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October 4, 2019

Qatar joins emergency GCC security meeting in Saudi

Qatar’s envoy yesterday joined the Chiefs of Staff of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) held an emergency joint meeting to discuss security cooperation and counter terrorism. According to a...

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October 4, 2019

MSF Yemen condemns strikes against medical centres

Doctors without Borders (MSF) on Wednesday condemned the repeated attacks on its medical facilities in Yemen. Coinciding with International Day of Non-Violence, the international medical humanitarian organisation took to...

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October 4, 2019

14 Palestinians homeless as Israel razes homes in Jerusalem

Israeli occupation forces demolished three houses and several commercial and agricultural structures in Jerusalem and Beit Ummar, northwest of Hebron, over a 24 hour period, claiming they were built...

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October 4, 2019

Israel settler growth rate double that of national figure

The growth rate of Israel’s settler population in the occupied West Bank during 2018 was double that of the equivalent national figure, reported the Jerusalem Post yesterday. The settler...

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October 4, 2019

Palestine poet’s Israel legal ordeal finally over after 4 years

Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour, first arrested in 2015 over a poem published on Facebook, can finally put more than four years of legal struggle behind her, after Israel’s Supreme...

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October 4, 2019

Abbas forms commission to follow up on general elections

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has formed a commission to follow up on the plan to hold elections in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), reported Asharq Al-Awsat. The formation of...

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October 4, 2019

Palestine becomes member of Arab League’s Human Rights Committee

Palestine yesterday gained membership of the Human Rights Committee of the Arab League. The State of Palestine will be represented by Legal Adviser Majdi Hardan from the Ministry of Justice. In accordance...

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October 4, 2019

Iran rejects French call for release of dual national scholar

Iran said on Friday that France’s call for it to release a detained French-Iranian scholar was an interference in its internal affairs and would not help resolve the issue,...

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October 4, 2019

Facebook says removed multiple accounts from UAE, Nigeria, Egypt and Indonesia

Facebook Inc has removed several pages, groups and accounts on its platforms from the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Nigeria and Indonesia, citing “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”, Reuters reports. A total...

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October 4, 2019

Jordan Teachers' Union suspends strike

A spokesman for the Jordanian Teachers Association (JTA), Noureddine Nadim, said yesterday that the union complied with the administrative court’s decision and decided to suspend the strike starting next...

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