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December 10, 2020

Barzani: ‘PKK did not leave Sinjar, brought additional forces from Syria’

Head of the government of the Kurdistan Region Masrour Barzani revealed on Wednesday that the fighters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorist organisation had brought additional forces from...

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December 10, 2020

Tunisia official: ‘Corruption rates increased during pandemic’

Head of Tunisian National Anti–Corruption Authority (INLUCC) Imed Boukhris announced on Wednesday that corruption rates have increased following the outbreak of coronavirus in Tunisia. This came in a statement on...

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December 10, 2020

US judge orders disclosure of Khashoggi murder video

US federal judge Paul Engelmayer on Tuesday ordered the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to surrender a report on the killing of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as well as...

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December 10, 2020

Turkey denounces seizure of vessel in Libya by Haftar’s forces

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday has strongly condemned the seizure by General Khalifa Haftar’s forces of a Turkish cargo ship, stressing that targeting Ankara’s interests in Libya will...

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December 9, 2020

Israel receives initial shipment of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

Israel received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday and a distributor predicted the country would have enough for about a quarter of the population by the end...

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December 9, 2020

ICC finds UK committed war crimes but won’t prosecute

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Wednesday said she was dropping a preliminary probe into alleged war crimes by British troops in Iraq, even though she found...

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December 9, 2020

Two small Iraqi oil wells set ablaze in ‘terrorist attack’, ministry says

Two wells in a small oilfield in northern Iraq were set ablaze by explosives on Wednesday in a “terrorist attack” but overall production from the field was not affected,...

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December 9, 2020

Lebanon’s central bank tells banks to pay students abroad

Lebanon’s central bank asked domestic banks on Wednesday to comply with a new law allowing students abroad to transfer dollars out of Lebanon as they struggle to pay daily...

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December 9, 2020

Soccer-PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir players wear ‘no to racism’ t-shirts ahead of rescheduled game

Paris St Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir players wore ‘No to racism’ t-shirts before their rescheduled Champions League game, which was suspended on Tuesday when the teams walked off in...

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December 9, 2020

Calls for UN to investigate Israel’s killing of Palestinian journalists

Complaints submitted to the United Nations (UN) accuse Israel of intentionally targeting journalists in Palestine and failing to thoroughly investigate its killings of media workers. The complaints, submitted by...

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