Officials warned Monday that a disease outbreak in Libya’s northeast, where floods have killed thousands, could create “a second devastating crisis” as diarrhea spread among those who drank contaminated water. In a statement, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya said it was particularly concerned about water contamination and the lack of sanitation after two…
A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, was arrested and severely beaten, her husband said on Monday — one of several activists taken into custody at the funeral in Tehran of a girl who was fatally injured after a reported confrontation with the enforcers of Iran’s strict dress code for women. The activists were…
Israel urges Russia to protect “all its citizens and all Jews” after a mob storms Makhachkala airport. Source link
As Ali Vaez watched the footage of his longtime friend Siamak Namazi stepping off a flight in Qatar on Monday, he was overcome with emotion. “I teared up because I’ve been waiting for this moment for 2,898 days — as long as he had been waiting to once again be a free man,” Vaez, project…
Hundreds of protesters calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war streamed into Grand Central Terminal in midtown Manhattan on Friday, in one of the largest protests New York City has seen since the start of the conflict three weeks ago. The demonstration, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, came as Israel ramped up its…