Many women in Morocco face abuse at home, some are now speaking out
Bearing pictures of scars and bruises she said she had suffered at home, Fatna Ben Ghala sought help at a women’s counseling center in a poor neighborhood near Morocco’s capital Rabat after she and her mother endured domestic violence by a relative.
At least 95 killed in central Mali village attack
Attackers believed to belong to the Fulani ethnic group raided a rival Dogon village in central Mali overnight, killing at least 95 people and burning houses to the ground, local and government officials said on Monday.
India jails three for life after shocking child rape and murder
A court in north India jailed three men for life on Monday over the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl that stirred nationwide outrage and religious rivalries.
UK PM candidate Gove taunts Boris: ‘Don’t pull out’
Michael Gove, one of the candidates vying to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May, on Monday admitted he had made a mistake by taking cocaine 20 years ago and taunted his rival Boris Johnson.
Sudan sit-in bloodshed cripples uprising
Bure’e Mahjoub still hopes democracy will prevail over military rule in Sudan despite the bullet wounds he sustained in a raid on a protest camp that signaled another Arab uprising was facing the end.
Russian court rules to free Chechen human rights advocate Oyub Titiev
Chechen human rights advocate Oyub Titiev was granted early release by a Russian court on Monday after being given a four-year penal colony sentence earlier this year, his lawyer and supporters said.
Iran to hand over Lebanese prisoner soon: Lebanese official, Fars
A Lebanese citizen with U.S. residency detained in Iran since 2015 may be freed in the coming hours, a senior Lebanese security official said, and an Iranian news agency said he would be handed over to the Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah.
Palestinians say U.S. ambassador helps Israel to annex part of West Bank
The Palestinian foreign minister said on Monday that comments by the U.S. ambassador to Israel were intended to help Israel annex parts of the occupied West Bank, underscoring the Palestinians’ distrust of the Trump administration.
I won’t use tax system to give wealthy a cut: UK PM candidate Gove
Britain’s environment minister Michael Gove, one of the candidates hoping to succeed Theresa May as prime minister, said on Monday he would never use the taxation system to give the wealthy a tax cut, a dig at favorite Boris Johnson.
Rwanda re-opens border with Uganda to trucks for 12 days
Rwanda said on Monday it would re-open its busiest border post with Uganda to cargo trucks for 12 days, more than three months after it was closed amid tensions between the two neighbors triggered by security and economic disagreements.
