Wed, 2023-01-11 22:25 LONDON: In a letter written inside Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, Sepideh Qolian, a prominent female Iranian activist, revealed how prisoners are tortured to extract confessions, the BBC reported. Qolian was arrested in 2018 and convicted of acting … read more
Wed, 2023-01-11 23:18 ISTANBUL: A Turkish court on Wednesday released an internationally respected medic who outraged President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by backing a probe into the army’s alleged use of chemical weapons in Iraq. Turkish Medical Association head Sebnem Korur … read more
ID: 1673385366532275000 Tue, 2023-01-10 20:57 JERUSALEM: Bolstered Israeli restrictions against flying the Palestinian flag are “a shameless attempt to legitimize racism,” rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday. Israel’s new firebrand National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir ordered the police commander on … read more
ID: 1673383038321894300 Tue, 2023-01-10 23:51 ‘ARA, Israel: One of Israel’s longest serving Palestinian prisoners walked free on Thursday after completing a 40-year sentence, as members of the new right-wing government called for him to be stripped of his citizenship. Karim … read more
Tue, 2023-01-10 22:30 AL-MUKALLA: At least seven Yemeni infants have died recently in tents in the central province of Marib as a result of extreme cold, local Yemeni authorities said on Tuesday. Khaled Al-Shajani, deputy head of the internationally recognized … read more