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August 4, 2020

Egypt: Sisi orders metro station be named after Safaa Hegazy because she broadcast coup statement

The deputy editor-in-chief of the state-run Al-Ahram has announced that President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi gave the order to name a metro station in Cairo after Safaa Hegazy because she authorised the...

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August 4, 2020

Yemen political prisoner dies in Maldives without fair trial

A Yemeni political prisoner died on Sunday in the Maldives after staging a hunger strike in protest of his detainment which has been at the request of the Saudi...

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August 4, 2020

Further cracks as Israel’s unity government fails to agree on budget

Israel’s power sharing government has been unable to reach an agreement to approve the state budget. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is at loggerheads with Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz...

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August 4, 2020

Palestinian co-founder of Islamic Movement in Israel dies

The co-founder of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Sheikh Farid Abu Mukh, passed away in his hometown of Baqa Al-Gharbiye in Israel yesterday. Eighty-three-year-old Abu Mukh had publicly called...

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August 4, 2020

Haftar: We will not accept a second Turkish invasion of Libya

Retired Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar attacked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and accused him of leading a colonial project based on pillaging, murder and hunger. In a speech...

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August 4, 2020

Eid surprise guest: Lion turns up at Saudi home

A lion showed up at a Saudi family’s home on Friday as they slaughtered their Eid Al-Adha sacrifice, Al-Arabiya reported. In a snapchat video, Haitham Khaled said his family were shocked...

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August 4, 2020

Israel jets strike targets in Syria in retaliation for Golan Heights attack

Israel launched air strikes on Syrian military targets in southern Syria late yesterday, after thwarting an attack near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Reuters reported. According to the state-run news agency Sana, Israeli helicopters...

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August 4, 2020

Egypt churches reopen after coronavirus closures

Egyptian churches yesterday reopened and held the first mass after a four-month hiatus that aimed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus among churchgoers, the Coptic Orthodox Church...

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August 4, 2020

US sends world’s largest plane to Israel to pick up Iron Dome missile systems

The world’s largest plane landed in Tel Aviv airport yesterday, carrying a cargo of US military trucks to be loaded with an Israeli air defence system. The massive Antonov...

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August 4, 2020

Palestinian boy found with bullet in brain after Eid celebrations

A nine-year-old Palestinian boy has been found with a bullet in his brain after the Eid Al-Adha celebrations which took place over the weekend, the Times of Israel reported. The boy, who has...

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