigned from Iraq’s parliament in an apparent bid to end eight months of political deadlock. Al Sadr’s bloc is the biggest in the parliament. Al-Sadr had urged members from his bloc to resign over the failure to form a new government in Iraq. A […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The general secretary of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) spoke by phone on Sunday June 12 with Pakistan’s foreign minister on the rising tide of Islamophobia in India, particularly the recent insulting remarks made by two spokespersons for India’s ruling party against Islam’s Prophet Muhammad ...
Doha, Qatar – (AFP): France’s energy giant TotalEnergies will spend an estimated $2 billion for a 6.25-percent share of the giant North Field East project in Qatar. The project will help Qatar increase its liquefied natural gas (LNG) production by more than 60 percent by 2027, TotalEnergies chief executive Patrick Pouyanne said. Qa...
ANKARA (AA) – Ten international human rights groups have criticized the dismissal of more than 55 judges by Tunisian President Kais Saied, describing the move a “deep blow to judicial independence.” “The president’s moves are an assault on the rule of law. He should immediately revoke the decree and reinstate judges he ...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – UN Special Adviser on Libya Stephanie Williams on Sunday urged the country’s rival politicians to establish a constitutional framework within one week for holding elections in the conflict-ridden nation. “This final round comes at a critical juncture for your country. After eleven long years of division, dysfu...
