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  • January 12, 2020

    Israeli foreign minister cancels visit to Dubai

    Israel’s foreign minister has cancelled a visit to Dubai this month due to security concerns, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports. Israel Katz, who doubles as intelligence...

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  • January 12, 2020

    Iran condemns new US sanctions

    Iran condemned Saturday new US sanctions on manufacturing and construction companies as well as Iranian officials, Anadolu Agency reports. “Unfortunately, the Americans involved in a type of unilateral, illegal, inconclusive...

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  • January 12, 2020

    Protests pile pressure on Iran after admission of plane strike

    Iranian protesters and newspapers piled pressure on the country’s leadership and riot police stepped up their presence in Tehran on Sunday after Iran’s military admitted that it had mistakenly...

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  • January 12, 2020

    Calm prevails in Tripoli as cease-fire takes effect

    Calm prevailed in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday as a cease-fire called by Turkey and Russia went into effect Anadolu Agency reports. The cease-fire took effect at 12 midnight local...

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  • January 11, 2020

    German chancellor Merkel says Berlin will host Libya peace talks

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Libyan peace talks will be held in Berlin, as Turkey and Russia appealed to Libya’s warring factions to enter a ceasefire, Reuters reports. During...

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  • January 11, 2020

    Government falls in Tunisia after no-confidence vote

    The government Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Habib Jemli fell Saturday after a no-confidence vote in parliament, Anadolu reports. The Jemli government failed to get a vote of confidence from the Tunisian assembly, Rachid...

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  • January 11, 2020

    12 migrants killed as boat sinks off Greece

    The bodies of at least 12 people have been recovered after a boat carrying migrants sank in the Ionian Sea off the southwestern Paxos Island of Greece, the country’s...

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  • January 11, 2020

    Magnitude 4.7 earthquake hits Istanbul

    A magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook Istanbul on Saturday, said Turkey’s state-run disaster management authority, Anadolu reports. According to the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), the quake that occurred...

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  • January 11, 2020

    Iran to send black box of Ukrainian plane to France

    Iran will send the black box of the Ukrainian plane which it “accidentally” downed to France, officials said Saturday Speaking to state-run IRNA, Hassan Rezaeifar, the director-general of the...

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  • January 11, 2020

    Jordanians protest against Jordan-Israel gas deal

      Thousands of Jordanians took to the streets on Friday to protest against the Jordanian-Israeli gas deal, and called for punishing the officials responsible for signing it, the Palestine...

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