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April 9, 2020

Oman pardons nearly 600 prisoners, including foreigners

Oman’s Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq Al-Said has pardoned 599 prisoners jailed for various offenses, including 336 foreigners, the state-run Oman News Agency reported yesterday. Local sources informed that the...

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April 8, 2020

UN chief condemns missile attack on hospital in Libya’s Tripoli

Yesterday United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned a recent attack by the Libyan National Army (LNA) – loyal to General Khalifa Haftar – on Independence (formerly Al-Khadra) Hospital...

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April 8, 2020

Turkey to track citizens via mobile phones to enforce quarantines

Turkey will monitor the mobile phones of those diagnosed with the new coronavirus to ensure they do not break quarantine, authorities said on Wednesday, marking the latest measure to...

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April 8, 2020

Yemen seals border with Saudi Arabia over virus fears

Yemen has decided to seal its only remaining border crossing with Saudi Arabia to prevent a coronavirus outbreak in the war-ravaged country, local sources said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports....

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April 8, 2020

Oman to enforce lockdown in capital

Oman’s capital of Muscat will be placed on lockdown beginning Friday as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus, that country official media said Wednesday, Anadolu...

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April 8, 2020

UN sends humanitarian aid to Idlib, Syria

The United Nations on Wednesday dispatched a total of 48 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Idlib, a northwestern Syrian province where millions of people are in desperate need of...

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April 8, 2020

Gaza runs out of coronavirus tests, Palestinian health officials say

Gaza has reported 13 cases of coronavirus infection, all of whom are at quarantine facilities...

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April 8, 2020

Watchdog confirms Syrian regime behind chemical attacks

A global chemical weapons watchdog issued a report Wednesday confirming chemical weapons were used by the Syrian air force in northern Syria in 2017, Anadolu reports. The report by...

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April 8, 2020

Will one of the consequences of the pandemic be the end of OPEC?

Giant oil tankers have changed into floating warehouses for oil following the sharp drop in the price per barrel. The dispute between Russia and Saudi Arabia has led to...

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April 8, 2020

Revealed: FBI secretly investigated non-violent Palestinian activist group

The US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has opened a counter-terrorism investigation into a non-violent Palestinian activist group, a report revealing hundreds of pages of FBI documents has shown....

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