Iran’s president says the Islamic Republic will not tolerate violence and terror as foreign-backed Takfiri militants wreak havoc in northern Iraq. “As the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, we will not tolerate the [acts of] violence and terror and we fight violence and terrorism in the region and ...
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The Qatari authorities are failing to protect migrant domestic workers who face severe exploitation, including forced labour and physical and sexual violence, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. “My sleep is my break”: Exploitation of domestic workers in Qatar paints a bleak picture of women who have been ...
Read More »28 killed in fresh wave of violence in Iraq
Twenty-eight people have been killed in a fresh bout of violence in Iraq, with the latest mortalities taking the death toll for January to over 800. At least eight people, including a young child, were killed in a shelling that began late on Friday in Fallujah’s southern neighborhood of Nazal ...
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