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134 dead, scores of homes wiped out in Sudan seasonal floods
Flooding in Sudan has killed at least 134 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes in the northeast African country's ongoing wet season, police said on Thursday.
Heavy rains usually fall between May and October in…
50 million people stuck in ‘modern slavery’: UN
Fifty million people around the world are trapped in forced labour or forced marriage, the UN said Monday, warning that their ranks had swelled dramatically in recent years.
The United Nations had set a goal to eradicate all forms…
Death toll from migrant shipwreck off Tunisia rises to 11
The death toll from a migrant shipwreck off Tunisia last week has risen to 11, most of them Tunisians, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, TAP state news agency said on Sunday.
It added that five more bodies were recovered…
Dozens of Afghan girls rally against Taliban ban on education
A group of teenage girls took to the streets of the capital of Afghanistan's Paktia province on Saturday to demand their right to an education, local media reported.
Footage from the TOLOnews broadcaster showed dozens…
Queen Elizabeth’s funeral to be held on Monday, Sept. 19
The funeral of Britain's Queen Elizabeth who died this week after 70 years on the throne, will be held on Monday, September 19 at 1000 GMT, England's most senior peer who is in charge of state occasions said on Saturday.
The…
73 Palestinians die in Israeli custody due to medical negligence: NGO
At least 73 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody due to medical negligence since 1967, a local NGO said on Saturday.
In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said the latest victim was Palestinian female Sa'diya…
Palestinian youth killed in occupied West Bank by Israeli army
The Israeli army on Monday killed a Palestinian youth in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
The ministry said Taher Mohammad Zakarneh, 19, was fatally shot by the Israeli forces in Qabatia…
Afghanistan earthquake kills eight, more casualties feared
An earthquake in northeastern Afghanistan killed at least eight people early on Monday, and the toll could rise, the state news agency quoted a regional official as saying.
The quake of magnitude 5.3 struck near the eastern…
Saudi woman given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter
A Saudi student at Leeds University who had returned home to the kingdom for a holiday has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for having a Twitter account and for following and retweeting dissidents and activists.
The…
Repression , lmprisonment of Activists in Saudi Arabia
The crackdown continued on the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly.
The Specialized Criminal Court handed down heavy prison terms to individuals for their human rights work and expression of dissenting views.…