Category: 3. Middle East

In recent days, coordinated attacks on Nigeria’s nationhood have swept across social media, blogs and television outlets, alleging a so-called “Christian genocide”. These attacks, driven by foreign actors, mischaracterise Nigeria’s…

Second order this year focuses on UK users; earlier attempt included US user data, but was withdrawn under US pressure.

The British government has ordered Apple to hand over personal data uploaded by its customers to the cloud for the second time…

Four members of the public left injured by stab wounds and vehicle that rammed into them in Manchester.

Police in the United Kingdom say they believe they shot a person…

Dockworkers in several Italian ports are stepping up actions to block shipments to Israel as tensions mount over the approach of the “Sumud Flotilla” to Gaza.

Labour unions across Europe have pledged coordinated…

The death toll from the magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the central Philippines has risen to 72, officials confirmed.

With search operations now complete and “zero…

Four soldiers from the Israeli army’s Nahal Brigade have been sentenced to ten days in prison after refusing to carry out what they described as a “dangerous mission” in Gaza City, Israeli Channel 10 reported on…

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on Wednesday condemned recent statements by Israeli Defence Minister Yisrael Katz, saying his remarks pave the way for a further escalation of “war crimes” against…

A court in Manchester in the United Kingdom has sentenced seven men to prison terms ranging from 12 to 35 years for the systematic sexual abuse of two teenage girls in Rochdale, in the north of England, between 2001 and 2006.

Mohammed Zahid, a…

Emergency workers in Indonesia have rescued five people from the rubble of an Islamic school that collapsed during prayers. At least six people have been killed, 60 are still missing, and dozens more were injured at the Al Khoziny school…