An attack on a vehicle in western Afghanistan killed five medical personnel employed by Taliban security forces on Thursday, a defence ministry spokesperson said. “This morning, unknown armed men attacked a … vehicle carrying medical personnel of the…
NGO: Libyan Coast Guard threatened to shoot down plane
The German non-governmental organisation Sea-Watch on Wednesday accused the Libyan coast guard of threatening to shoot down their monitoring plane that helps the group document the interception of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. According to an audi…
Morocco police say 23 people smugglers arrested
Moroccan police said Wednesday they had broken up a people smuggling gang in a northern town near the site of a deadly border tragedy in June. The DGSN security service said it had arrested 23 suspected smugglers during morning raids in Nador and surro…
Tunisian officials say transport app leaks data to Isreal
Tunisia’s National Authority for the Protection of Personal Data (INPDP) has warned against using the European transport application Bolt, due to the risk of leaking users’ data to Israel. “The authority informs the public that resorting to the service…
Shamima Begum’s case should force us to rethink citizenship
The crisis of statelessness plagues the world; an estimated 10 to 15 million people are not recognised as nationals. The United States Supreme Court once described the stripping of citizenship as “more primitive than torture,” and yet we see an increas…
Saudi’s Ukraine support does not make up for OPEC+ cuts, Blinken says
Saudi Arabia’s recent moves to provide aid to Ukraine and its vote at the United Nations condemning Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territory are positive developments, but do not compensate for the “wrong” decision by OPEC+ to cut oil production, U.S…
Iraq: 2,700 year-old rock carvings discovered in Mosul
Archaeologists in northern Iraq last week unearthed 2,700-year-old rock carvings featuring war scenes and trees from the Assyrian Empire, an archaeologist said on Wednesday. The carvings on marble slabs were discovered by a team of experts in Mosul, Ir…
Attackers kill at least 15 at Shia shrine in Iran: report
Armed men attacked a Shia Muslim shrine in the Iranian city of Shiraz on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people, state news agency IRNA said, as security forces clashed with protesters marking 40 days since the death of Mahsa Amini in custody. IRNA desc…
Israeli army chief boasts about detaining 1,500 Palestinians
The Chief of Staff of the Israeli army said on Tuesday that his forces have killed dozens of Palestinians and detained 1,500 more since March. Aviv Kochav said in a speech that the army “has been waging war in the West Bank, over the past seven months”…
Qatar eases entry ahead of World Cup, scraps Covid-19 tests
Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has announced that visitors no longer need to present a negative Covid-19 test when entering the country, according to Qatari news outlet The Peninsula. The move comes as the Gulf state prepares to host an estim…