Arab and International

The United States has reportedly established a new military base in Syria’s oil-rich eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr after bringing in reinforcements to the war-torn Arab country. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR)…

The head of the Arab Businessmen Union, Hamdi Al-Tabbaa, estimated that the losses of the Arab economy due to the Corona pandemic would amount to approximately $ 323 billion. Al-Tabbaa based his estimates, based on a recent report by the…

The UK economy is heading for its worst crash in more than 300 years because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new forecast from the Bank of England. The central bank said Thursday that the British economy could shrink by…

The World Health Organization (WHO) is lacking $1.3 billion for its coronavirus response in 2020, Director-General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday. “The updated plan estimates that WHO requires $1.7 billion dollars to…

With much of the American economy in self-imposed shutdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, April’s colossal surge in unemployment delivered a historic blow to workers. The US economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April, the Bureau of…

The United States is pulling its Patriot missile systems from Saudi soil as part of broader curbs on its military support for the Arab kingdom, a report says. Citing unnamed US officials, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that…

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit the town of Damavand  in northern Tehran province, Iran’s Seismic Monitoring Center said. Several aftershocks ranging from 2 to 2.5 degrees hit Tehran and its neighboring cities after the first quake hit…

Saudi Arabia is condoning entering into a confrontation with the Emirates over the Yemeni island of Socotra, where the UAE authorities have always carried out various activities in order to impose their control on the island. This cannot…

Another three million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the coronavirus pandemic continued to extract its terrible toll on the US jobs market. Some 33 million jobless Americans have now made claims in the past…

The US is removing four Patriot missile batteries and dozens of troops deployed to Saudi Arabia amid heightened tensions with Iran, according to a report published Thursday. The military assets were sent to Saudi Arabia after an attack…

Saudi Arabia recorded, on Wednesday, 1687 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus. Today’s rate represents a new record for confirmed COVID-19 infections in the Kingdom. A spokesman of the Health Ministry, Mohammed Al-Aali, said in a press…

Pro-Palestine activists in Iran and elsewhere are making plans to replace street rallies with online events to commemorate this year’s International Quds Day as a deadly coronavirus pandemic has restricted social life and mass gatherings…

It's a year of carnage for oil nations. But at least one will emerge from the pandemic both economically and geopolitically stronger. With 4 billion people around the world under lockdown as the coronavirus pandemic grows, demand…

The United Nations has expressed concern about the rapid spread of the new coronavirus in overcrowded prisons in the United States and the rest of the American continent. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)…

A Chinese coronavirus researcher who was “on the verge” of making a breakthrough in the pandemic fight has been killed in a suspected murder-suicide. The research assistant professor, identified as Bing Liu, 37, was found in his…

The Saudi government issued a ministerial decision  on Sunday to regulate the labor contract during exceptional circumstances caused by the coronavirus outbreak. It stipulates reducing salaries in the private sector by 40 percent with the…

President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas said Palestine will nullify all agreements with the United States and the Zionist entity if the Tel Aviv regime annexes any part of the occupied West Bank, urging the international…

US President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday that his country will ‘definitely’ report on the origin of COVID-19 soon. “We will be reporting very definitively over a period of time,” he told reporters at the White House. Trump…

Canadian Anthropologica journal revealed on Monday Canada's participation in killing the Yemeni people, by selling weapons to countries of coalition waging war on Yemen over the past five years. The report, written by Jelena Golubović,…

A newspaper report, on Sunday, revealed the long history of the UAE in support of the division of Yemen since 1994, where it worked to incite its separatist militias and finance them with money and weapons to spread chaos and sabotage to…

Norwegian journalist Helge Simonnes drew a startling parallel between US President Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler. In his opinion piece in the newspaper Dagsavisen, titled “A Tarzan Against Corona”, Simonnes wondered whether Americans…

Britain’s death toll from the coronavirus has topped 32,000, according to an updated count released on Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics. The figures pushed Britain past Italy to become the second-most affected country…

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has strongly condemned the Israeli regime’s plan to seize Palestinian land in the area of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil. The ministry,…

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake hit on Tuesday western city of Homs in Syria. The agency quoted “SANA” from the National Center for Seismic Monitoring in Damascus as saying in a statement: The tremor occurred at two forty-five minutes local…

US President Donald Trump took to Twitter to comment on the situation with coronavirus outbreak in California. According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of coronavirus cases in Mexico is 23,471, with 2,154 deaths. Meanwhile, in…

World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom said Monday that the distribution of a vaccine for the COVID-19, not its development, is the key challenge in the global fight against the contagious disease caused by the novel…

The Iraqi Council of Representatives announced, Saturday, its intention to hold a meeting next week to vote on the government of Mustafa Al-Kazemi. The sources stated that the meeting will be to vote on Mustafa Al-Kazemi’s government,…

Yemen’s Ambassador to Iran says his country does not need international aid and can fend for itself in case the naval and air blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition waging a bloody military onslaught against the impoverished nation is…

Israeli enemy aircraft on Sunday flew over the Lebanese capital, Beirut and its suburbs, as well as violating the airspace of Al-Matn. The enemy aircraft also mid-air violated Jezzine. The enemy aircraft also flew at low altitude, over…

Iran's permanent ambassador to the United Nations office in Geneva has criticized the United States for attempting to extend an arms embargo against the Islamic Republic, saying the US must be held to account for taking advantage of the UN…