BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Saudi Arabia on Wednesday vowed support to cash-strapped Lebanon amid a crippling economic crisis in the country. Saudi Ambassador Walid Bukhari met with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Beirut. Aoun was briefed by the Saudi envoy on the working mechanism of the Saudi-French joint fund “dedica...
BAGHDAD (AA) – The Iraqi military has thwarted rocket attacks targeting vital facilities in northern areas of the capital Baghdad. The Iraqi army’s Baghdad Operations Command said on Wednesday that its forces “arrested three suspects after monitoring their movements” in the Karkh and Rusafa areas in Baghdad. After getting informati...
Clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians rocked the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday. The violence sparked after a Palestinian stabbed a police officer in Israel before being shot dead. Israeli troops launched a fourth day of operations around Jenin after an assailant from the city shot and killed three people in a Tel […]
On Monday, United Nations special envoy Hans Grundberg began his first official visit to Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa. Grundberg’s arrival comes after an April 2 ceasefire that the country’s warring parties have accused each other of violating. The Swedish diplomat is scheduled to meet Huthi rebel officials during the visit. Grundberg’s of...
The Indian film “Beast” has been banned in Kuwait and Qatar due to its reportedly stereotypical depiction of Muslims as terrorists and its dialogues against Pakistan. The Tamil-language film, described as an action-comedy, stars Thalapathy Vijay and Pooja Hegde HEGDAY. Vijay plays a government intelligence agent stuck in a mall with terrorists...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian man was killed and dozens were injured in clashes with Israeli forces Wednesday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The ministry identified the young man as Muhammad Hassan Assaf, 34, who was fatally shot in the chest by the Israeli army in the city of […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israel detained 20 Palestinians Tuesday in fresh raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the military. In a statement, the army said the arrest campaign was carried out in cooperation with the Shin Bet security service and the Border Police. The Prisoners Media Office, a Palestinian NGO, said [&...
Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian woman in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday, the health ministry reported. Ghada Ibrahim Sabateen, a mother of six in her 40s, was shot by Israeli forces and died from her wounds. Eyewitnesses reported Israeli soldiers opened fire on the woman while she was walking near Husan village, […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine – The Palestinian government has rejected an Israeli judicial decision to allow a deduction from Palestinian taxes in compensation to Israelis affected by attacks. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has termed the Israeli decision as “illegal” and “illegitimate.” “The Israeli court view that accuses the Pale...
Journalist Mehdi Hasan asked why U.S. President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” while arming Saudi Arabia as it wages war on Yemen. On Sunday, Hasan questioned a U.S. State Department official about why the president failed to criticize Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. He asked the ambassador why the [...
