Flights in and out of Dubai International Airport were put on hold for half an hour this morning following reports of drones flying in the area. The suspension at the world’s third busiest airport lasted between 0613 GMT and 0645, a spokesman said. Traveller Andrew Todd tweeted that thousands of people were “sitting in planes going nowhere”. Anush Wijesinha said […]

UN permanent members using vetoes during mass killings must answer to the victims, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein says. The outgoing UN human rights chief launched a rare tirade against veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council for failing to intervene in “some of the most prolific slaughterhouses of humans in recent times”. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein – in a passionate reprimand of […]

Yasin Aktay, adviser to president, tells Al Jazeera that parties making the accusations are responsible to prove them. A senior Turkish official has denied the claims by a monitoring group and Syrian state media that Turkey’s military used chemical weapons on civilians in its operation against the Kurdish YPG fighters in northwestern Syria. “It is out of the question for Turkey […]

Number of Venezuelans fleeing over the border into Colombia to escape a humanitarian crisis at home is rising at an alarming rate. The number of Venezuelans escaping to neighbouring Colombia is rising at an alarming rate, despite tighter border controls. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports from Cucuta, on the Colombian-Venezuelan border. Source: Read Full Article

ISIL claims responsibility for an attack that killed more than two dozen fighters in Iraq’s Kirkuk province. More than two dozen members of a pro-government militia in Iraq have been killed after being ambushed by disguised Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters. Twenty-seven members of Hashd al-Shaabi, or the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), were killed after clashes […]

Latest US sanctions on North Korea are the ‘heaviest ever’, President Donald Trump says. The US has imposed its “heaviest ever” sanctions against North Korea, President Donald Trump says, as the US seeks to prevent North Korea from further developing its nuclear programme. The measures – aimed at disrupting North Korean shipping companies and vessels – will heighten pressure on […]

While many people say the revolution has led to much change, ongoing political division is still taking its toll on the lives of many Libyans. It’s the seventh anniversary of the start of the revolution in Libya. Protests in Benghazi eventually led to the toppling of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. While many people say it has led to much […]

Special anti-terrorism court in Lahore convicts accused Mohammad Imran Ali of rape and murder of seven-year-old girl. A Pakistani serial killer convicted of rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl Zainab Ansari has been sentenced to death, prosecutors say. The trial was held in the eastern city Lahore by the country’s special anti-terrorism court on Saturday in the presence of the […]

Turkish foreign minister made remarks in response to reports that Syrian forces will fight alongside YPG against Turkey. The Turkish foreign minister has said that Syrian forces cannot stop its army’s advances in Afrin, in response to reports that the Syrian regime forces will fight alongside Kurdish YPG fighters in the border town. Speaking at a press conference in the […]

Culiacan, Mexico: US officials are hailing the conviction of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman as a victory for the Mexican people, but in the drug lord's home state of Sinaloa, cradle to his powerful cartel, many residents say they don't expect violence and trafficking to abate. As news that the Sinaloa cartel kingpin will likely spend the rest of his life […]