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February 12, 2021

UAE investment in Israeli football club ‘frozen’

Plans by a member of the Abu Dhabi ruling family to purchase a 50 per cent stake in Israel’s controversial Beitar Jerusalem Football Club have been frozen, following reports...

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February 12, 2021

Hamas mourns one of its founders

One of the founders of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement passed away on Thursday evening. Ibrahim Al-Yazouri was 80, and died after a long illness. Al-Yazouri and Sheikh Ahmed...

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February 12, 2021

UK pension fund divests from Israel arms manufacturer

East Sussex Pension Fund has divested from Israel’s largest private arms manufacturer Elbit Systems, months after human rights activists lobbied the fund to bring an end to its ties...

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February 12, 2021

Iran holds military drill near Iraq border

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards conducted an overnight ground forces drill near the Iraqi border in the southwest of the country, state television reported today. According to Reuters, the reports said tank divisions,...

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February 12, 2021

Turkey arrests Iran consulate diplomat over dissident assassination case

The Turkish government has arrested a staff member of Iran’s Consulate in Istanbul over his alleged involvement in the killing of an Iranian dissident in 2019. Claims Iran has denied. Masoud...

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February 12, 2021

UN: At least 400,000 Yemen children under 5 could die of starvation this year

At least 400,000 Yemeni children under five could die of starvation this year without urgent intervention amid soaring rates of severe malnutrition driven by war and the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported...

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February 12, 2021

4 children homeless as Israel blows up Palestinian prisoner’s home

Israeli occupation forces blew up the family home of a Palestinian prisoner being held in Israeli jails, who is accused of killing a settler last December. The move came...

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February 12, 2021

London university board urges it to drop IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

UCL’s Academic Board has today voted in favour of urging the university council to retract its adoption of the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism as it “is not for purpose...

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February 12, 2021

Lebanon to get military vehicles from UK to counter Daesh threat

Lebanon is set to receive 100 army vehicles free of charge from Britain to bolster the country’s defence against Daesh. The Land Rovers will be supplied to the Lebanese...

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February 12, 2021

US: 60-year-old converts to Islam after watching Turkey’s Ertugrul

A 60-year-old American woman in Wisconsin has converted to Islam after watching the Turkish series ‘Dirilis: Ertuğrul’. She said the show’s portrayal of the Islamic values of peace and justice...

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