WIESBADEN: An Iraqi man confessed in a German court Tuesday to the murder of a teenage girl which last year inflamed anti-immigrant tensions. He denied raping her. “My vision went black and then it happened,” Ali Bashar, 22, told the court through an interpreter. “I don’t know how it could have happened.” Bashar left Germany for…
TEHRAN: Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to an extra 10 years in jail on top of the five-year term she is already serving, her husband said Tuesday.Sotoudeh is an award-winning rights activist who was arrested last June and told she had been found guilty in absentia of espionage charges and sentenced…
BAGHOUZ: Daesh was close to defeat in its final enclave on Tuesday after ferocious bombardments overnight and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said the offensive to capture the area was nearly over.The beseiged enclave of Baghouz is the last shred of territory held by the extremists who have been driven from roughly one third…
BAGHOUZ: Daesh was close to defeat in its final enclave on Tuesday after ferocious bombardments overnight and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said the offensive to capture the area was nearly over.The beseiged enclave of Baghouz is the last shred of territory held by the extremists who have been driven from roughly one third…
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: A Palestinian who ran at Israeli troops with a knife in the flashpoint city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday was shot dead by soldiers, Israel’s army said. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed the death but provided no details on the incident, saying only the “Israeli occupation opened fire…
JERUSALEM: Israeli police said Tuesday that undercover officers had broken up a drug-dealing network that used a popular messaging app and had connections in the United States, Ukraine and Germany.“After several months of covert investigation 42 suspects were this morning detained in Israel and abroad for questioning under caution on suspicions of trafficking various types…
BAGHOUZ: Daesh was close to defeat in its final enclave on Tuesday after ferocious bombardments overnight and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said the offensive to capture the area was nearly over.The beseiged enclave of Baghouz is the last shred of territory held by the extremists who have been driven from roughly one third…
BAGHOUZ: Daesh was close to defeat in its final enclave on Tuesday after ferocious bombardments overnight and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said the offensive to capture the area was nearly over.The beseiged enclave of Baghouz is the last shred of territory held by the extremists who have been driven from roughly one third…
BAGHOUZ, Syria: Besieged by US-backed forces in their last foothold in eastern Syria, Daesh militants are calling on supporters across the world to stage attacks in their defense, according to a newly released audio recording. The recording, purportedly from Daesh, came as the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces continued to face stiff resistance Tuesday from Daesh…
BEIRUT: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Tuesday 38 Daesh fighters had been confirmed killed in a US-backed offensive against the militants’ final enclave in eastern Syria, after the area was pounded by ferocious bombardment overnight.Three SDF fighters had been killed and 10 wounded, Mustafa Bali, head of the SDF media office, said in…
Yemen’s National Army killed 13 Iran-backed Houthi militants during clashes in Al-Jawf province on Monday. The militia were caught trying to infiltrate national posts in Al-Motoon discrict, according to a statement on Yemen’s national army website “September net.” Other Houthis were injured when coalition planes bombarded their vehicles in the district.
DUBAI: It is more than four years since Daesh terrorists overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq to declare a “caliphate” the size of Britain.Experts say the terror group is now on the “brink of collapse” and territorially defeated, with US-backed forces in the process of taking its last pocket of land in the village…
DUBAI: It is more than four years since Daesh terrorists overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq to declare a “caliphate” the size of Britain.Experts say the terror group is now on the “brink of collapse” and territorially defeated, with US-backed forces in the process of taking its last pocket of land in the village…
DUBAI: It is more than four years since Daesh terrorists overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq to declare a “caliphate” the size of Britain.Experts say the terror group is now on the “brink of collapse” and territorially defeated, with US-backed forces in the process of taking its last pocket of land in the village…
ANKARA: The US plans to demand that allies hosting American troops cover the full cost of their deployment and pay an additional amount, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The idea, which US President Donald Trump has floated for months, has raised concerns in fellow NATO member Turkey, where American troops are stationed in the Incirlik air base,…
Algeria’s President Bouteflika says he will not stand for fifth term and postpones election ALGIERS: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika bowed to widespread protests on Monday by announcing he will not seek a fifth term and delaying next month's presidential election. After 20 years in power, Bouteflika made the dramatic move in a letter to the Algerian people released by his…
TUNIS: A dozen newborn babies whose deaths at a Tunisian state hospital sparked public outrage are believed to have been killed by an infection acquired in the clinic, the acting health minister said Monday.Sonia Ben Cheikh told a news conference that a 12th infant had died at the Rabta state hospital in Tunis on Sunday.According…
How defeated is Daesh? – The terror group might be on the brink of collapse The terror group might be on the brink, but experts are divided over the fate of its murderous ideology Updated 8 min 48 sec ago Jennifer Bell March 11, 2019 23:20 DUBAI: It is more than four years since Daesh…
ANKARA: The US plans to demand that allies hosting American troops cover the full cost of their deployment and pay an additional amount, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The idea, which US President Donald Trump has floated for months, has raised concerns in fellow NATO member Turkey, where American troops are stationed in the Incirlik air base,…
GAZA: Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza began receiving $100 payouts from Qatar on Monday, the latest tranche of funds under an informal deal between the territory’s Islamist rulers Hamas and Israel.A flare-up of violence along the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip this month has threatened another escalation between the two…
