Arab and International

Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, said on Sunday that his country is experiencing its toughest year because of U.S. sanctions coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reports. The coronavirus crisis has exacerbated economic problems…

Protests condemning the Israeli plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank are set to take place in the United States and Europe on the same day prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to begin the process. The…

China has decided to impose visa restrictions on Americans who interfere in Hong Kong affairs, Zhao Lijian, the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said on Monday. “Of course, this is a new measure. We decided to…

Reports suggest that Some leaders of Palestinian Resistance have ordered military forces to prepare themselves to respond to Zionist regime’s plan of annexing West Bank to the occupied lands. According to these reports, all military…

Hezbollah Lawyers Assembly hailed Saturday the decision issued by the Urgent Matters Judge in Tyre, Mohammad Mazeh, who prohibited the US ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea from making statements aimed at destabilizing the nation. In a…

China says evidence against two Canadian citizens arrested for espionage is solid, rejecting public statements by Canadian officials that the two are being held “arbitrarily.” “Stop making irresponsible remarks on cases of…

Senior Iraqi leaders say the US was behind the Thursday raid on the headquarters of Kata'ib Hezbollah, which raised serious questions about Iraq's direction under the new government. Kata'ib Hezbollah is an anti-US unit operating under…

Amnesty International has called on Saudi Arabian authorities to immediately release women human rights activists, including those who are "being punished for daring to drive." The kingdom on Thursday marked the second…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged European countries to think about a new reality when it comes to America’s global clout. “We grew up in the certain knowledge that the United States wanted to be a world power. Should…

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to prosecute racial justice protesters who have been toppling Confederate statues and defacing statues of Christopher Columbus, the Founding Fathers and others. “I just…

The US Treasury sent checks designed to help stimulate the economy devastated by COVID-19 to more than one million dead people, according to a government watchdog report Thursday. The independent Government Accountability…

The Lebanese interior and municipalities minister has blamed recent violent street protests on foreign meddling and funding, vowing to sue those blocking roads during the riots. Speaking to al-Manar TV channel on Friday, Mohammed Fahmi…

The military wing of Hamas Palestinian Resistance movement warned on Thursday that an Israeli decision to annex areas of West Bank and Jordan Valley would be a ‘declaration of war’. “The Resistance considers the annexation of…

On Friday, the official authorities in the Kingdom of Bahrain recognized the death of one of its soldiers working in the forces of the US-Saudi aggression coalition in Yemen. The Bahrain Defense Force, in a statement, offered condolences…

The Zionist regime's warplanes attacked a resistance base south of Gaza late on Friday. Al-Mayadin TV reported that Israeli fighter jets targeted a Palestinian resistance base south of the Gaza Strip. Earlier, the same television channel…

President Donald Trump’s administration is considering ending a long-standing system for congressional review of foreign weapons sales, congressional aides said on Thursday, a plan that would face stiff opposition from his fellow…

The number of people in the United States who have been infected with the coronavirus is likely to be 10 times as high as the 2.4 million confirmed cases, based on antibody tests, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and…

Since the Arab Spring a decade ago, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have endorsed a counter-revolutionary posture almost everywhere and pursued adventurism - with poor results. The Arab Spring of 2010-2011 led to political…

Another 1.48 million Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, a worse-than-expected figure that showed the continuing potency of the coronavirus pandemic. The new…

A 2020 State Department report on terrorism confirmed that Saudi Arabia remains classified as a country of concern due to its suppression of freedoms. "International human rights and media groups confirm that Saudi Arabia has…

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Israel on Wednesday to abandon its plans to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank. "If implemented, annexation would constitute a most serious violation of international…

Yemen National Commission for UNESCO called on the Secretary-General of the United Nations to reconsider his resolution violating the rights of Yemen’s children in accordance with United Nations laws, which includes removing the…

Each protein in the cell forms according to a coherent plan. This plan is called RNA matrix – mRNA – and is a copy of genes in the nucleus of the cell. Coronavirus uses the same mechanism: it carries mRNA into the cell, which…

Saudi Arabia’s decision to prevent pilgrims from outside its borders is unjust and unfair, pushing people away from the Sacred House of Allah, the Political Bureau of AnsarAllah considered on Wednesday.   The pretexts for…

Former national security adviser John Bolton accused US President Donald Trump of “reprehensible conduct” when asked why Democrats have also deemed his decision to write the memoir as “unpatriotic”. “I’m not saying he should…

The Syrian air defenses after midnight intercepted an Israeli aerial aggression on Salamyieh and al-Sabboura in Hama countryside and downed a large number of missiles before reaching their targets. A military source told SANA that at…

Iran has expressed its objection over Saudi Arabia’s contradictory behaviour and foot-dragging with regards to the Hajj issue. The head of the Iranian Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, who had earlier said Iranian pilgrims would start going…

Russia says the conflict in Libya has no military solution and an immediate ceasefire is required as foreign intervention continues to flame the fighting in the North African country. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on…

The health authorities in Britain announced the increase in the death toll from coronavirus in the Kingdom to 42,927 cases, after counting 280 additional cases, including 171 new deaths recorded since Monday. The revised figures also…

Libya’s High Council of State, an advisory body to the internationally-recognized government in the country, has warned Egypt against military intervention in Libya. “We urge the Egyptian army not to be dragged into a gamble, whose fate…