International

The EU agrees in principle to postpone the Brexit

The EU agrees in principle to postpone the Brexit

  • 2019-10-25

European Union (EU) member states on Friday postponed a decision on whether to extend Britain´s Brexit term because it did not agree on the duration of the extension, the European Commission sai...

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Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch accuse Turkey of deporting Syrians before its military operation

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch accuse Turkey of deporting Syrians before its military operation

  • 2019-10-25

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch accused Ankara on Friday of forcibly deporting Syrians to their country in the months leading up to its military operation in northeast Syria. In two sepa...

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IRAQ: Victims of Friday´s protests rise to two dead and nearly a thousand wounded

IRAQ: Victims of Friday´s protests rise to two dead and nearly a thousand wounded

  • 2019-10-25

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi Human Rights Commission said on Monday it had documented the deaths of two protesters and the injury of nearly 1,000 protesters and security personnel in protests across...

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Russian troops patrol northern Syria near the Turkish border

Russian troops patrol northern Syria near the Turkish border

  • 2019-10-23

Russian troops on Wednesday launched their first patrol in northern Syria near the border with Turkey, a day after an agreement between Ankara and Moscow effectively lost control of large areas of nor...

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Amnesty International criticizes the Jordanian authorities´ "complicity" with the male "guardianship" system against women

Amnesty International criticizes the Jordanian authorities´ "complicity" with the male "guardianship" system against women

  • 2019-10-23

 Amnesty International criticized in a report published on Wednesday what it called the "collusion" of the Jordanian authorities with the "regime of male guardianship of women&quot...

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Trump announces the withdrawal of his troops only from the area of ​​Syrian oil wells and lift sanctions on Turkey

Trump announces the withdrawal of his troops only from the area of ​​Syrian oil wells and lift sanctions on Turkey

  • 2019-10-23

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that US forces would withdraw from northern Syria and that sanctions against Turkey would be lifted, saying Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was doi...

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The Bolivian opposition is carrying out a strike and Morales calls it a coup

The Bolivian opposition is carrying out a strike and Morales calls it a coup

  • 2019-10-23

Bolivia´s opposition staged a general strike Wednesday amid protests and riots to protest Sunday´s presidential election, in which President Evo Morales is likely to win a second term in t...

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US presidential candidate: We support a two-state solution and aid to Israel is conditional

US presidential candidate: We support a two-state solution and aid to Israel is conditional

  • 2019-10-21

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said she was open to the idea of ​​making her country´s aid to Israel conditional on halting its settlement activities in the West Bank. I...

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16 million children in the Middle East and North Africa are malnourished

16 million children in the Middle East and North Africa are malnourished

  • 2019-10-20

More than 16 million children under the age of 5 are malnourished in the Middle East and North Africa because of conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Libya and Sudan, the United Nations Children´s Fund (U...

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The European Union calls for a ceasefire in Afghanistan

The European Union calls for a ceasefire in Afghanistan

  • 2019-10-20

 European Union officials on Sunday called for a ceasefire in Afghanistan, saying the collapse of US-Taliban talks was an opportunity to launch a new push for a truce. Last month, US President D...

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