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The petition calls for the kingdom's women to be treated "as a full citizen, and decide an age where she will be an adult and will be responsible for her own acts," said campaigner Aziza Al-Yousef.

The retired university professor told AFP that she had tried unsuccessfully to deliver the petition with 14,700 names to the Royal Court on Sept. 26.

The government in Podgorica has rejected criticism from international rights and media watchdogs which accused the authorities of violating investigative journalist Jovo Martinovic's rights by holding him in pre-trial detention for 11 months.

Steven Erlanger, the New York Times bureau chief for London (left), and Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, converse with Edward Snowden, a former contractor for the CIA who leaked US government documents, who joined an Athens Democracy Conference discussion via live video link on Friday.

Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch (center), participates in a discussion panel with Roger Cohen of the New York Times (left) and European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos on Thursday during the Athens Democracy Forum, organized by the NYT, the United Nations Democracy Fund, the City of Athens and Kathimerini.

Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch (center), participates in a discussion panel with Roger Cohen of the New York Times (left) and European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos on Thursday during the Athens Democracy Forum, organized by the NYT, the United Nations Democracy Fund, the City of Athens and Kathimerini.

The European Commission announced 115 million euros in extra funding Saturday to help Greece deal with migrants, a day after a damning report into conditions migrants face.

The new EU money aims "to improve conditions for refugees in Greece, and make a difference ahead of the upcoming winter," said EU aid and crisis management commissioner Christos Stylianides.

Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas met with officials on Chios on Friday to discuss measures to reduce the number of refugees on the island, which has suffered from overcrowding and disturbances at its migrant camps.

U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby's comments regarding the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on southeastern Turkey "do not reflect reality," Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgiç said on July 14.

Yemen's warring parties resumed face-to-face peace talks on May 4, after a three-day break triggered by a walkout by the government delegation, the United Nations said.

It is only the second round of face-to-face talks in the hard-won negotiations to end a devastating conflict that has killed more than 6,400 people and displaced 2.8 million since March last year.

BELGRADE - Wreaths were laid and candles lit in downtown Belgrade last night at the memorial to the 16 Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) employees killed in a NATO air strike in 1999.

Family members, colleagues and friends gathered in Belgrade's Aberdareva Street at 2:06 am - the exact time of the deadly strike 17 years ago - to pay their tributes, also observing a minute of silence.