www.cnn.com Human rights groups are calling for the release of an Egyptian activist arrested after she posted a video criticizing the government for failing to protect women against sexual harassment. Amal Fathy, an activist focusing on democratization in Egypt, was arrested alongside her husband — Mohamed Lotfy, director of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) — early Friday,… Read more »
www.cnn.com Israeli forces killed dozens of Palestinians in bloody clashes at the Gaza border Monday in the deadliest day there since the 2014 war, as the US officially opened its Embassy in Jerusalem just 50 miles away. At least 55 Palestinians died, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, during protests over the Trump administration’s controversial relocation of the Embassy from Tel Aviv, a… Read more »
www.cnn.com Iraqis voted Saturday in their first parliamentary elections since the defeat of ISIS last year, with the economy, jobs, security and corruption high on the list of voters’ concerns as the country seeks to rebuild after years of conflict. Nearly 7,000 candidates contested 329 seats in the parliament, of which a quarter must go to women. More than 24 million… Read more »
www.cnn.com Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif touched down in Moscow on Monday morning as part of a series of international diplomatic meetings aimed at saving the Iran nuclear deal following the United States’ withdrawal. Zarif will be discussing the agreement with his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Monday. It follows… Read more »
So what this article is basically trying to say is that ISIS is now targeting more terror attacks back in the middle east instead of making more attacks on a global scale anymore. I think this is actually quite a breath of fresh air for most of the world now. OK, I don’t think that it is still good that… Read more »
In our country, journalists and the media certainly play a key role in elections in politics. The media acts as a gatekeeper, controlling what headlines and issues to focus on, as well as the organizer of “horse race journalism.” However, in the United States there is a clear line where journalists’ work ends and the politicans take over. This line… Read more »
A massive convoy of buses carrying thousands of opposition fighters and their families from the besieged city of Homs arrived in Syria’s northern rebel-held district of al-Bad. Sixty-six buses carrying 3,194 people arrived on Tuesday a day after leaving the town of Rastan, located roughly halfway between Homs and Hama, media reports said. The evacuation was a part of an… Read more »
A prominent human rights group accused Israel on Wednesday of attempting to “shut down criticism” of its rights record after its local director was ordered to leave the country within 14 days. Israel’s interior ministry opted not to sign off on a work permit renewal of Omar Shakir – Human Rights Watch’s Israel and Palestine director – on May 7 over his alleged support for the Boycott Divestment and… Read more »
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has denounced US President Donald Trump, calling his decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal as “impudent” and “worthless”. Speaking in the Iranian capital on Wednesday, Khamenei addressed the American president directly, saying: “You cannot lift one finger against us.” “You all heard last night the cheap and impudent remarks of the US president,” Khamenei was quoted by… Read more »
The United Nations, Russia, France, Germany and Britain have urged Israel and Iran to avoid any further escalation after Israel carried out air raids against what it said were Iranian targets in Syria. Israel said the bombardment on Thursday was in retaliation for Iranian rocket fire on its positions in the occupied Golan Heights. There were no Israeli casualties. Iran made no comment about the rocket… Read more »