Human rights groups have criticised the UN for removing the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen from a blacklist of those whose actions harm children. The UN found 222 children were killed or ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen taken off UN rights blacklist
Decision taken despite United Nations finding coalition killed hundreds of children last year ... ( read original story ...)
Turkish warplanes attack Kurdish targets in northern Iraq
Turkey's Ministry of Defence says its warplanes have struck Kurdish targets in northern Iraq's Haftanin region on Wednesday, the second such operation launched against the Kurdist ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea tells ‘mongrel dog’ South why it bombed office
North Korea has explained why it blew up its South Korean liaison office in a border town on Tuesday. A state media article accused the South of breaking 2018 agreements and behaving like a "mongrel ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea raises tension with pledge to send troops to border with South
Seoul says said it will ‘no longer tolerate’ provocations, although it was not clear what, if any, action it is planning ... ( read original story ...)
How Iran’s clergy helped conquer coronavirus
The black-turbaned senior cleric first heard that coronavirus might have spread to Qom about two weeks before official confirmation that the holy city had become the second global centre for the ... ( read original story ...)
Loved ones of Flight 752 victims demand plan, timeline for holding Iran to account
The families of those killed on Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 are expressing frustration over a lack of progress in the investigation as they launch a new group to push for bringing ... ( read original story ...)
Half year on, activists fear no justice for Iran protest killings
Half a year after protests which Iran has now acknowledged claimed more than 200 lives, rights groups fear the real toll from the crackdown was far higher and that nobody will be brought to justice. ( read original story ...)
Turkey moves troops against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq
Turkey said Wednesday it has airlifted troops for a cross-border ground operation against Turkey's Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, the first known airborne-and-land offensive by Ankara inside Iraqi ... ( read original story ...)
Spike Lee’s Vietnam drama suffers from overkill
Americans is a subject worth exploring, but this overlong, sometimes lurid drama isn't one of Spike Lee's best. ( read original story ...)