Arab world

    Tunisia will shut down about 80 mosques accused of inciting violence, Prime Minister Habib Essid has said, after a beach attack that left at least 39 people dead. The mosques, which operate outside state control, are spreading "venom" and will close within a week, he said. On Friday a gunman opened fire on tourists in the resort town of Sousse. Tunisians, Britons, Germans, Belgians, French and at least one Irish citizen were among those killed in the attack, claimed by Islamic State (IS). The gunman was shot dead by police. Officials say he was a student not previously known to authorities. This was the second major attack on tourists in Tunisia since March, when militants killed 22 people, mainly foreigners, at a museum in the capital. 'PEOPLE SCREAMING' Speaking ...

    Teenage girls abducted by Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria are being sold in slave markets for as little as a pack of cigarettes, the UN envoy on sexual violence said Monday. Zainab Bangura visited Iraq and Syria in April, and has since been working on an action plan to address the horrific sexual violence being waged by IS fighters. This is a war that is being fought on the bodies of women, Bangura told AFP in an interview. The UN envoy spoke to women and girls who had escaped from captivity in IS-controlled areas, met with local religious and political leaders and visited refugees in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. Jihadists continue to run slave markets for girls abducted during fresh offensives, but there are no figures on the numbers enslaved by the fighters. ...