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Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi work to secure borders post-Daesh

Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are cooperating closely to secure their shared borders after the Daesh terrorist group’s three-year rampage across the region, Iraqi Interior Minister Qassim al-Araji has said. “The post-Daesh era requires us to firmly secure our borders,” al-Araji...

Scores of settlers storm Al-Aqsa compound for Passover

Scores of Jewish settlers on Tuesday forced their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, according to a Palestinian official.   “Some 260 Jewish extremists stormed the compound this morning,” Firas al-Dib, a spokesman for Jerusalem's Jordan-run...

US blocked inquiry into Israeli violence: UN official

The U.S. declined calls from the UN Security Council for an investigation into violence on the Israeli-Gaza border that left 18 Palestinians dead, a UN official said Monday. Speaking at a press conference at UN headquarters, Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Permanent Representative of Peru to the...

German Prosecutors ask court to extradite ex-Catalan leader

German prosecutors have asked a regional court to extradite former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who was detained two weeks ago on a European arrest warrant issued by Spain. “We have concluded that the extradition request is admissible,” the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the...