Arab and International

Iran announced, on Sunday, that a prisoner exchange deal has been reached between Tehran and Washington, including the release of frozen Iranian funds. The State-run television quoted an informed source – it did not name him – that “Tehran…

US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has said that American diplomats will keep working “to try to arrive at a mutual return to the JCPOA, which is the Iran nuclear deal, on a compliance-for-compliance basis.” Sullivan made the…

Israeli occupation forces on Sunday wounded a Palestinian woman for allegedly trying to carry out a stabbing attack at a junction outside the illegal settlement bloc of Gush Etzion, near Hebron in the occupied West Bank. According to…

A senior Pentagon official says a conflict between the United States and China is not inevitable, calling on both sides to avoid an unnecessary escalation in tensions. US Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks told a virtual event on…

The final phase of ending the United States’ “forever war” in Afghanistan formally began Saturday after 20 years as the last US and NATO troops are expected to withdraw by the end of summer. US President Joe Biden had set May 1 as the…

Head of Hamas politburo Ismail Haniyeh has commented on a decision by Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas to postpone elections in the country, saying such decision has no credible justification. In a televised interview, Haniyeh…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed planned parliamentary elections amid a dispute over voting in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem al-Quds as well as splits in his Fatah movement and its unpopularity, triggering protests in the…

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement, has lauded the Palestinians in Jerusalem al-Quds for their resistance against the Israeli forces’ aggression. “The great efforts of the people of…

The people of al-Nadera district in Ibb governorate condemned the murder of Issam Al-Khader and his daughter Thoraya in California, USA. They indicated in a protest stand, on Wednesday, in the presence of the governorate’s representative…

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed regret over the conditions facing Yemen as a result of the six-year war imposed on the country, calling for an end to the Saudi-led military aggression and the lifting of the siege…

India’s toll from the coronavirus surged past 200,000 on Wednesday, the country’s deadliest day yet, as shortages of oxygen, medical supplies and hospital staff compounded a record number of new infections. The second wave of…

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu says actions by the United States and NATO in Europe are contributing to an increased military threat to Russia. Shoigu said on Tuesday that Russia was closely watching the NATO forces’ relocation…

Spokesman of the Yemeni army Brigadier Yahya Sarie' on Wednesday morning said that a Qasef-2K drone carried out a large-scale operation target an important target at the King Khalid base in Khamis Mushait. Sarie' confirmed that the…

Today, Tuesday, Ibb governorate started a training course on community awareness of the dangers of mines, cluster bombs, air strikes and remnants of war. It was implemented by the Executive Center for Mine Action in cooperation with the…

Total global military expenditure rose to $1981 billion last year, an increase of 2.6 per cent in real terms from 2019, according to new data published today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The five…

Damascus has called for international pressure on the Turkish occupation forces to stop cutting off access to drinking water through the Alouk water pumping station in Hasakah city and its suburbs. In a statement on Sunday, the Syrian…

Human Rights Watch has concluded that Israel is committing the crimes against humanity of "apartheid and persecution" against Palestinians, and said it plans to forward its findings to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for due action.…

His Excellency Field Marshal Mahdi Al-Mashat, Chairman of the Supreme Political Council, sent a message of condolences to the President of the sisterly Republic of Iraq Mr. Barham Salih and the Iraqi people for the victims of the fire…

All 53 crew aboard an Indonesian submarine that disappeared last week were killed, the military said Sunday as it confirmed the vessel had been found in pieces on the seafloor. Authorities said that they picked up signals early Sunday…

US President Joe Biden has announced that from now on, Washington recognizes the actions of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century against the Armenians as a genocide, despite earlier objections from Turkey. “Beginning on April…

In yet another disturbing case of anti-Muslim hate crime in the US that has come to light a month later, an unidentified man threw acid on a Muslim woman of Pakistani origin as she walked home. The incident happened in Long Island, a…

Yemeni tribes condemned the attacks of the Zionist occupation forces against Palestinian worshipers on Friday in al-Quds, which resulted in the injury of dozens of citizens and the arrest of others. In a statement issued by the People's…

On Friday, Lebanese army announced 4 air violations by the Zionist enemy, in a form of circular flights over several areas. The Lebanese National News Agency quoted the army in statement as saying: "Two air violations of the Israeli…

The Palestinian National Resistance Brigades announced early Saturday that it had shelled Israeli enemy settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip with a number of rockets. They  confirmed that they would not hesitate to defend the…

On Friday, Ansarollah political office condemned the Zionist criminal attacks against Palestinian worshipers in the occupied city of Jerusalem committed by the usurper Zionist occupation police and settler gangs several days ago during…

Scores of Palestinians have been injured in clashes at the Damascus Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem al-Quds as Palestinian activists confronted hundreds of far-right and extremist Israeli settlers chanting “Death to Arabs” in their…

Campaign Against Arms Trade claims UK-made weapons have been used in airstrikes in Yemen that breach humanitarian law. Anti-arms trade campaigners have been given permission to challenge in the high court the UK government’s decision…

The Syrian Arab Army air defenses on Thursday at dawn repelled an Israeli aggression with missiles on the vicinity of Damascus, and downed most of the hostile missiles, Syrian Arab News Agency reported, citing a military source.…

The Zionist enemy authorities approved a decision to seize 147 dunums of lands west of Bethlehem. The director of the Bethlehem Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission office, Hassan Barijia, told the official agency on Thursday that…

The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced the continuation of the normalization process with Egypt, revealing the next steps. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşolu said during a television interview on the Turkish channel “Khabar Türk”…