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September 9, 2020

Iran, Turkey and Qatar can form alliance says Hamas rep in Tehran

Iran, Turkey and Qatar can form an economic and political alliance in the region according to Khaled Al-Qaddoumi, the Hamas representative in Tehran. In an interview with Tehran Times published on...

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September 9, 2020

Stranded Nepalese expats stage protest in Saudi Arabia

The devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on migrant workers in Saudi Arabia has pushed Nepalese expats on to the streets of Riyadh. Hundreds of workers from the South...

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September 9, 2020

New emoji of Arab hand gesture comes to Android

Google launched its latest version of the mobile operating system Android yesterday with the addition of a new set of emojis including a Middle Eastern hand gesture. The pinched...

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September 9, 2020

US sanctions two ex-Lebanon ministers over Hezbollah ties

The US has sanctioned two former Lebanese ministers over corruption and ties to Hezbollah as part of a drive to weaken and disrupt the activities of the Iranian-backed Shia...

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September 9, 2020

Uyghurs call for boycott of Mulan filmed next to internment camps in East Turkestan

A campaign to boycott Disney’s latest offering Mulan is picking up pace online following an outcry that parts of the film were shot in occupied East Turkestan. Over one million...

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September 9, 2020

Trump to announce further troop withdrawal from Iraq

US President Donald Trump is set to announce a further withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, a senior government official has revealed. The official, who spoke on condition of...

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September 9, 2020

All East Med manoeuvres conform to NATO criteria, insists Turkey’s PM

Turkey’s Prime Minister has insisted that all of his country’s naval manoeuvres in the Eastern Mediterranean conform to NATO criteria. Mevlut Cavusoglu made his comments during a joint press...

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September 9, 2020

Egypt arrests mother, 50 relatives of Islam the Australian

Security forces have arrested the mother of a young Egyptian man whose death at the hands of police earlier this week sparked protests in Giza. Islam the Australian, 26,...

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September 9, 2020

Morocco closes Casablanca to contain coronavirus

The Moroccan government closed Casablanca yesterday as part of its measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, the official Moroccan News Agency has reported. “All labour ports of Casablanca...

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September 9, 2020

Israeli interests put the UAE and Qatar in the same basket

Two weeks after US President Donald Trump brokered a “historic” normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Qatar managed to broker a truce between Tel Aviv and...

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