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September 18, 2017

Qatar buys 24 fighter jets from UK

Qatar yesterday signed an agreement to buy 24 Typhoon fighter jets from Britain, the Qatari defence ministry announced in a statement. The ministry’s Directorate of Moral Guidance said that...

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September 18, 2017

Aid officials ‘gravely concerned’ over fate of relocated Daesh families in Iraq

Aid officials in Iraq said they were “gravely concerned” about the fate of about 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected Daesh militants relocated by Iraqi authorities, who did...

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September 18, 2017

UN chief: Northern Iraq vote would detract from Daesh fight

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Sunday that a planned 25 September independence referendum in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region “would detract from the need to defeat” Daesh and...

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September 18, 2017

Number of starving world wide hits 815m

The number of starving people in the world rose in 2016 after it had remained steady for the past 10 years. It increased by 38 million and reached 815...

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September 18, 2017

Iraq’s top security body rejects Kurdish referendum

Iraq’s National Security Council rejected late Sunday a referendum for the independence of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, citing it is “unconstitutional”. The council, chaired by...

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September 18, 2017

US-Muslim world relation drives terrorist activity, says Qatari FM

Qatar has exerted great efforts to establish a dialogue between the various “religions and cultures,” Qatari foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdul Rahman Al-Thani, said today. Speaking at the...

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September 18, 2017

Ultra-Orthodox protesters arrested in violent clash in Jerusalem

Jewish ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protesting the arrest of a prospective army conscript from their community clashed with police in Jerusalem on Sunday and eight men were detained, police said. Police...

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September 18, 2017

UK freezes Rifaat Al-Assad’s assets

The assets of Rifaat al-Assad, the uncle of Syrian regime leader Bashar Al-Assad, have been frozen, according to The Times. The assets are estimated to be worth millions, according to...

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September 18, 2017

Turkish aid agencies continue to help Rohingya

Turkish aid agencies on Sunday distributed food at the Bangladesh border to the Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state. The food packages, including rice, oil, chickpeas, flour, salt and sugar, were distributed...

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September 17, 2017

Bring out the mangoes! It’s harvest time in Gaza

With the summer heat, mango fruits begin to mature in the Gaza Strip Dozens of workers begin the harvest season in preparation for the selling them in the summer...

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