Arab and International

Israel Air Raids against Syria will not Go Unanswered

الأربعاء, 25 ديسمبر 2019

A senior Iranian official says Israel “will regret” committing acts of aggression against Syria, and that the Syrian and Lebanese nations will give a response to the Tel Aviv regime. “Israeli airstrikes against Syria will not go unanswered, and Tel ...

Cuba Names First Prime Minister in over 40 Years

الأربعاء, 25 ديسمبر 2019

  Manuel Marrero Cruz has been named Cuba’s prime minister, taking a political post that had been abolished more than four decades ago. President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday named 56-year-old Marrero — who served as Cuba’s tourism minister fo...

Russia Extends Detention of US Man in Spy Case

الأربعاء, 25 ديسمبر 2019

  A Russian court on Tuesday extended until late March the pre-trial detention of a US man already held in jail for a year despite Western requests for his release. Paul Whelan, who also has Irish, Canadian and British citizenship, was arrest...

Iran Refutes Reuters’ Report on Riot Death Toll

الثلاثاء, 24 ديسمبر 2019

An official at Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has categorically dismissed a report by the Reuters news agency that claimed a death toll of around 1,500 people during recent riots over fuel price hikes. The London-based news outlet s...

US House speaker, Senate Leader Spar over Trump Trial

الثلاثاء, 24 ديسمبر 2019

  US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sparred on Monday over the ground rules for President Donald Trump’s trial in the Senate on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Pelosi, the speaker ...

Religious Minority MPs Blast UN Rights Resolution against Iran

الاثنين, 23 ديسمبر 2019

Religious minority lawmakers at the Iranian parliament have condemned a UN human rights resolution against Tehran, calling it a conspiracy hatched by the United States, Israel and their allies. The resolution, sponsored by Canada, was passed at the U...

Hong Kong protesters rally in support of China's Uighurs

الاثنين, 23 ديسمبر 2019

  Hong Kong riot police pepper sprayed protesters to disperse crowds in the heart of the city's financial district on Sunday after a largely peaceful rally in support of China's ethnic Uighurs turned chaotic. Dozens of police marched across a ...

Suicide attack leaves at least 17 causalities in Somalia

الأحد, 22 ديسمبر 2019

A car bomb exploded on Saturday outside a hotel in Galkayo city in the central province of Mudug, killing at least seven civilians and injuring others, a Somali army officer said. Major Ali Omar said the driver failed to enter the hotel complex, cau...

Dozens of Palestinian citizens injured by Israeli occupation forces

السبت, 21 ديسمبر 2019

  Dozens of Palestinian citizens were injured on Friday evening Israeli occupation forces fire during their participation in the return marches and break the siege along the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. The Ministry of Health in Gaza said...

Sudan marks anniversary of its revolution

الخميس, 19 ديسمبر 2019

Amid security measures and road closures in the vicinity of the General Command in Khartoum, Sudanese are taking to the streets on Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the start of their protest movement that toppled Omar al-Bashir in April. In...

Cruel air raids hit Gaza

الخميس, 19 ديسمبر 2019

Israeli occupation warplanes launched early Thursday a series of strikes on several targets across the besieged Gaza strip. The Israeli warplanes struck posts belonging for Palestinian resistance north west of Gaza city, Palestine Today quoted local...

French RTE says strikers cut power to tens of thousands of homes

الخميس, 19 ديسمبر 2019

  France’s electric grid operator RTE said on Tuesday that some of its employees had deliberately cut power to tens of thousands of homes around France as part of nationwide protests over President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to reform pensions. RT...

Pelosi calls Trump threat to democracy as impeachment vote looms

الخميس, 19 ديسمبر 2019

  U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called Donald Trump a threat to American democracy who left Congress no choice but to impeach him as bitterly divided lawmakers debated before historic votes on charges accusing the Republican pres...