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  • December 31, 2019

    Iraq protesters storm US Embassy in Baghdad

    Outraged Iraqi protesters on Tuesday stormed the US Embassy compound in Baghdad, protesting Washington’s attacks on armed battalions belong to Iranian-backed Hashd Al-Shaabi forces, Anadolu Agency reports. At least...

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  • December 31, 2019

    Most Israelis reject granting immunity to Netanyahu

    The majority of Israelis oppose granting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immunity over the corruption charges against him, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported yesterday. According to the poll conducted by Israel’s...

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  • December 31, 2019

    PA to refer the file of sick prisoners held by Israel to the UN, ICC

    Palestinian Authority (PA), PLO and Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas is to refer the file of sick Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails to the ICC, Al Watan Voice reported...

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  • December 31, 2019

    Iran’s Rouhani says country to witness economic boom in 2020

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday that his country will witness positive economic growth next year, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported. Speaking during a visit to an exhibition of...

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  • December 31, 2019

    Israel detained 5,500 Palestinians in 2019

    Israeli occupation forces detained over 5,500 Palestinians from the occupied Palestinian territories in 2019, including 889 children and 128 girls and women, Quds Press reported rights groups saying yesterday....

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  • December 31, 2019

    Egypt: Opponents of Sisi launch anti-regime group

    Egypt’s regime must stop its “repressive practices against dissidents”, Egyptian expatriates said yesterday, calling for the overthrow of what they described as “military rule”. On the occasion of the...

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  • December 31, 2019

    Somalia: Foreign country behind Mogadishu truck bombing  

    An unidentified foreign country was behind the recent truck bomb in the capital city of Mogadishu, the Somalia National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) announced yesterday. “An initial report...

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  • December 31, 2019

    Kuwait: 20 month term for insulting US,UK envoys on Instagram 

    A Kuwaiti court has sentenced an expatriate to 20 months in prison and a fine of 1,000 Kuwaiti dinars ($3,300) for misusing his phone and insulting the United States (US)...

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  • December 31, 2019

    Egypt-UAE military reinforcements for Libya’s Haftar forces

    Well-informed sources revealed that military reinforcements have arrived from Egypt and the UAE to the forces of the retired Libyan general, Khalifa Haftar, who has been leading an army...

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  • December 31, 2019

    Egypt court rejects lawsuit to withdraw Mubarak’s military honours

    An Egyptian administrative court ruled against withdrawing medals and decorations from former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in a popular uprising in 2011, Egyptian newspaper Akhbar Al-Youm...

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