UN calls for urgent action against human trafficking

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 31 (APP): Noting that global crises, conflicts, and the climate emergency are escalating trafficking risks, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for building “a world where no one can ever be bought, sold, or exploited”. In his message for the World Day […]

British Daesh fighter found dead in Spanish jail

LONDON July 27 (Online): A British-Egyptian man accused of fighting for Daesh has been found dead in prison. Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 32, was on trial in Madrid charged with numerous terrorist offenses and online fraud in order to raise money for the group. He was […]

Syria blast kills six ahead of Ashura: ministry

Damascus, July 27 (AFP/APP): A bomb killed six people and wounded scores on Thursday when it exploded near the Sayeda Zeinab mausoleum, Syria’s most visited Shiite pilgrimage site, the interior ministry said. The deadly blast south of Damascus came ahead of the annual commemoration of […]