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Qatari royal’s detention in UAE confirmed by his family
The family of a Qatari royal family member who says he is being held as « a prisoner » in the United Arab Emirates has confirmed his arbitrary detention, according to a Doha-based human rights group. The National Human Rights Committee in Qatar (NHRC) said in a statement on Tuesday that it received a complaint from Sheikh…
Chile: Pope arrives to protests over intercourse abuse scandal
Pope Francis has arrived in Chile for the first leg of his Latin American papal tour, with protests over alleged sexual abuse within the Catholic Church marking his visit. Demonstrations are expected to take place throughout the capital, Santiago, on Tuesday, where the pope is scheduled to conduct an open-air mass at 13:30 GMT. More than…
New US-backed Syria force: Five stuff it’s most vital to know
A US plan to form a new border security force in the northeast of Syria has drawn condemnation from major powers in the region, including Turkey and Russia. Under the plan, the US-led coalition fighting against ISIL in the war-torn area would recruit 30,000 fighters into the new force, according to US officials. Turkish President…
Experts doubt Emirati enlighten Qatar intercepted plane
Analysts have expressed scepticism at the UAE’s claim that Qatari fighter jets intercepted Emirati passenger planes. On Monday, Emirati state media said two civilian airliners bound for Bahrain were intercepted by Qatar, citing the country’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). Qatar strongly rejected the claims, describing them as a « systematic attack » by the UAE to draw attention away…
13 siblings rescued from California home; parents charged with torture
Updated January 16, 2018 15:50:11 Video: David and Louise Turpin have been arrested and charged with the torture of their 13 children. (Image: Facebook/David-Louise Turpin) (ABC News) Thirteen siblings, ranging in age from two to 29, were rescued by police in California from a house where some of them had been chained to beds, and…
Freedom Home: Tunisia’s democracy downgraded
A new report released by the international watchdog organisation Freedom House has raised concerns about Tunisia’s democratic backslide. Data analysed by the NGO from 195 countries over the past year showed that Tunisia was still the only free country in the Arab world, but the North African state saw its political rights rating decreased from…
Yemen’s Houthis originate activist Hisham al-Omeisy
A prominent Yemeni activist who used social media to document the war that has ravaged his country has been released by Houthi rebels after more than five months in detention. Hisham al-Omeisy, 38, was freed on Monday along with two other prisoners accused of being loyal to Yemen’s slain former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, sources told…
Sources: Rockets push into Clips’ locker room
Houston’s James Harden, Trevor Ariza and Gerald Green pushed into the LA Clippers’ locker room Monday night looking to confront Austin Rivers after the Rockets’ 113-102 loss, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Die Klapperschlange und der irre Schlitzer
Die Logik einer Bombe ist unbestechlich, mit ihr lässt sich nicht streiten. „Es werde Licht!“, mit diesen Worten endet die Science-Fiction-Farce „Dark Star“ von 1975 über den Sternenzerstörer gleichen Namens – und mit ihnen beginnt auch die Karriere des Regisseurs John Carpenter. Dem Absolvent der einflussreichen Regieklasse der University of Southern California (USC) gelang gleich mit seinem…
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