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  • May 28, 2021

    Iran-backed group storms Baghdad Green Zone to release detained leader

    Iran-backed Shia militias stormed the fortified Green Zone in the Iraqi capital Baghdad yesterday, surrounding government forces and sites in an attempt to force the release of an arrested...

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  • May 28, 2021

    Moscow deploys nuclear bombers to strengthen Syria regime

    Russia’s Defence Ministry announced that three Tu-22M3 bombers arrived at the Hmeimim Air Base in Syria on Tuesday, Associated Press (AP) reports. As a result, Russia has the ability to operate...

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  • May 28, 2021

    Philippines stops workers heading to Saudi

    The Philippines has suspended the deployment of workers to Saudi Arabia after it received reports that their employers and recruiters were making them pay for COVID-19 testing, quarantine and...

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  • May 28, 2021

    Fears of rise in covid cases as Algeria to reopen borders

    Algerian medics fear next week’s reopening of national borders will trigger a new surge in COVID-19 cases despite health measures, as people living abroad rush home to see family, Reuters reports....

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  • May 28, 2021

    Assad wins 95% of votes, in what West call a ‘farce’ of an election

    Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has won 95.1 per cent of the vote in the Syrian elections that the international community has branded “fraudulent”, granting him a fourth seven-year term....

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  • May 28, 2021

    Egypt to hold doctors responsible for covid deaths

    Egyptian doctors have protested on social media over a recent announcement by the Ministry of Health to issue records against those allegedly responsible for the “death of coronavirus patients...

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  • May 28, 2021

    Pakistan calls for peacekeeping force in Palestine

    An international peacekeeping force must be deployed in the occupied Palestinian territories to protect civilians from repeated Israeli aggression, Pakistan’s Minister of Information Chaudhry Fawad Hussain demanded yesterday. “If...

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  • May 28, 2021

    Russia evacuates 64 citizens from Gaza

    Russia evacuated 64 of its citizens, 31 of whom were children, from the occupied Gaza Strip during the recent Israeli aggression on the enclave. In an official statement, the...

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  • May 28, 2021

    UN orders probe into Israel’s systematic abuses in Palestine

    The UN Human Rights Council yesterday agreed to launch an open-ended international investigation into violations and “systematic” abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories following 11 days of Israeli bombardment on the...

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  • May 28, 2021

    Ex-supporters of Libya’s Gaddafi hope unity rule will end their isolation

    In Libya’s Bani Walid, flags of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi still fly in some places and streets are ragged with neglect, but its residents have new hope for their...

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