AMMAN: As Jordan steps up efforts to prepare for a voluntary return of Syrian refugees, a UNHCR study found that only 0.8 percent of them are willing to go back home. According to the recently published survey by the UN … read more
AL-MUKALLA: A group of UN experts has expressed concern that more than a dozen Yemenis from the Baha’i religious minority being held by the Houthis face a high risk of torture, other human rights violations and even death. read more
DUBAI: For the 12th consecutive year, the UAE has been voted the country where most young Arabs would want to live, Emirates News Agency reported on Tuesday. The Arab Youth survey found Arabs aged 18 to 24 also named the … read more
TUNIS: An attacker stabbed a security guard on Monday outside Brazil’s embassy in Tunis before being shot and arrested, the Tunisian interior ministry said. The guard “was wounded by a sharp object” wielded “by a person he was questioning over … read more
JERUSALEM: Israeli commandos backed by a military helicopter killed four Palestinians, including a teenager, and wounded at least 29 others during a fierce clash in the occupied West Bank on Monday, local gunmen and medical officials said. Israel’s military said it … read more