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September 20, 2021

Study: 68% of Jordanians don’t trust political reform committee

Sixty-eight per cent of Jordanians do not trust the recently-formed Royal Committee to Modernise the Political System and its expected outcomes, an official study revealed yesterday. The poll, carried...

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September 20, 2021

Tunisia travel ban continues despite gov’t repeal, says official

Tunisian parliamentarian Mabrouk Korchid said yesterday that the government’s ban on travel was “still in effect,” despite a recent presidential announcement lifting the measure. “A friend of mine was...

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September 20, 2021

World Bank: Half of all internal migrants could be driven by climate change

The World Bank said 6% of the North Africa population could be displaced by climate change, in its damning Groundswell II report. The report laid bare the extent of...

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September 20, 2021

Egypt denies imposing tariff to receive phone calls

The authorities in Egypt yesterday denied recent reports that the government is going to impose a tariff to receive phone calls. Such claims are “incorrect”, insisted the Egyptian cabinet’s...

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September 20, 2021

Kuwait: legal expert comments on US sanctions

A senior legal expert in Kuwait has commented on the Biden administration’s imposition of sanctions on two Kuwaiti citizens for their involvement in support for Hezbollah and Iran. The...

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September 20, 2021

Jordan: chief of staff meets Syrian defence minister over border security

Jordan’s chief of staff met with the Syrian defence minister in Amman yesterday to discuss border security, Hala Akhbar has reported. The meeting between Jordan’s General Yousef Huneiti and...

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September 20, 2021

Leaked audio shows Libya PM questioning Egypt judiciary’s integrity

A leaked audio recording of the Prime Minister of Libya’s interim Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, in which he questioned the Egyptian judiciary’s integrity could ignite a...

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September 20, 2021

Arab MKs urge US to reopen consulate in East Jerusalem

The Joint List of Arab members of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, has urged Washington to reopen the US Consulate in occupied East Jerusalem, despite the objections of the Israeli...

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September 20, 2021

Palestinian escapees fled 2 detention attempts before he was recaptured in Jenin

Palestinian prisoner escapees Iham Kahamji and Munadil Nafayat fled from two detention attempts before they were recaptured in the Palestinian city of Jenin on Friday, their lawyer Munther Abu Ahmad...

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September 20, 2021

Israel’s Likud: Netanyahu was mocking Bennett not Biden in new video

Following a video broadcast on Facebook by former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Likud party found itself forced to issue a clarification to avoid annoying US President Joe...

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