Aleppo: More than 100 children were killed in recent weeks
More than 100 children were among 338 people killed in Syria’s besieged eastern Aleppo in the last few weeks, the World Health Organisation has said….
UK trained hundreds of guards working at Bahrain’s death row jail
A report by Reprieve, an anti-death penalty charity, has accused the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office of funding training for hundreds of prison guards working…
Sergen Bahceci:TRNC: A deadweight, but a relatively light one…
For quite some time we see Turkey’s attempts to join the EU. So far, however, the process has not got off the ground; moreover, it…
PM Yıldırım stresses cooperation in security, economy in meeting with Saudi Crown Prince
The need to enhance cooperation between Turkey and Saudi Arabia to cope with terrorism and increase welfare in the region was stressed at a dinner…
World leaders attend funeral for Israeli leader Shimon Peres
Many world leadersare gathering in Israel to pay their respects to Shimon Peres, one of the country’s founding fathers, who died on Wednesday aged 93, the BBC…
Two Asian drug traffickers executed in Saudi Arabia
A Pakistani national was executed in Mecca in the Governorate of Jeddah for dealing in drugs. The Criminal Court convicted Amjad Hussain Ashraf Shaf of…
International Humanitarian Forum kicks off in Baku – photos
An opening statement was made by President Aliyev The International Humanitarian Forum started its work in Baku. The forum was attended by politicians and top…
US close to ending Syria talks with Russia
The United States is close to suspending talks with Russia on a ceasefire in Syria, US Secretary of State John Kerry says, as the Kremlin…
Europe’s tide of hating the other makes us all Muslims now
More than 20 years working in human rights and anti-racism work can leave you both pessimistic about the future and inured to rising and raging…
After Islamic State, fears of a ‘Shiite Crescent’ in Mideast
This means that now, as Islamic State is losing more and more land to Iranian allies, these Sunni countries—particularly Saudi Arabia—face a potentially more dangerous…