China warns of new cold war after US approves arms sales to Taiwan

CHINA has demanded the US stop arms sales to Taiwan and end military contacts with the island to avoid further damage in the deteriorating relation

Investigators building evidence for war crimes and genocide prosecutions for rape and enslavement of Yazidi women

INVESTIGATORS are building evidence to prosecute Isis fighters for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide over the killing, rape and ensl

Hunger striking lawyer applies for release from Turkish jail

JAILED lawyer Ebru Timtik has applied for release from jail on medical grounds over fears for her life in Turkey.

Palestine starts process of ending all agreements with Israel and US over annexation fears

PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh instructed his cabinet members today to implement the decision taken earlier this week to cut all ties

Syriacs press Europe to recognise 1915 Sayfo genocide by Ottoman-Turkish forces

SYRIACS, a Middle Eastern ethnic and religious minority, have launched a campaign demanding the European Parliament officially recognises the 1915

Women's groups to protest against Turkey's sickening child rape law

WOMEN’S organisations in Turkey have warned of “grave consequences” ahead of tomorrow’s protests over a sickening child-rape law that is set to be

Vietnam prepares for defeat of Covid-19 during celebrations marking the 130th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh's birth

VIETNAM celebrated the 130th anniversary of the birth of Ho Chi Minh today by announcing the imminent end of its Covid-19 outbreak, with no locally

Turkish state removes 5 more democratically elected mayors, Peoples Democratic Party warns

Further arrests made over botched Venezuelan coup attempt

Another member of a gang involved in a failed coup plot in Venezuela was detained on Saturday by the country’s armed forces, as police confirmed th

Britain warned against ‘coup-mongering’ in Venezuela after embassy discovery

VENEZUELA has warned Britain against “coup-mongering” after the discovery of a “Venezuelan reconstruction unit” in the Foreign Office.