Turkish court accepts indictment seeking ban of pro-Kurdish party
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Monday accepted an indictment filed by a senior prosecutor seeking a ban on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)
Danger and demons: Yemen’s mysterious ‘Well of Hell’
Surrounded in mystery and tales of demons, the Well of Barhout in Yemen’s east — known as the “Well of Hell” — is a little-understood natural wonder.
Iran’s Raisi says U.S. violated nuclear deal, EU failed to fulfil commitments
Iranian President-Elect Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday that the United States violated the 2015 nuclear deal and the European Union failed to fulfil its commitments, speaking in his first news … Read More
Vaccine hesitancy puts gains against virus at risk
In Jamsoti, a village tucked deep inside India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, the common refrain among the villagers is that the coronavirus spreads only in cities.
Photo shows Dubai princess, focus of UN concern, in Spain
A Dubai princess who has been the subject of concern from a United Nations panel after being seized trying to flee the sheikhdom in 2018 appeared in a social media … Read More
Armenia PM party wins snap parliamentary election
Results released Monday showed that the party of Armenia’s acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan won snap parliamentary elections which he called to ease anger over a peace deal he signed … Read More
Palestinians say Israel has eased some restrictions on Gaza
Israel on Monday eased some restrictions on the Gaza Strip that have threatened a fragile cease-fire which halted an 11-day war last month with the territory’s Hamas rulers, Palestinian officials … Read More
Tibet tourism boom pressures historic sites
Tourism is booming in Tibet as more Chinese travel in-country because of the coronavirus pandemic, posing risks to the region’s fragile environment and historic sites.
Lebanon pound unchanged, near record low
The Lebanese pound exchange rate was unchanged on the black market Monday, with the local currency taking a breather after a dramatic fall to record lows this month.
Syrian drought puts Assad’s ‘year of wheat’ in peril
The “year of wheat” campaign pushed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in jeopardy after low rainfall risked leaving an import gap of at least 1.5 million tonnes, according to … Read More