CAIRO (AP) — A leading Egyptian pro-democracy activist was freed from prison early Friday after serving a five-year sentence for inciting and taking part in protests, his family and lawyer said. The terms of his release, however, require that he report to a police station every day for the next five years.
28 Mar 2019; DW: A court in Istanbul has rejected "defamation and slander through press" charges against freelance journalist Pelin Unker, who also works as a contributor for DW.
The presiding judge said that the case would be dismissed due to the statute of limitations specified in the Turkish Press Law.
Talking to DW correspondent Julia Hahn, Unker said the trials against reporters "are aimed at intimidating us."
TRIPOLI, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Libya's eastern-based army on Thursday said it arrested more than 100 illegal immigrants in the northeastern city of Tobruk.
A total of 43 immigrants were arrested in southern Tubrok during a patrol, the army said, adding that another patrol discovered 60 more of them.
Tubruk is located near the Egyptian border, a smuggling hotspot. Libya is a preferred point of departure for illegal immigrants trying to cross into Europe.
Improved weather conditions have increased flows of illegal immigrants recently.
28 Mar 2019; DW: Malta's navy said that a special operations team had taken control of a tanker that was hijacked by migrants off the coast of Libya. The ship arrived at a Maltese port on Thursday morning.
The migrants had taken control of the vessel on Wednesday, and directed it north toward Europe, according to Italian and Maltese authorities.
MOSCOW, March 27. /TASS/. Syria has requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting after the United States recognized Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights, AFP said on Wednesday citing diplomatic sources.
France, which holds the Security Council presidency this month, will appoint the date of the meeting soon.
DAMASCUS, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The Syrian air defenses responded to Israeli airstrike in Syria's northern province of Aleppo overnight Wednesday, intercepting a number of missiles before reaching their targets, according to the state news agency SANA.
The airstrike targeted the Sheikh Najjar area in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, according to the report, citing a military statement.
Sounds of explosions were heard around the government-controlled area of Sheikh Najjar, which is an industrial zone in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, said the report.
26 Mar 2019; DW: Algerian army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah on Tuesday called for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be removed from office by using articles of the constitution.
The North African country has been rocked by more than a month of protests calling for Bouteflika to step down in order to pave the way for a democratic overhaul of Algeria's political system.
27 Mar 2019; DW: The international community has voiced collective outrage over US President Donald Trump's decision to sign a proclamation affirming US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights on Monday.
The Tuesday reactions came from all corners of the world, uniting US adversaries and allies alike.
MOSCOW, March 25. /TASS/. Damascus believes that US President Donald Trump’s move to sign a proclamation recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights is a blatant attack on Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported, citing a source in the country’s Foreign Ministry.
"The US President has recognized the Zionist occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights, attacking Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity," the source said.
RABAT, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Morocco will buy 3.787 billion U.S. dollars' worth of arms from the United States, the Moroccan financial news site Medias24.com reported Monday.
According to a press release by the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency earlier in the day, the deal includes the purchase of 25 F-16/D Block 72 aircraft and related equipment.
Morocco currently has 23 F-16 aircraft.
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