Turkish security forces on Saturday arrested at least 72 suspected human traffickers in operations based in the country's commercial hub Istanbul, Anadolu Agency reports. Police arrested 72 suspects after...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the country's vaccination campaign against the coronavirus pandemic is likely to roll out in February with imported vaccines, Anadolu Agency reports. Speaking at...
Three rockets struck the vicinity of Baghdad International Airport, according to the Iraqi Defence Ministry on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. A ministry statement said two rockets landed outside the...
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said Saturday it shot down an air target fired towards the Saudi capital, Riyadh, Anadolu Agency reports. The coalition did not give further details,...
Portuguese and Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo has turned down a multi-million advertising offer from the Saudi Arabia tourism authority. According to The Telegraph Sport, the football star was offered...
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January 23, 2021 |
Asa Winstanley When I first began my journey into the Palestine solidarity movement two decades ago, there was much debate about whether or not Israel is truly an apartheid state. These...
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Bin Abdullah divulged on Thursday that the kingdom and Washington have "common interests" in Yemen, news agencies reported. The foreign minister made...
Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov has confirmed that Russia and Israel are discussing the joint production of a coronavirus vaccine, RT reported on Friday. Speaking to Novosti, Viktorov...
Doha denied on Thursday holding meetings with Qatar, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, stressing that diplomatic relations were resumed solely through "written correspondences", Reuters reported. Reuters reported an...
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas is planning to hold its internal elections at the same time as preparing for national elections, Anadolu Agency reported on Friday. Reporting informed...
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has announced the firing of five senior security officials, stressing that he would personally oversee reforms to address "challenges" facing intelligence services in the...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday threatened that his country might launch a joint operation with Iraq to clear PKK terrorists out of the Sinjar region, Anadolu Agency...
The Saudi authorities have released human rights activist Essam Koshak after four years of detention, according to the social media accounts of Saudi activists. Koshak was arrested in January...
Eritrean authorities released on Thursday 80 Yemeni fishermen from Al-Hudaydah governorate, days after detaining them in international waters. Pro-Houthi Al-Thawra newspaper quoted Head of the General Authority for Fisheries...
Israeli media reports have quoted high-level Sudanese sources stating that Khartoum is set to abolish the Israel Boycott Act that the country passed in 1958. At the end of...
The UN Special Envoy on Syria said Friday that issues to be discussed in a new round of political talks could not be sorted out by Syrians alone and...
Reducing coronavirus weekend restrictions and allowing Friday prayers and the movement of citizens in the streets after the number of people infected with coronavirus has decreased
The Provincial Court in Valencia, Spain, has definitively dismissed a criminal complaint against eight Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions activists who had questioned the invitation for Jewish American singer Matisyahu...
The UN said on Friday that 12 people were killed in the first half of January at the Al Hol camp in northeastern Syria, Anadolu Agency reports. Jens Laerke, a spokesman...
Israeli settlers have called for the murder of Palestinian bus drivers in the occupied West Bank, the Times of Israel has reported. Racist graffiti reading "Kill Arab drivers" was...
The UAE-supported separatists of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen have established a new military force in the southern port city and interim capital, Aden. News of the...
Israeli settlers threw petrol bombs at two Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank village of Burin, near Nablus, on Thursday evening, Wafa has reported. When local residents rushed...
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January 22, 2021 |
Asa Winstanley Israeli human rights group B'Tselem made the headlines this week when it released a new paper in which – for the first time – it described Israel as an...
Saudi Arabia has delayed the publication of highly sensitive unemployment data for the fourth time, raising questions about Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman's modernisation plan which pledged to create...
The United Nations has reported the murder of 12 inhabitants of a displacement camp for Daesh family members, highlighting the "deteriorating security conditions" in the camps of northeast Syria....
Bahrain's Foreign Minister, Abdullatif Al Zayani, criticised yesterday the state of Qatar, accusing it of not taking any initiative to resolve its issues with Manama, despite the outcome of...
Joe Biden has been urged to "immediately" review American policy towards Bahrain in a letter calling on the newly elected president to consider relocating the US Fifth Fleet from...
The British Foreign Secretary has criticised Israel's decision to construct thousands of new settler housing units in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, warning that it puts a viable...
The Israeli police have refused to bring Palestinian workers who have been arrested while working without permission in Israel to court to hide police brutality against them, Haaretz newspaper...
The World Bank approved on Thursday the reallocation of $34 million to fund the procurement of Covid-19 vaccine for Lebanon, which is struggling to contain the number of coronavirus...
The head of the Parliamentary Investigative Committee in Iraq revealed on Wednesday that it has referred 46 corruption files related to the electricity sector to the Court of Integrity,...
Almost two million Israeli citizens live below the official poverty line, the National Insurance Institute reported on Thursday. This represents 23 per cent of the total population. Around one-third...