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US unable to stop Iran's oil exports: Platts

Sat Sep 30, 2017 14:24:16

If the US reimposes sanctions on Iran's oil sector without the support of Europe, China and Russia, it will see grudging and uneven compliance by international energy companies and will not be able to stop crude flows that returned to the market in 2015, according to sanctions expert Elizabeth Rosenberg.

Macron's invitation to visit France not related to Kurdish referendum - Iraqi PM

Sat Sep 30, 2017 12:34:33

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Paris was not related to the Kurdish independence referendum.

Catalans occupy polling stations ahead of referendum

Sat Sep 30, 2017 12:14:44

Supporters of an independence referendum in Catalonia have begun occupying polling stations in a bid to ensure Sunday's vote goes ahead, as thousands gathered in Barcelona for the separatist camp's final rally.

700 French nationals living in Isis-held Iraqi, Syrian regions: Official

Sat Sep 30, 2017 12:08:20

About 700 French nationals, among them 500 children, are living in the Isis-controlled areas of Iraq and Syria, a French official says, as fears grow over the threat posed by European members of the Takfiri terrorist group on their return to their homelands.

Amnesty criticises Australian government over Iraq civilian deaths

Sat Sep 30, 2017 11:06:25

Human rights campaigners have criticised the Australian government’s delay in announcing its involvement in two airstrikes believed to have killed children in West Mosul, Iraq.

U.N. agrees international experts to probe Yemen war crimes

Sat Sep 30, 2017 10:44:32

The United Nations agreed on Friday to establish a group of eminent experts to examine all human rights violations commmitted in Yemen’s war and to identify those responsible.

Fear of epidemic disaster as disease stalks Rohingya camps

Sat Sep 30, 2017 09:32:22

Rashida Begum steers clear of the water pump near the reeking latrine shared by more than 100 families in a grim corner of Bangladesh that has grown into one of the world's largest refugee settlements in just weeks.

Iran calls on Europe to defy US sanctions if Trump abandons nuclear deal

Sat Sep 30, 2017 08:57:49

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged Europe to defy US sanctions if US President Donald Trump’s administration abandons Tehran’s nuclear agreement with the world powers.

Yemen Houthis say U.S. citizen kidnapped by unknown gunmen

Thu Sep 28, 2017 13:13:59

Yemen’s Houthi forces denied detaining a U.S. citizen and said he had been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the capital Sanaa, a statement from the movement said.

Amnesty urges UNSC to impose arms embargo on Myanmar

Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:22:50

Amnesty International has called on the United Nations Security Council to spare no efforts to end the brutal crackdown against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, suggesting the imposition of a “comprehensive arms embargo” on the Southeast Asian country.