Arab and International

While the Gulf crisis is entering its fourth year on June 5, 2020, Qatari Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lulwa Al-Khater, affirms that "Doha has surpassed all economic impacts and has adapted itself to sustaining this situation."…

The UAE Ministry of Health on Thursday registered 659 new cases of corona virus, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 37,018 cases. The Ministry of Health announced that more than 54,000 new medical examinations carried out…

Former US defence secretary James Mattis has slammed US President Donald Trump's response to nationwide demonstrations triggered by the killing of George Floyd, accusing him of trying to divide the country. The retired Marine…

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said here on Wednesday that “What is being witnessed in US cities today is a result of realities that had always been kept concealed. However, today these have…

Protests against police brutality and racism have erupted across the United States since May 25, when police officer Derek Chauvin pinned African-American George Floyd’s neck to the ground with his knee for at least eight minutes while he…

The UAE Ministry of Health announced the registration of 596 new cases of corona virus during the past 24 hours and 3 new deaths. A statement of the UAE Ministry of Health on Tuesday said “More than 35,000 new examinations were performed…

SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights (SALAM DHR) urged the Bahraini regime to respond to the call of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the immediate release of prisoners as an urgent  and humanitarian measure to confront the spread…

The United Nations and its organizations are still paying lip service in its efforts to lessen the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Yemen, But its actions in the field reveal the falsehood of these allegations and its trade of the…

Declaring himself "your president of law and order," US President Donald Trump vowed Monday to return order to American streets using the military if widespread violence isn't quelled, even as peaceful protesters just outside the White…

A wave of public unrest, protests, and looting has swept through the United States over the past week after the death of a black man in police custody. Demonstrations in solidarity with the George Floyd protesters have also taken place in…

US House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith on Tuesday called on Pentagon leaders to testify about deploying military forces to quell protests across the country. “I have serious concerns about using military forces to…

President Hassan Rouhani has once again censured the unilateral American sanctions that are disrupting imports of medical supplies into Iran, renewing a call for the European Union to take a stand against such illegal US moves. “The…

Saudi Arabia’s net foreign reserves fell by about $21bn in April after Riyadh transferred billions of dollars to its sovereign wealth fund to finance its overseas spending spree. Figures released by the central bank late on…

Latest official figures have shown that a record number of Americans will face hunger this year as the economic fallout due to the new coronavirus pandemic is expected to leave tens of millions of people unable to afford daily meals.…

Protests sweeping the United States over the death of George Floyd reverberated on the other side of the globe when thousands marched in solidarity on the streets of New Zealand. The rallies were peaceful in contrast to the days of…

Police fired tear gas outside the White House late Sunday as anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice fury at police brutality, and major US cities were put under curfew to suppress rioting. With the Trump…

Saudi Arabia announced 23 more deaths from COVID-19 and 1,877 new cases of the disease on Sunday. Of the new cases, 586 were recorded in Jeddah, 504 in Riyadh, and 159 in Makkah. The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the…

According to the Lebanese National News Agency, the Zionist warplanes violated Lebanese Sky today over southern Lebanese towns, in the town of Rmeish, flying over the southern areas and over the town of Yaroun. Similarly, warplanes…

The spokesman of Ansarullah Movement, Mohammed Abdul Salam, said on Sunday that “massive demonstrations in the United States exposed a racism and brutality that carry out by the American system. Abdul Salam, affirmed in his Twitter…

The new coronavirus has been found in the blood of more than six million people around the globe so far, according to Johns Hopkins University, and some 369,126 people have died of the disease caused by the virus (COVID-19). Latin…

Two members of a Reuters TV crew were hit by rubber bullets and injured in Minneapolis on Saturday night when police moved into an area occupied by about 500 protesters in the southwest of the city shortly after the 8 p.m. curfew.…

Al-Aqsa holy mosque compound, Islam’s third holiest site, reopened on Sunday after being closed for over two months because of the coronavirus pandemic. Dozens of worshippers in protective masks were let into the compound before the…

Syria has received a second batch of advanced MiG-29 fighter jets from Russia as Damascus and its allies are fighting a remaining Daesh pocket in the Arab country. Syria's official news agency SANA, citing a military source, said the new…

The World Health Organization (WHO) declined to comment on US President Donald Trump’s decision to cut US funding to the organization and cut ties with it. The CNN quoted a WHO spokesman as saying on Saturday in a statement in this…

Twitter has hidden one of Donald Trump’s tweets behind a warning that it “glorifies violence”, further escalating the social media company’s row with the US president. The US president’s tweet, posted on Thursday night Washington…

The US Secret Service closed the White House building on Friday evening, as protests over the death of George Floyd arrived in Washington, D.C. According to USA Today, a White House spokesman said “protests over the death of American…

Germany on Saturday blasted US President Donald Trump’s decision to sever ties with the World Health Organization, describing it as “disappointing” and a setback for global health. The WHO “needs reform” if it is to “make any…

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly denounces rampant bloodshed of African-Americans in the United States and the country’s suppression of the protests that have followed the recent grisly murder of a black man by a white police…

Rights groups have voiced concerns for the safety of a Saudi woman who was reportedly arrested after she "insulted" Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) on social media. Amani Alzain, a 40-year-old Jeddah resident, was targeted…

A source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the killing of an an American black man by a white policeman in Minneapolis, USA. The source described in a statement that the incident confirms racism, which should be met with…