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November 25, 2020

US lists group, leader involved in Libya’s mass graves

The US sanctioned Mohamed al-Kani and the Kaniyat militia in Libya on Wednesday, accused of killing civilians discovered in mass graves in Tarhuna, Anadolu reports. The Treasury Department blamed...

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November 25, 2020

Tunisia extends state of emergency for additional month

Tunisian authorities have decided to extend the state of emergency for an additional month. According to the Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia, the government took the decision to extend...

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November 25, 2020

Bahrain: Qatar coastguard stops two Bahraini vessels

Bahrain’s interior ministry on Wednesday accused three Qatari coastguard vessels of violating regional and international agreements after it said they intercepted two Bahraini coastguard vessels conducting a maritime exercise,...

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November 25, 2020

Turkey announces asymptomatic coronavirus case numbers for first time since July

Turkey recorded 28,351 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 6,814 with symptoms, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday, the first time since July Ankara has...

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November 25, 2020

Iran swaps jailed British-Australian academic with Iranians held abroad

Iran has exchanged a jailed British-Australian academic, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, with three Iranians who had been detained abroad, Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Moore-Gilbert, a specialist...

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November 25, 2020

Covid-19 vaccine news has affected oil prices positively

Oil prices have edged up to hit the highest level since March as encouraging news about a third Covid-19 vaccine created hopes of a swift recovery in fuel demand,...

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November 25, 2020

Djibouti refuses to establish ties with Israel until it makes peace with Palestine

Djibouti will not establish official ties with Israel until it works towards peace with the Palestinians, said the African Muslim state’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh. In September, Palestinian minister...

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November 25, 2020

Erdogan says ‘There is no Kurdish issue’ and accuses Kurd leader of supporting ‘terrorism’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed that “there is no Kurdish issue” in his country and accused an imprisoned Kurdish political leader of supporting and defending “terrorism”. Selahatting...

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November 25, 2020

Egypt MP shot by unknown assailants during election runoffs

Masked assailants fired gunshots at a member of Egypt’s parliament, who is running in the ongoing parliamentary elections in the province of Fayoum, injuring him and his nephew. Both...

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November 25, 2020

MSF: Scabies outbreak among Yemen’s displaced

The international humanitarian medical organisation, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) announced on Monday that the contagious skin condition, scabies is spreading among Yemen’s internally displaced population, which is estimated to be around four million people,...

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