Arab and International

Facing the twin challenges of pandemic and protests, the US president is far behind in the polls Four months ago Donald Trump’s plan to win re-election in November was pretty clear. It was to ask voters the same question Ronald…

Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the leading member in the Supreme Political Council, has expressed condolences over death of former Secretary General of the Islamic Jihad in Palestine, Dr. Ramadan Abdullah Shallah Mohammed al-Houthi , In a…

The Political Bureau of Ansarullah on Sunday sent a cable of condolences on the death of the former Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, Dr. Ramadan Shalah, after a life filled with work in confronting the Zionist…

Tens of thousands of people in cities across the US have waged huge rallies to protest persisting police brutality, racial profiling and the latest brutal killing of an African American man in Minneapolis that sparked unprecedented…

Rallies have been held in countries around the world in solidarity with the “Black Lives Matter” protest movement against racial discrimination in the United States. The protest movement in the US gained new momentum following the…

The former head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement on Saturday died in the hospital where he was being treated. The group said Ramadan Abdullah Shalah, 62, succumbed to disease. “We have been witnessing the struggle of the…

The Palestinian Authority says they will no longer be committed to any signed agreements with Israel or the US following Israel's annexation pledge. This comes as the American administration is seemingly continuing to make efforts to bring…

Hundreds of Palestinians have rallied in the city of al-Khalil (Hebron) in southern West Bank against a United States-backed Israeli plan to annex huge swathes of the occupied territory. The rallies were held on Friday on the…

The Israeli military has kidnapped as many as 21 Palestinians during swoops across the West Bank and attacked the Palestinian youths protesting settler raids in the occupied territory. According to a report by the Palestinian…

The US recorded 1,021 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker Thursday at 8:30pm (0030 GMT Friday). This brings the total number of deaths in the country to 108,120, with more than…

Twitter has removed a video tribute to George Floyd that had been posted to the account of US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign ‘Team Trump’, noting that the video was disabled due to a complaint from the copyright owner. A…

Iran has launched a first phase of a major power plant in the country’s main hub for producing natural gas. In an order issued via video conference on Thursday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani opened the steam unit of the…

The Israeli regime’s inhumane practices are taking their toll on the health sector in the Gaza Strip. Hospitals and clinics in the impoverished enclave are facing acute shortages of equipment and supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic.…

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…