The United Arab Emirate (UAE) has arrested and detained, without prosecution, many Nigerians in a series of sting operations targeted at irregular migrants. ( read original story ...)
UAE reports record COVID-19 cases for fourth consecutive day
The United Arab Emirates has recorded its fourth straight record number of daily coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, reporting 1,963 cases on Saturday. ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan scraps death penalty after nearly 20-year moratorium
Kazakh president signs parliamentary ratification of document that commits countries to abolish capital punishment. ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan Officially Abolishes Death Penalty After Nearly Two-Decade Freeze
Kazakhstan has abolished the death penalty, making permanent a nearly two-decade freeze on capital punishment in the Central Asian country, a statement on the presidential website said on January 2. ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan Abolishes Death Penalty
Kazakhstan abolished the death penalty, making permanent a nearly two-decade freeze on capital punishment in the authoritarian Central Asian country, a notice on the presidential website said Saturday ... ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan ratifies international protocol to abolish death penalty
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a law ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which entails a formal commitment to abolish ... ( read original story ...)
Xinjiang and future relations between China and Kazakhstan
More and more Kazakhs flee Xinjiang and forced labour camps, and are welcomed by Nur-Sultan as refugees. The crossroads between ... ( read original story ...)
Yemen wedding hall blast kills five women: Officials
Attack comes two days after at least 26 people were killed in blasts that rocked the airport in southern city of Aden. ( read original story ...)
Five women killed in Yemen wedding attack
Five women were killed when a projectile exploded at a New Year's Day wedding party in Yemen's Red Sea city of Hodeida, the latest atrocity in the war-torn nation. The government and Huthi rebels ... ( read original story ...)
Five women killed as blast hits Yemen wedding hall
The government and Huthi rebel forces blamed each other for the Friday night bombing of the hall near Hodeida's airport, a frontline between the warring sides on the edge of the Huthi-held town ... ( read original story ...)