Arab and International

In a speech delivered live on Friday evening, he said that the problem today is the lack on details about the about the Coronavirus. “Today we are facing an enemy and its threat is clear, large and wide. This threat does not stop at borders, but rath...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Europe is now the “epicenter” for the global coronavirus pandemic, and is reporting more daily cases than China did at the height of its outbreak. “Europe has now become the epicenter of the pande...

Oil prices were headed for their worst weekly loss in more than a decade Friday after Saudi Arabia and Russia launche a price war and the coronavirus pandemic sparked an equities meltdown. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate reversed earlier losses...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday that the U.S. military might have brought the coronavirus to the Chinese city of Wuhan, which has been hardest hit by the outbreak. “When did patient zero begin ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved legislation allowing him to stay in power beyond 2024 due to global instability and threats against Russia, including the new coronavirus, the Kremlin said on Thursday. During a rare and unscheduled appe...

Saudi Arabia reported 24 new corona virus cases, bringing the kingdom’s total to 45, the state news agency reported, citing the health ministry. It added that one patient has recovered. According to the ministry, the 24 new cases include two people...

"Saudi Arabia has asked state agencies to submit proposals for cuts of at least 20% to their budgets in a fresh austerity drive to cope with a sharp drop in oil prices," four sources familiar with the matter said. The Foreign Ministry has already imp...

The United States on Wednesday sent investigators allegedly to help investigate the assassination attempt targeted the Sudanese prime minister earlier this week.   According to Rueters, Information Minister Faisal Salih  said that US investiga...

US President Donald Trump has reportedly been “melting down” over fears that journalists might try to deliberately get him infected with the coronavirus. Despite his efforts to downplay concerns about a coronavirus outbreak in the US, Trump is s...

Italians braced for a second day of national lockdown Wednesday after a sharp spike in coronavirus-related deaths, as New York deployed the National Guard to contain a disease that has sown worldwide panic. Europe’s hardest-hit country said the deat...

Norway’s armed forces cancelled an exercise on Wednesday that was meant to gather 15,000 NATO and allied soldiers from March 12-18 because of concerns over the new coronavirus. “The coronavirus is out of control,” the head of the army’s operations c...

“The Americans are in Iraq on a mission of destruction,” according to Kevin Barrett, an American scholar and political commentator.   The Pentagon on Sunday announced that two US troops have been killed by “enemy forces” while accompanying ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken out against a proposal to remove constitutional limits on the number of terms a president can serve. “The proposal made by Valentina Tereshkova to exclude the number of terms a president can serve from th...

US President Donald Trump discussed “global energy markets” with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the White House said Tuesday, after a deep plunge in oil prices shook markets worldwide. The White House statement said Trump spoke with the cr...

At least two US soldiers were killed during an operation in central Iraq, the US-led coalition operating in the Arab country announced on Monday. “Two US service members were killed by enemy forces while advising and accompanying Iraqi Security Forc...

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the organization ‘has not identified any imminent specific shortages’ in medical supplies to fight COVID-19, as countries around the world scramble to gather protective medical supplies. EU officials have st...

International transfers of major arms during the five-year period 2015–19 increased by 5.5 per cent compared with 2010–14. According to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the largest exporters of arms during t...

The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced today, Sunday, the temporary suspension of entry and exit from Al-Qatif Governorate, confirming the suspension of work also in all government departments and institutions in the governorate. "The 11 cases of C...

Passengers trapped aboard a US cruise ship stranded by a coronavirus outbreak spoke of their growing anxiety Saturday as New York announced a state of emergency and confirmed cases across the country surged past 400. The fast-spreading virus has alr...

An attendee of a conservative conference where President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence spoke last week has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the event’s organizer. The organizer, the American Conservative Union, which h...