Arab and International

Hong Kong protesters rally in support of China's Uighurs

Monday, 23 December 2019

  Hong Kong riot police pepper sprayed protesters to disperse crowds in the heart of the city's financial district on Sunday after a largely peaceful rally in support of China's ethnic Uighurs turned chaotic. Dozens of police marched across a ...

Suicide attack leaves at least 17 causalities in Somalia

Sunday, 22 December 2019

A car bomb exploded on Saturday outside a hotel in Galkayo city in the central province of Mudug, killing at least seven civilians and injuring others, a Somali army officer said. Major Ali Omar said the driver failed to enter the hotel complex, cau...

Sudan marks anniversary of its revolution

Thursday, 19 December 2019

Amid security measures and road closures in the vicinity of the General Command in Khartoum, Sudanese are taking to the streets on Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the start of their protest movement that toppled Omar al-Bashir in April. In...

Cruel air raids hit Gaza

Thursday, 19 December 2019

Israeli occupation warplanes launched early Thursday a series of strikes on several targets across the besieged Gaza strip. The Israeli warplanes struck posts belonging for Palestinian resistance north west of Gaza city, Palestine Today quoted local...

French RTE says strikers cut power to tens of thousands of homes

Thursday, 19 December 2019

  France’s electric grid operator RTE said on Tuesday that some of its employees had deliberately cut power to tens of thousands of homes around France as part of nationwide protests over President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to reform pensions. RT...

Pelosi calls Trump threat to democracy as impeachment vote looms

Thursday, 19 December 2019

  U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called Donald Trump a threat to American democracy who left Congress no choice but to impeach him as bitterly divided lawmakers debated before historic votes on charges accusing the Republican pres...

French police fire tear gas at protesters in city of Nantes: TV

Wednesday, 18 December 2019

  French police fired tear gas at protesters in the western city of Nantes on Tuesday during a demonstration against President Emmanuel Macron’s planned pension reforms, French broadcaster C News reported from the city. The tear gas was deploy...

At least ten children killed on way to school in Afghanistan

Tuesday, 17 December 2019

  At least 10 civilians killed in Taliban mine explosion in Khost province, south-eastern Afghanistan, according to the Interior Ministry, on Tuesday morning. “A mine planted by Taliban terrorists in Ali Shir district exploded at around 5 a.m....

North Korea Comments ‘Hostile and Unnecessary’: US Envoy

Tuesday, 17 December 2019

  The top US representative in talks with North Korea on Monday slammed Pyongyang’s demands as hostile and unnecessary as its end-of-year deadline approaches, but held open the door for fresh negotiations. North Korea has insisted that Washin...

More than 187 Islamophobia-related crimes occurred in Germany

Monday, 16 December 2019

Report following a question filed by a leftist group in the parliament, Anadolu news agency reported. At least 187 Islamophobic crimes were committed in the third quarter of 2019, however, the number is expected to increase given that previous figur...

Malaysian PM: Israel is the origin of modern terrorism

Monday, 16 December 2019

The creation of Israel by seizing Palestinian land and expelling its 90 per cent Arab population is the root cause of terrorism, the Prime Minister of Malaysia Dr Mahathir Mohamad said in his speech at the UN, reports Malay Mail. The Malaysian P...