AFP, DUBLIN: Amnesty International was going through a fraught vote Tuesday on whether the human rights organisation should back decriminalising prostitution, following a heated debate on the divisive issue. Some 400 delegates from 70 countries have gathered in Dublin and will vote on the draft policy.…

AFP, BEIRUT: At least 25 Syrian rebels were killed overnight in an attack by Islamic State group fighters on an insurgent stronghold in Aleppo province, a monitor said on Tuesday. Fighting lasted until dawn on Tuesday in Marea, one of the most significant rebel bastions in the divided province. The…

AFP, JAKARTA: An Indonesian court has ordered a foundation set up by former Indonesian dictator Suharto to pay back about $325 million of embezzled state funds, an official said Tuesday. The Supreme Court ruled that the huge sum, which came from an educational foundation controlled by the Suharto family,…

KSA rejects Russian calls to work with Assad govt AFP, MOSCOW: Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Tuesday poured cold water on Russian calls to join forces with the Syrian authorities against Islamic State jihadists, insisting it was impossible to work with President Bashar al-Assad. Moscow -- one…