Iraq executes three over ISIS-claimed blast that killed hundreds

Iraq has executed three people convicted in a 2016 bombing case involving the ISIL (ISIS) armed group that killed hundreds of people. According to international media reports, the office of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday that the hangings were carried out on Sunday night and Monday morning, but did not name those مزید پڑھیں

Libya suspends foreign minister after meeting with Israeli counterpart

The head of Libya’s Government of National Unity Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has suspended the Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush and referred her to investigation, a statement said early on Monday. According to international media reports, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Sunday he met with the Libyan Foreign Minister for the first time in history. مزید پڑھیں

France to ban wearing abaya dress in state schools

France will ban children from wearing the abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women – in state-run schools, the country’s education minister has said ahead of the back-to-school season. According to international media reports, France, which has enforced a strict ban on religious signs in state schools since 19th-century laws removed مزید پڑھیں

UN experts challenge Saudi Aramco over climate change

UN experts have written to oil firm Saudi Aramco and its financial backers challenging them on allegations that their activities are fuelling climate change-related negative impacts on human rights. A cache of correspondence was published on Saturday on a United Nations human rights special procedures website, exactly two months after it was sent. The letters مزید پڑھیں