Arab and International

Europe Reopens Many Borders but Not to Americans, Asians

الاثنين, 15 يونيو 2020

Europe is taking a big step toward a new normality as many countries open borders to fellow Europeans after three months of coronavirus lockdowns — but even though Europeans love their summer vacations, it’s not clear how many are ready to travel ag...

Turkey announces launch of new military operation in northern Iraq

الاثنين, 15 يونيو 2020

Turkish Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday evening the launch of a military operation against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. “Our planes are destroying terrorists’ burrows over their heads,” the Turkish Defense Ministry sai...

Fresh Protests in US after Police Officer Killed Black Man

الأحد, 14 يونيو 2020

A wave of public outrage in Atlanta over the police killing of black man, Rayshard Brooks, has escalated into riots, with protesters blocking streets and setting fire to a Wendy’s restaurant where the fatal shooting took place. An Atlanta police of...

Lebanon’s Government in Crisis Talks Amid Currency Plunge

السبت, 13 يونيو 2020

Lebanon’s cabinet has held an emergency meeting in the wake of angry protests spurred by a considerable plunge of the national currency, which has made the worst recession in decades. The country has been facing an economic downturn since last autum...

Mousavi: US Will Soon Kneel before Iran

السبت, 13 يونيو 2020

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi decried the US officials’ expression of satisfaction with the results of “economic terrorism” against Iran, saying the US government will soon have to kneel in front of the Iranian nation.   “A ...

Iran Produces New Drug to Treat COVID-19

السبت, 13 يونيو 2020

As living with coronavirus becomes the new normal, scientists in Iran have made a surprising announcement: they’ve found a drug that significantly reduces COVID-19 symptoms and makes it easier for patients to recover.   Recigen is the name of ...

UNRWA Suspends Aid for Palestinians in Lebanon

السبت, 13 يونيو 2020

United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, suspended the distribution of its emergency cash aid to the Palestinians in Lebanon, according to a statement that was issued on Wednesday, to be the third suspension in less than a month. "The distribut...

EU Human Rights Court Rebukes France over Fines for BDS Activists

الجمعة, 12 يونيو 2020

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that French judges were wrong to take penal action against members of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, who staged demonstrations against Israeli-made products, stating the prot...

Trump Declares War on USA: Report

الجمعة, 12 يونيو 2020

In an article published Tuesday by The Guardian, Arwa Al-Mahdawi wondered whether the US President Donald Trump had declared war on the Americans, considering that it is certainly what it sounded like.. “In a speech on Monday, the president made cle...

Zuckerberg: Trump Rhetoric ‘Divisive, Incendiary’

الجمعة, 12 يونيو 2020

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan reportedly said that they were “deeply shaken and disgusted” by Donald Trump’s rhetoric, which they called “divisive and incendiary.” “This is an extraordinarily painful inflection point in o...