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Iranian leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei appointed former top prosecutor Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei as the new head of the country’s judiciary amid accusations of abuses targeting the new appointee. Mohseni Ejei will replace outgoing Ebrahim Raeisi, who will become Read more
Three people sentenced to death for terrorism in Iraq have been hanged few days after twin deadly terror attacks claimed by the Islamic state group (ISIS) killed dozens of people in capital Baghdad, reports say. “Three people convicted under Article Read more
Egyptian President AbdelFattah Al-Sissi last weekend ratified a law allowing authorities to supervise social media accounts in the North African country. The legislation allows the country’s Supreme Council for Media Regulations to supervise bloggers, websites and social media accounts with Read more
US-based rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Saudi Arabia to correct its image as it recorded the largest execution rate, with 48 executions so far this year. Most executions did not concern “serious crimes”. Large chunk of Read more
Several international human rights watchdogs, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, EuroMed Rights, and Front Line Defenders have called on Algerian authorities to drop all charges against a leading activist and his 40 co-defendants, charges based on their peaceful activism Read more
The Palestinian Hamas movement controlling the Gaza Strip Thursday executed three men condemned to death for the killing of the movement’s top military commander in March. Ashraf Abu Leila, 38, Abdallah al-Nashar, 38, and Hisham al-Aloul, 42 were arrested two Read more
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov who also doubles as President Putin’s special representative for the Middle East and Africa met with King Abdallah of Jordan on Thursday to discuss the Syrian crisis. The Russian official also met Prime Minister Read more
NATO has revealed plans to increase its operations in the Mediterranean Sea especially along the Libyan coast. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at the end of the organization summit in Warsaw, Poland, operation Active Endeavour meant to protect ships Read more
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are raising concerns about the impossibility for them to go through the Israel-controlled areas out of Gaza because of the quasi-impossibility to obtain a “no objection” letter from Jordanian authorities. They need to have the Read more
Brigadier General Ahmed Assiri, a spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition, has stated that President Hadi’s government would be willing to hold talks with the Houthi Movement to return to Sana’a but if the latter is reluctant, they will be forced Read more