Mexican Cinépolis is planning to open 200 cinemas in Saudi Arabia within two years, local media reported on Wednesday. Cinépolis recently opened two new cinemas in Saudi Arabia's cities...
Gulf countries will not continue a reduction of oil output by an extra 1.18 million barrels per day (bpd) in July as part of an agreement made by the...
Top oil nations struggled to finalise record output cuts at G20 talks on Friday to boost prices slammed by the coronavirus crisis, as Saudi Arabia clashed with Mexico despite...
WhatsApp said in a statement that 100 civil society members had been targeted, and called it "an unmistakable pattern of abuse"
A New York Times report has revealed that US President Donald Trump suggested soldiers shoot migrants crossing the Mexico border in the leg and that a moat filled with...
Israel has been charged with enabling attacks on media freedom around the world by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), after export controls on surveillance technology were eased. Citing...
Anthony Joshua's promoter has defended a decision to stage the Briton's heavyweight title rematch with Mexican-American world champion Andy Ruiz Jr. in Saudi Arabia and said it could change...
July 25, 2019 |
Muhammad Hussein Imagine an Atlantic region where Canada, Mexico, Cuba and Venezuela teamed up to sign a new landmark NAFTA-like agreement, distributing amongst themselves the oil and natural gas reserves off...
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Venezuela Salma Hayek has become the first Arab actress with a main role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), when the MCU's Phase 4 was revealed this weekend at San...

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July 17, 2019 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud History never truly retires. Every event of the past, however inconsequential, reverberates throughout and, to an extent, shapes our present, and our future as well The haunting image of...
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US Russia on Thursday said there is a "significant progress" in the Syrian peace process, Anadolu reports. Speaking at a news conference Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said she expects...
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US![US President Donald Trump attends the family photo session on the first day of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan on June 28, 2019. [Metin Aktas - Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190628_2_37113226_45665194-e1561965324355.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
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July 1, 2019 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Along with American and British journalists and doctors, I visited Iraq a few years before its invasion and occupation by the United States and its 'coalition of the willing.'...
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Yemen EuroPal Forum warned of an Israeli government program aiming to fund activities and campaigns against BDS. The chairperson of the London-based forum, Zaher Birawi, declared that Israel aims to...
Saudi Arabia will be hosting the G20 summit next year, state news agency SPA said WednesdayAnadolu reports. "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the 15th annual G20 Leaders' Summit...
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US The Republican-led US Senate on Wednesday approved a resolution seeking to end US support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen, in a rebuke of President...
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December 27, 2018 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud The border control industry is thriving, both in the United States and Europe. In both cases, Israel is serving the task of the successful role model and the technology...
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Palestine An Israeli spyware firm linked to the killing of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi and condemned by Amnesty International as being "out of control", has become mired in another scandal...

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November 28, 2018 |
Ray Hanania This week, two protests by refugees at international borders made major headlines in the news. One group was treated with overwhelming sympathy from politicians and the news media, while...
Transgender women should have the same rights as other women, according to a global poll of women across five continents published on Friday amid a growing – and sometimes...
Turkey's presidential spokesman has blasted Washington for disregarding the legal process in the case of an American pastor facing terrorism-related charges. In a written statement to Reuters late Wednesday,...
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US Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman said on Wednesday remarks by the US National Security Adviser regarding Turkey's economic situation were proof that the US administration is targeting a NATO...
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US Javier Aguirre will take over as Egypt coach from Hector Cuper, whose contract was not renewed at the end of the World Cup, the Egyptian Football Association said on...
The 2026 World Cup will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada after FIFA's congress voted today to back the tri-nation joint bid for the tournament. The...
A Moroccan diplomat revealed that the US President Donald Trump links his country's continued support for Morocco, in the conflict with the Polisario Front on the Sahara region, with...
Algeria's Minister of Youth and Sports announced on Sunday his country's official support for Morocco's bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Anadolu has reported. "President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's...
President of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a press conference at Los Pinos Presidential residence in Mexico City
Dozens of activists held protests in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires against visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who arrived ahead of a four-day tour of Latin America. The...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu begins today a four-day tour in Latin America, the first carried out by an Israeli prime minister. "I will visit Argentina, Colombia and Mexico,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would meet US President Donald Trump later this month during a visit to New York, where he will address the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not meet with heads of Jewish organisations in the US during his visit to New York in a fortnight according to media reports....
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August 17, 2017 |
Ramona Wadi Latin America is once again Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's diplomatic target, at a time when violence in the region fomented by US imperialism is once again rising to...
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Venezuela A Mexican politician has denounced the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) campaign during a visit to settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to the Jerusalem Post. On Sunday, Hugo...