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  • February 1, 2018

    EU ambassadors call on Sudan to release activists

    European Union ambassadors in Khartoum yesterday called on the Sudanese authorities to release all political and human rights activists detained during recent protests against rising food prices. In a...

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  • February 1, 2018

    Turkey, Russia agree to establish observation posts in Idlib

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to establish more observation posts around the north-western province of Idlib, Syrian news agency Zaman Al Wasl...

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  • February 1, 2018

    India national detained in Libya for Daesh links

    Libyan authorities have detained an Indian national as a “prisoner of war” for joining Daesh, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs announced this week, the Libya Observer reported. Tabrez...

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  • February 1, 2018

    US lists Ismail Haniyeh on terrorism list

    The United States yesterday listed the head of Hamas’ political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, on the terrorism list. According to a statement issued by the US Treasury Department’s Office of...

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  • February 1, 2018

    Russian Foreign Ministry launches Arabic website

    The Russian Foreign Ministry yesterday launched its official website in Arabic. “Today we are launching the Russian Foreign Ministry official website in Arabic,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova...

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  • February 1, 2018

    UAE-backed separatists rescind ‘coup’ in south Yemen

    After three long-days of fighting, the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council’s (STC) forces handed back two military bases to internationally recognised President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi’s government yesterday, Reuters reported....

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  • February 1, 2018

    Palestinians, rights groups urge UN to name companies complicit in settlements

    The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), which represents the largest coalition in Palestinian civil society, has welcomed the publication of a UN report on companies complicit in Israeli settlements,...

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  • February 1, 2018

    US court suspends law prohibiting Israel boycott

    US District Judge Daniel Crabtree yesterday temporarily suspended a law that criminalises the boycott of Israel in the State of Kansas. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed the...

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  • February 1, 2018

    Abbas: US can mediate peace talks with other parties

    Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday that the US can work as a mediator in peace talks to end the Palestine-Israel conflict in conjunction with the EU....

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  • February 1, 2018

    Israel welcomes Nazis while banning pro-Palestinian Jews

    When former Labour Mayor of London Ken Livingstone was asked by a BBC interviewer if what Hitler did was legal, his response included the historical facts about a deal...

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