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LONDON, Aug. 11 (YPA) - Amnesty International has launched a human rights campaign, urging Saudis to sign a petition calling on King Salman to immediately and unconditionally release all those detained for their peaceful protest. "A…

DUBAI, Aug. 11 (YPA) – A major fire broke out Wednesday in a plastics factory in Jebel Ali area, in the Emirate of Dubai, to the west of the UAE. The General Directorate of Civil Defense in Dubai said that the fire occurred due to the…

SANAA, Aug. 11 (YPA) - Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Ben Abdelrahman has announced that at least 25 soldiers and 17 civilians have been killed in forest fires east of the capital. A number of other soldiers were injured while fighting fires…

SANAA, Aug. 11 (YPA) - The Israeli navy boats on Wednesday targeted the fishing boats off the shore of Gaza City. The Palestinian news agency “Wafa” reported that enemy naval boats attacked the fishermen’s boats, which are three nautical…

SANAA, Aug. 11 (YPA) -  The Zionist enemy forces on Wednesday opened fire towards farmers and their agricultural lands, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. The Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) stated that the enemy forces…

SANAA, Aug. 11 (YPA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya expressed concern about the abduction and disappearance, Reza Faraj Al Freitais, Director of the First Deputy Office of the Prime Minister in the National Unity Government.…

NABLUS, Aug. 11 (YPA) - Zionist settlers on Tuesday night attacked  Palestinian residents’ homes in the village of Orif, south of Nablus, according to a local official. Clashes reportedly broke out between the village residents and Israeli…

BEIJING, Aug. 11 (YPA) - A Chinese court convicted Canadian businessman Michael Spavor of espionage and sentenced him to 11 years in prison and said he will be deported, but it was not clear when, This comes as lawyers in Canada…

SANAA, Aug. 11 (YPA) - The African peacekeeping force in Somalia, AMISOM, announced that it had killed six members of the “Al-Shabaab” movement during clashes that followed an explosion targeting African soldiers, RT Arabic reported on…

SANAA, Aug. 11 (YPA) - Chad's transitional military council chairman Mohamed Idriss Deby on Tuesday renewed his commitment to the country's roadmap for free and democratic presidential and legislative elections. "We must invest what has…