The Turkish parliament Wednesday renewed for another year the mandate of Turkish troops operating for peace keeping in Mali and Central African Republic (CAR) under the UN umbrella, Anadolu news agency reports. The Turkish presidency had submitted the extension decision in a motion in the legislature. In September 2014, a 12,000-troop strong U.N. peacekeeping force […]
An investigative judge in Tunisia has convicted five people from a European country for belonging to a terror group after investigations at an apartment led to the seizure of fire arms, drogue and foreign passports, Tunisie Numerique reports. The judge from the country’s anti-terrorism service ordered imprisonment of five arrested two weeks ago at Baraket […]
The 57th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, held under the chairmanship of Morocco, concluded on Friday, oct.11. The session was marked by the adoption of 37 resolutions—ten of which were voted on—and one decision. On the final day of the session, Ambassador Omar Zniber, Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN Office […]
