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Published by Reuters By Dmitry Antonov and Robin Emmott MOSCOW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union accused Belarus on Wednesday of mounting a “hybrid attack” by pushing migrants across the border into Poland, paving the way for new sanctions against Minsk in a crisis that threatens to draw in Russia and NATO. Russia took the rare […]

Published by Al-Araby Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said Wednesday that the threat posed by the Islamic State group in the country was “more or less under control” despite recent bloody attacks that have killed dozens. Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a news conference that IS was “not a great threat”, adding that around 600 members or sympathisers

Published by Al-Araby Dozens of photographs showing pictures ofPalestinians threatened by Israeli expulsion were hung in Israeli cities on Sunday night. The photographs capture some of the 1,300 residents of communities in Masafer Yatta, in the southern occupied West Bank, who face the possibility of forced transfers from their homes pending an Israeli Supreme Court

Published by DPA United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdallah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met and held bilateral talks Tuesday, the Syrian presidency said in a statement. The visit is the first by a high-ranking Emirati official since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011. The statement said Al-Assad

Published by Global Voices A protest outside the Papuan governor’s office in Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province. Photo courtesy of Arnold Belau of Suara Papua, based on a Netizen Report post On October 27, Indonesia’s Constitutional Court ruled that it is constitutionally acceptable for the Indonesian government to block and throttle the internet in

Published by Reuters By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is getting ready to deliver on a key campaign promise by convening a Summit for Democracy: a first-of-its kind gathering of more than 100 countries to help stop democratic backsliding and erosion of rights and freedoms worldwide. But rights advocates

Published by Al-Araby Non-Muslims will be allowed to marry, divorce and get joint child custody under civil law in Abu Dhabi according to a new decree issued on Sunday by its ruler, state news agency WAM said. It is the latest step in the United Arab Emirates – where personal status laws on marriage and

Published by AFP Glasgow (AFP) – COP26’s first week saw keynote pledges to end deforestation, phase out coal, and mobilise trillions for green investment. But observers say there is a gulf between host Britain’s proclamations and the emissions cuts that must be achieved. Mohamed Adow, director of the Nairobi-based climate think tank Power Shift Africa,

Published by Al-Araby The Iraqi army and security services carried out large-scale deployments across the centre of Baghdad on Sunday morning, in the aftermath of a failed assassination attempt against Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. Military helicopters, infantry units and armoured forces deployed around the Green Zone, a high security neighbourhood in the Iraqi capital

Published by Reuters (Reuters) – Australia’s largest city of Sydney will further ease social distancing curbs on Monday, a month after emerging from a coronavirus lockdown that lasted nearly 100 days, as close to 90% of people have got both doses of vaccine, officials said. Although limited to people who are fully inoculated, the relaxation