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August 26, 2020

Israel orders Palestinian village demolish its only road

Israeli occupation authorities have ordered a road in the village of Kaisan, east of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, to be razed, Al-Watan Voice reported yesterday. Deputy-Mayor of Kisan village, Ahmed...

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August 26, 2020

European Commission approves financial aid program for Turkish Cypriots

The European Commission yesterday approved a €31.6 million ($37.3 million) aid programme to support the Turkish community in Cyprus. The commission said in a statement that the aid programme...

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August 26, 2020

Ethiopia PM arrives in Khartoum to strengthen relations

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abi Ahmed, arrived in Sudan yesterday on a one-day visit aimed at strengthening relations between the two countries, the official Sudanese News Agency (SUNA) reported. SUNA said Ahmed was...

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August 26, 2020

Lebanon rejects Israel push to reform UNIFIL peacekeeping force

Lebanon yesterday rejected an Israeli-led push to make reforms to the UNIFIL peacekeeping force which patrols the UN-demarcated Blue Line separating the countries who are technically still at war. The latest...

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August 26, 2020

Twitter ignites as Egypt ‘terror’ court hands 15-year term to human rights defender

A so-called terrorism court in Egypt has sentenced the President of the Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies, Bahey El-Din Hassan, to 15 years in prison in absentia. The...

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August 26, 2020

Sudan: Economic crisis fuels disputes between military and civilian leaderships

The deepening economic crisis in Sudan is causing disputes between the civilian and military leaderships within the Sudanese transitional government. The Sudanese army overthrew longtime dictator Omar Al-Bashir in 2019 after...

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August 26, 2020

Report: Israel selling advanced military gear to UAE for over 8 years

Israel has been selling advanced military systems and equipment to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for more than eight years, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper revealed. The paper’s military affairs correspondent, Alex Fishman,...

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August 26, 2020

Divorce rate spikes during COVID- 19 lockdown in Saudi Arabia

Divorce rates have increased by nearly 96.7 per cent during the lockdown imposed by Saudi Arabia to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Justice said. According to the...

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August 26, 2020

Al-Qaeda destroys dental clinic in Yemen

Al-Qaeda destroyed a dental clinic in Yemen on Tuesday just 10 days after killing dentist Motthar Al-Yousefi for allegedly guiding US drones, international news agencies have reported. The attack...

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August 26, 2020

Israel disappointed by UNSC vote on Iran

Israel was disappointed to see Britain, France, and Germany not support the US proposal to extend an arms embargo on Iran, Tel Aviv’s foreign minister said yesterday. “We were...

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