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July 16, 2017

Head of South Sudan state television arrested

The head of South Sudan’s state television has been arrested, his wife told Reuters on Saturday, after failing to carry a live broadcast of President Salva Kiir’s speech during...

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July 16, 2017

Russia sees growing acceptance of Assad as key to Syria talks

UN-led Syria talks have a chance of making progress because demands for the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad have receded, Russia’s ambassador in Geneva, Alexei Borodavkin, told reporters on...

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July 16, 2017

France calls for swift lifting of sanctions on Qatari nationals

France called on Saturday for a swift lifting of sanctions that target Qatari nationals in an effort to ease a month-long rift between the Gulf country and several of...

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July 16, 2017

Iran blames Trump for instability, rejects ‘rogue’ label

Iran on Saturday blamed what it called Donald Trump’s “arbitrary and conflicting policies” for global security threats, rejecting the US president’s description of Tehran as a rogue state. Tensions...

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July 16, 2017

Berlin ‘dismayed and furious’ over murder of German women in Egypt

German officials said on Saturday they had been left “dismayed and furious” by the stabbing of two German women at an Egyptian beach resort, calling it a deliberate attack...

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July 16, 2017

Fines imposed on merchants who open their shops in Jerusalem

The Israeli police threatened on Saturday to fine the merchants who open their shops in the Old City of Jerusalem. Merchant Tareq al-Amouri told Quds Press that Jerusalem has...

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July 16, 2017

Syrian army takes more oil fields from Daesh in Raqqa and eastern desert

The Syrian army backed by heavy Russian air strikes seized a string of oil wells in south-west Raqqa province on Saturday, as retreating Daesh militants battle to defend their...

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July 16, 2017

Israeli forces kill Palestinian in pre dawn raid

Israeli forces killed a suspected Palestinian militant they were seeking to arrest after he shot at them in the occupied West Bank, police and the military said. Police spokesman...

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July 16, 2017

Massive turnout to march on defeated coup anniversary

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in Ankara early Sunday to mark one year since Turkish citizens beat back a deadly coup attempt. The Democracy and National Unity March...

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July 15, 2017

Israel’s targeting of youth in Al-Aqsa

Over the course of several months, the Israeli occupation authorities have arrested 13 Palestinian youths in occupied Jerusalem on charges of belonging to a political organisation that is prohibited under Israeli...

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