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August 5, 2020

Lebanese search for missing online, open homes to needy after massive blast

Lebanese last night started online campaigns to help find missing loved ones after two explosions rocked Beirut yesterday afternoon. The blasts were caused when 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, that,...

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August 5, 2020

Israel destroys Palestinian animal shelters

Israeli bulldozers destroyed a large area of land today in Dura, near Hebron city, reported Wafa news agency. The coordinator at the Palestinian popular committee against the wall and settlements in...

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August 5, 2020

Malaysia: Police raid Al Jazeera office in Kuala Lumpur

Police in Malaysia raided the office of the news channel Al Jazeera in the capital Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The closure of the office raises concerns about the Malaysian authorities’...

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August 5, 2020

Saudi Arabia constructs uranium ore facility with help from China

Saudi Arabia has constructed a facility for extracting uranium “yellowcake” from ore with help from China, Western officials revealed to the Wall Street Journal yesterday. According to the officials,...

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August 5, 2020

Saudi migrant workers ‘packed as animals’ and ‘forced to drink from toilet’

Saudi Arabia’s treatment of migrants has come under sharp criticism from rights groups following allegations that detainees are “are packed as animals” and forced to “drink from the toilet”....

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August 5, 2020

Libya tribes sue Haftar at ICC over civilian massacre

Libya’s Toubou tribes yesterday filed a lawsuit at the International Criminal Court (ICC) against renegade General Khalifa Haftar over last year’s massacre in the city of Murzuq. In a...

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August 5, 2020

Turkish report: Egypt sends forces to support Assad in Syria

Egypt has sent nearly 150 soldiers to Syria to fight in the ranks of the Assad regime, military sources told Anadolu Agency. The soldiers had been sent to the...

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August 5, 2020

Rights group calls on Twitter to investigate UAE office

A rights group yesterday called on Twitter to open an urgent investigation into the transparency of its regional office in the UAE as well as the nature of its...

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August 5, 2020

Palestine extends state of emergency while easing lockdown measures

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday extended the state of emergency for 30 days to prevent the spread of coronavirus infections, Wafa news agency reported. At the same time, the Palestinian government declared easing...

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August 5, 2020

Iran: Massive fire breaks out in Tehran’s industrial zone

A massive fire broke out yesterday inside an industrial zone in the Iranian capital of Tehran, state television reported. The flames ripped through three warehouses in Jajrud, around 25...

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