Saudi public prosecutor orders review of death sentences for three minors
RIYADH (Reuters) - The Saudi public prosecutor has ordered a review of death penalties issued against three individuals who committed crimes as minors, including...
Mina stampede death toll rises to 220
Saudi authorities say death toll from the Mina stampede has risen to 220, and 450 pilgrims are reported injured.
The Civil Defense service released the...
Syria reports Israeli airstrikes against central airbase
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian air defenses opened fire late Wednesday on missiles launched by Israeli warplanes at a military airbase in the central...
A Hunger strike over virus fears launched in Pakistan
Pakistan health workers have complained for weeks that the country's hospitals are suffering chronic shortages of safety gear, prompting the arrest of more than...
Egypt filmmaker, detained without trail for mocking president, dies in prison
Shady Habash, an Egyptian filmmaker detained without trial for over two years for making a music video that mocked President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, died...
Three Iranian police killed in clashes with Sufi protesters
Three police officers were killed in Tehran on Monday, a police spokesman said, as clashes broke out with members of a Muslim religious order...
Further measures if citizens ignore “voluntary quarantine” – Erdogan
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey will have to take additional measures if the Coronavirus outbreak widens and citizens don't abide by...
Greece to extend fence on land border with Turkey to deter migrants
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will proceed with plans to extend a cement and barbed-wire fence that it set up in 2012 along its northern...
Denmark, Tunisia tussle over taking in rescued Med migrants
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark on Monday said Tunisia was responsible for taking in 27 migrants who were rescued in the Mediterranean by a...
Syria seeks to crush insurgent pocket, denies evacuation deal
Syrian troops fought on Sunday to crush the last pockets of resistance by Islamic State militants trapped in an enclave south of Damascus, state...
