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February 20, 2018

Saudi Arabia to host Arab Fashion Week for the first time

For the first time in its history, Saudi Arabia will be hosting Arab fashion week next month. The news was announced yesterday by Princess Noura Bint Faisal, the honorary...

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February 20, 2018

South Africa to cut diplomatic ties with Israel

The South African government is intending to cut diplomatic ties with Israel in protest of its treatment of the Palestinian people, the country’s Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor...

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February 20, 2018

Campaign targets Facebook over attacks on Palestinian content

Activists will launch a social media campaign against Facebook for its deliberate targeting of pages which support Palestinian rights. Social media users will use the hashtag #FBfightsPalestine to draw...

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February 20, 2018

UK calls on Iran to stop escalating Yemen war

Britain has called on Iran to stop fuelling the Yemen conflict, Reuters reported today. “I call on Iran to cease activity which risks escalating the conflict and to support...

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February 20, 2018

Russia calls on US not to play with fire in Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called on the United States not to “play with fire” in Syria. “I once again call on our American colleagues to avoid playing...

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February 20, 2018

Israel court delays return of Palestinian bodies to their families

Israel’s Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, yesterday agreed to the state’s request to hold a further hearing on the authorities’ withholding of Palestinian bodies, thus...

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February 20, 2018

Saudi cleric tells Libya’s Haftar to ‘protect himself’

Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, leader of the self-styled Libyan National Army, must preserve “Muslims and Salafists’ blood” and “protect himself”, a Saudi cleric has said. In a leaked phone...

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February 20, 2018

Iraq MP accuses PKK of abducting Yazidis to fight in Syria

A Yazidi member of the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament, Sheikh Shamo has accused the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) of kidnapping more than 1,000 young Yazidi men and women from Sinjar...

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February 20, 2018

Yousef hails $9m Qatar aid package to besieged Gaza

Head of the Popular International Committee to Support Gaza Essam Yousef yesterday hailed Qatar’s assistance to Gaza’s residents in response to their calls for aid. The donations announced by the Qatari Ambassador Mohamed...

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February 20, 2018

Erekat: Lieberman is the real president of Palestine

Senior Palestinian Liberation Organisation official Saeb Erekat has expressed pessimism as to the likelihood of a two-state solution and the negotiation efforts of the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to...

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