Arrests seen as part of crackdown against suspected network of US-based figure blamed for failed 2016 coup attempt. Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of 140 people, including serving army officers, over alleged links to the US-based religious leader Fethullah Gulen, according to an Anadolu news agency report. Police launched simultaneous operations in 34 provinces across […]

CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudan’s main protest group on Sunday called for the immediate handover of power to a civilian transitional government and said it would maintain street demonstrations to push for its aims. Such a transitional council should be protected by the Sudanese armed forces, the Sudanese Professionals Association said in a statement. “The Sudanese […]

Pakistan has come under increasing international pressure to crack down on armed groups allegedly operating on its soil. Islamabad, Pakistan – The United States has imposed sanctions on Pakistani political party the Milli Muslim League (MML), the political front of armed group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), designating it and its leadership as “terrorists”, a State Department statement said. The […]

B.C.’s civilian police watchdog has deployed to Dawson Creek, where a woman died while in police custody this weekend. According to the Independent Investigations Office (IIO), RCMP arrested a man and woman on Saturday as a part of an ongoing investigation, and transported them to local jail cells. It said paramedics were called to the […]

Ex-army general secures 97 percent win, final results show, in a poll where only challenger was a Sisi supporter. In a result that comes as no shock to Egyptians and the rest of the world, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has won the presidential elections with 97 percent of the votes, final results showed, securing another four-year […]

Boracay’s closure ordered by President Duterte after he was outraged by environmental violations. The Philippines government will be closing its most famous holiday island Boracay to tourists for six months in order to clean it up after concerns that rapid development and pollution was threatening its idyllic shores. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the shutdown to […]

‘It was a minor attack. There was no impact, but the question is will it continue?’ An attack on a Saudi tanker by Yemen’s Houthi would not hit oil supplies, Saudi energy minister said on Wednesday, after Houthi rebels said they had targeted a warship in response to an air raid that killed civilians. The Western-backed, […]

‘There can never be peace until the Jerusalem file is satisfactorily resolved,’ says chairman of Jerusalem Endowment. Palestinian interfaith officials have warned against monopolising the city of Jerusalem by the Israeli government and the effects that would have on Christianity and Islam. Hanna Issa, secretary-general of the Palestinian Authority’s Muslim-Christian Committee said that more than […]

Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit most of the Caribbean countries which have athletes competing at the Commonwealth Games. Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit most of the Caribbean countries which have athletes competing at the Commonwealth Games. Across the islands, sports facilities were badly damaged. Kyron McMaster is one of many who, since the hurricanes, has […]

Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir opened fire on villagers trying to stop the arrest of suspected armed separatists. At least 20 civilians, rebels and soldiers have been killed in Indian-administered Kashmir during the deadliest anti-government protests and fighting so far this year. The violence broke out simultaneously in several villages in the Shopian Hill District. […]