My article talks about events occuring in Yemen with a 4-year long war with the Houthis. The Yemeni government and the Houthi forces have agreed on a peace deal to end the ongoing attacks on the Hodeidah port. Because of this deal the Houthis have removed military forces from the port without much backfire. The United Nations have gotten involved… Read more »
DUBAI/GENEVA (Reuters) – A peace deal in Yemen’s main port city appears to have stalled again despite U.N. efforts to salvage the pact intended to clear the way for wider negotiations to end the devastating four-year war, sources involved in the discussions said. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres admitted at a pledging conference in Geneva on Tuesday — which has… Read more »
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahrain is talking to U.S. oil companies with shale oil expertise about developing a huge oil and gas field discovered last year, and hopes to have an interested company by the end of the year, the oil minister said on Tuesday. Last April Bahrain said it had discovered its largest oil and gas find since 1932 off… Read more »
GENEVA (Reuters) – A Saudi minister told the United Nations on Wednesday that it would cooperate with its human rights mechanisms, but he did not explicitly refer to a U.N.-led inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Agnes Callamard, a U.N. investigator on extra-judicial executions, said after a mission to Turkey this month that evidence pointed to a… Read more »
A former Israeli minister has been sentenced to 11 years in prison on Tuesday for spying for regional rival Iran, the prosecutor said, after admitting to the charges last month. Gonen Segev was convicted in January when the Israeli justice ministry said he reached a plea deal after confessing to severe espionage and passing information to an enemy country with the purpose of… Read more »
At the beginning of 2019 there was an announcement, from the Indian parliament, stating the release of a bill to grant Non-Muslims citizenship in India. This has caused a lot of riots throughout India, which is what my article talks about. The opposition comes from the opportunity for citizens of neighboring countries to apply for citizenship in India. There has… Read more »
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is expected to announce investments in energy and infrastructure during a visit to India and Pakistan in coming days as part of his efforts to wean the Saudi economy off oil exports. He is also expected to visit China, Malaysia and Indonesia during a tour that will be his… Read more »
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Protesters in northeast India claimed victory on Wednesday after a bill that the government says will help Hindus in neighboring countries settle in India lapsed before it could be ratified by parliament. The Citizenship Amendment Bill is aimed at helping Hindus and members of other non-Muslim minority communities in neighboring Muslim countries move to India. But… Read more »
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan has dismissed 12 election officials amid an investigation into corruption following problems with the organization of a general election last year, with fears growing that the purge could delay a July presidential election. President Ashraf Ghani’s government agreed to an amendment of the election law to improve transparency following meetings with political, civil society groups and… Read more »
GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran can only lose by negotiating with the United States and must be careful to limit any dealings with some “untrustworthy” European states, the Islamic Republic’s top leader said on Wednesday. Tensions ramped up between the United States and Iran after President Donald Trump withdrew from a multilateral nuclear deal last year and reimposed sanctions. The U.S…. Read more »