Arab and International

Fresh Protests in US after Police Officer Killed Black Man

Sunday, 14 June 2020

A wave of public outrage in Atlanta over the police killing of black man, Rayshard Brooks, has escalated into riots, with protesters blocking streets and setting fire to a Wendy’s restaurant where the fatal shooting took place. An Atlanta police of...

Lebanon’s Government in Crisis Talks Amid Currency Plunge

Saturday, 13 June 2020

Lebanon’s cabinet has held an emergency meeting in the wake of angry protests spurred by a considerable plunge of the national currency, which has made the worst recession in decades. The country has been facing an economic downturn since last autum...

Mousavi: US Will Soon Kneel before Iran

Saturday, 13 June 2020

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi decried the US officials’ expression of satisfaction with the results of “economic terrorism” against Iran, saying the US government will soon have to kneel in front of the Iranian nation.   “A ...

Iran Produces New Drug to Treat COVID-19

Saturday, 13 June 2020

As living with coronavirus becomes the new normal, scientists in Iran have made a surprising announcement: they’ve found a drug that significantly reduces COVID-19 symptoms and makes it easier for patients to recover.   Recigen is the name of ...

UNRWA Suspends Aid for Palestinians in Lebanon

Saturday, 13 June 2020

United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, suspended the distribution of its emergency cash aid to the Palestinians in Lebanon, according to a statement that was issued on Wednesday, to be the third suspension in less than a month. "The distribut...

EU Human Rights Court Rebukes France over Fines for BDS Activists

Friday, 12 June 2020

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that French judges were wrong to take penal action against members of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, who staged demonstrations against Israeli-made products, stating the prot...

Trump Declares War on USA: Report

Friday, 12 June 2020

In an article published Tuesday by The Guardian, Arwa Al-Mahdawi wondered whether the US President Donald Trump had declared war on the Americans, considering that it is certainly what it sounded like.. “In a speech on Monday, the president made cle...

Zuckerberg: Trump Rhetoric ‘Divisive, Incendiary’

Friday, 12 June 2020

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan reportedly said that they were “deeply shaken and disgusted” by Donald Trump’s rhetoric, which they called “divisive and incendiary.” “This is an extraordinarily painful inflection point in o...

EU Won’t Launch ‘Cold War’ with China: Borrell

Wednesday, 10 June 2020

The EU’s chief diplomat said Wednesday he had assured China’s foreign minister the bloc does not want a “cold war”, as it accused Beijing of waging a coronavirus disinformation campaign. Brussels says China and Russia have sought to undermine Europ...

Iran to Execute Spy Convicted of Helping US Kill Qassem Soleimani

Wednesday, 10 June 2020

An Iranian national convicted of spying for the US and Israel by helping target top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani will be executed, Iran's judiciary said on Tuesday. Mahmoud Mousavi Majd was convicted of spying on Iran's armed forces, which led t...

Gold prices rise due to corona spread, hopes of interest rate cuts

Friday, 28 February 2020

Gold prices rose on Thursday as the rapid spread of coronavirus outside China fuelled demand for safe-haven assets and boosted interest-rate cuts from major central banks, while palladium reached a record high due to fears of a shortage of supply. T...

Israeli forces arrest number of Palestinians citizen in West Bank

Wednesday, 10 June 2020

Israeli occupation forces launched raids and sereach operations against the homes of Palestinian citizens in the occupied West Bank at dawn On Wednesday. According to Palestine Now News Agency, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a number of citi...