Arab and International

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved legislation allowing him to stay in power beyond 2024 due to global instability and threats against Russia, including the new coronavirus, the Kremlin said on Thursday. During a rare and…

Saudi Arabia reported 24 new corona virus cases, bringing the kingdom’s total to 45, the state news agency reported, citing the health ministry. It added that one patient has recovered. According to the ministry, the 24 new cases…

"Saudi Arabia has asked state agencies to submit proposals for cuts of at least 20% to their budgets in a fresh austerity drive to cope with a sharp drop in oil prices," four sources familiar with the matter said. The Foreign Ministry has…

The United States on Wednesday sent investigators allegedly to help investigate the assassination attempt targeted the Sudanese prime minister earlier this week. According to Rueters, Information Minister Faisal Salih  said…

US President Donald Trump has reportedly been “melting down” over fears that journalists might try to deliberately get him infected with the coronavirus. Despite his efforts to downplay concerns about a coronavirus outbreak in the…

Italians braced for a second day of national lockdown Wednesday after a sharp spike in coronavirus-related deaths, as New York deployed the National Guard to contain a disease that has sown worldwide panic. Europe’s hardest-hit country…

Norway’s armed forces cancelled an exercise on Wednesday that was meant to gather 15,000 NATO and allied soldiers from March 12-18 because of concerns over the new coronavirus. “The coronavirus is out of control,” the head of the army’s…

“The Americans are in Iraq on a mission of destruction,” according to Kevin Barrett, an American scholar and political commentator. The Pentagon on Sunday announced that two US troops have been killed by “enemy forces”…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken out against a proposal to remove constitutional limits on the number of terms a president can serve. “The proposal made by Valentina Tereshkova to exclude the number of terms a president can…

US President Donald Trump discussed “global energy markets” with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the White House said Tuesday, after a deep plunge in oil prices shook markets worldwide. The White House statement said Trump…

At least two US soldiers were killed during an operation in central Iraq, the US-led coalition operating in the Arab country announced on Monday. “Two US service members were killed by enemy forces while advising and accompanying Iraqi…

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the organization ‘has not identified any imminent specific shortages’ in medical supplies to fight COVID-19, as countries around the world scramble to gather protective medical supplies. EU…

International transfers of major arms during the five-year period 2015–19 increased by 5.5 per cent compared with 2010–14. According to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the largest exporters of…

The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced today, Sunday, the temporary suspension of entry and exit from Al-Qatif Governorate, confirming the suspension of work also in all government departments and institutions in the governorate. "The 11…

Passengers trapped aboard a US cruise ship stranded by a coronavirus outbreak spoke of their growing anxiety Saturday as New York announced a state of emergency and confirmed cases across the country surged past 400. The fast-spreading…

An attendee of a conservative conference where President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence spoke last week has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the event’s organizer. The organizer, the American Conservative…

The head of the Zionist enemy government, Benjamin Netanyahu, warned of the danger of any government that relies on the Arab-majority joint list after the list achieved great success in the Knesset elections. In a video…

The powerful pro-Israel lobby group in the United States known as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has said that two Americans who attended its conference this week have tested positive for the coronavirus that has now…

Clashes between Greek riot police and migrants attempting to cross the border from Turkey erupted anew Friday as European Union foreign ministers criticized Turkey for using migrants' desperation "for political purposes.”…

The United States reportedly blocks adoption of a United Nations Security Council statement supporting a ceasefire agreed between Russia and Turkey in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, although the deal has led to direly-needed…

World health officials have warned that countries are not taking the coronavirus crisis seriously enough, as outbreaks surged across Europe and in the United States where medical workers sounded warnings over a "disturbing" lack of…

Activists on social media circulated texts from the lectures of the martyr leader Hussein Badr Eddine Al Houthi, who warned 18 years ago of American plans to target the pilgrimage, in conjunction with the Saudi authorities closing the Great…

Dozens of Zionist settlers stormed again on Thursday the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied al-Quds city under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. Palestinian sources said that about 76 settlers, 17 Talmudic…

US President Donald Trump spoke by telephone with chief Taliban negotiator Mullah Baradar Akhund on Tuesday, the first known conversation between a US leader and a top Taliban official. Taliban's chief negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani…

The new coronavirus that causes an illness similar to the flu continues to afflict more people around the globe, with large numbers of new cases emerging in South Korea and Iran, even as death tallies increase at lower paces. South…

A resurgent Joe Biden rode a wave of momentum to win Texas and eight other states, while Bernie Sanders was leading in Super Tuesday’s biggest race in California, setting up a one-on-one battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.…

Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday arrested six Palestinians in separate areas of the West Bank. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that the occupation forces stormed the cities of Tulkarm and Hebron and the town of…

During a visit to Russia, the head of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement’s political bureau has praised Moscow for defending Palestinian rights and dismissing a pro-Israel proposal devised by the US on the Middle East conflict.…

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the mechanisms it uses to monitor the performance of various countries in relation to their handling of the coronavirus epidemic do not show any cover-up by the Iranian government with regard to…

The total number of novel coronavirus cases in the United States jumped by two dozen over the weekend, as the first two deaths from the outbreak were confirmed. New cases of the virus were announced in Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington…