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February 18, 2021

UK envoy: ‘Houthis want to achieve gains before engaging in ceasefire’

British Ambassador to Yemen Michael Aron has announced that the Houthis are trying to achieve gains on the ground before engaging in a ceasefire. Asharq Al-Awsat quoted Aron stating...

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February 18, 2021

Amnesty International: Al-Khodari’s health severely deteriorating

Amnesty International has announced that the health of former Hamas representative in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr Mohammad Al-Khodari, who has been detained there since 4 April 2019,...

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February 18, 2021

US and Europe allies say Iran must not get nuclear weapons

The foreign ministers of Britain, France, Germany and the United States said on Thursday they were determined that Iran should not get a nuclear weapon and they expressed concern...

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February 18, 2021

UN Yemen envoy urges immediate end to Houthi offensive

An increasingly intense assault by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on the government-held city of Marib “must stop” amid spiraling humanitarian fallout, the UN’s envoy for the country warned Thursday, Anadolu Agency reported....

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February 18, 2021

UN: 1.3m people displaced in Somalia in 2020

The UN office for humanitarian affairs Thursday said about 1.3 million people were displaced in Somalia in 2020, Anadolu Agency reports. “Out of a total of 2.9 million IDPs [Internally Displaced...

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February 18, 2021

NATO to send up to 3,500 more troops to Iraq

NATO defense ministers decided on Thursday to send as much as 3,500 additional troops to Iraq, Anadolu Agency reported. “We will expand the NATO training mission in Iraq to...

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February 18, 2021

96th Palestinian baby born using sperm smuggled from Israel prison

The wife of a Palestinian prisoner from Gaza has given birth to a baby boy after becoming pregnant through smuggled sperm. The wife of the prisoner, Muhammad Al-Qidra, gave...

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February 18, 2021

Ethiopia would welcome Turkish mediation in border conflict with Sudan

Ethiopia would welcome Turkish mediation in its border dispute with Sudan, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dina Mufti told Anadolu Agency in an interview. We would be grateful if Turkey offered to play...

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February 18, 2021

End of Gulf crisis may boost Turkey defence sales, report says

The end of the Gulf crisis could boost Turkish defence and aerospace exports, particularly to Saudi and Emirati markets, officials and industry sources said. Defence News reported Foreign Minister Mevlut...

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February 18, 2021

Israel, US to develop ballistic missile shield

Israel announced today that it is developing a new ballistic missile shield, the Arrow-4, with the United States, as part of a defensive system built with an eye towards...

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