Arab and International

Syria Air Defenses Down Israeli Missiles Over Damascus

Syrian air defenses have thwarted an Israeli aggression, and shot down a number of “hostile” missiles in the skies over the capital, Damascus, before reaching their targets. The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said the…

Flogging set to replace by other punishments by Riyadh

According to a directive from the Kingdom’s Supreme Court ,Saudi Arabia will abolish flogging as a form of punishment,adding that flogging will be replaced by imprisonment or fines. As reported by BBC, the directive issued on Friday…

Iraq to reopen border crossings with Iran

The Iraqi government has announced that it will reopen the three border crossings with Iran to resume trade activities between the two countries. Omar al-Waeli, head of the border affairs department at the Iraqi Interior Ministry, said…

Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 110,000 in Europe: AFP Tally

The death toll from the novel coronavirus in Europe has passed 110,000, according to figures compiled by AFP from official sources by 0920 GMT on Wednesday. With 110,192 people dead from 1,246,840 cases registered, Europe is the…

New death case of coronavirus in Oman

Oman’s Ministry of Health has announced the death of a resident of the country from coronavirus, bringing the death toll to eight. “A 53-year-old resident has died due to coronavirus ,” the ministry said in a statement. According to…

Iran Urges Foreign Forces to Leave after Naval Incident

Iran has told foreign forces, who maintain an illegitimate presence in the region, to leave it and avoid provoking the Islamic Republic's warning. “As stated by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), we firstly call on the…

Governors Warn Trump: Too Soon to Reopen America

Governors in US states hardest hit by the novel coronavirus sparred with President Donald Trump over his claims they have enough tests and should quickly reopen their economies as more protests are planned over the extension of…

Coronavirus Deaths Top 165,000 Globally

The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 165,216 on Monday, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT. More than 2,403,410 declared cases have been registered in 193 countries…

Saudi Arabia arrests 8 members of al-Hawiti’s family

Saudi authorities arrested eight members of the family of its citizen Abdul Rahim al-Hawiti, days after he was killed for refusing to evacuate his home for the “Neom” project, which was launched by Saudi Crown Prince The “Prisoners of…