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Sun, 27 Dec 2020 14:06:23 +0000A 5.3 Quake Shakes Eastern Turkey
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken eastern Turkey on Sunday morning, just weeks after a deadly quake killed 116 people...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 13:18:01 +0000Is Haftar Getting Ready For War With Turkey?
Beefed up with cash, weapons and mercenaries, Haftar has ordered his militias to prepare for a war with Turkey, ignoring the UN-brokered ceasefire and other efforts aimed at ending the Libyan conflict...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 12:41:03 +0000Israelis Maintain Anti-Netanyahu Protests in Wintry Weather
Thousands of protesters have marched across the occupied territories against politically-embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, including around all the entrances to his residence in the holy city of Jerusalem al-Quds...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 12:03:04 +0000Nashville Blast Damages 41 Shops; Governor Calls For Emergency Aid
Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has requested emergency federal assistance as the southern US state struggles with the aftermath of an apparent bombing in the city of Nashville on Christmas Day...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 11:38:08 +0000Sweden, Spain Confirm The First Cases of New COVID Strain
Sweden and Spain on Saturday confirmed to have detected the first cases of a new strain of the deadly coronavirus...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 11:31:33 +0000Saudi Discovers 4 New Oil, Gas Fields in The Kingdom
The Minister of Energy, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, announced on Sunday that Saudi Aramco had discovered four new oil and gas fields in the Kingdom...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 11:24:29 +0000Bangladesh Continues Forced Removal of Rohingya Refugees to Remote Island
Bangladesh is set to send hundreds more Rohingya Muslim refugees to a controversial facility on a remote island in the Bay of Bengal, weeks after it started their forced removal from the border with Myanmar...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 11:18:22 +0000Dubai Turned Into Hub For 'Dirty Gold' Report Shows But From Where?
A new report says the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has in recent years tuned into a hub for dirty gold trade, with lax regulatory oversight allowing the smuggling of the precious metal from conflict zones to the Persian Gulf country...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 11:02:46 +0000Hundreds of Migrants Left Freezing in Heavy Snow After Their Camp is Torched in Bosnia
Hundreds of refugees, including women and children, have been left without shelter in freezing conditions Bosnia-Herzegovina, days after a fire destroyed their already squalid camp...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 10:12:52 +0000Yemenis Unhappy The New Cabinet is Formed in Riyadh and Not Aden
A power-sharing government was announced in war-torn Yemen this month, containing 24 ministers including representatives of the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC), which is backed by the UAE...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 09:51:38 +0000Israel Plans to Add 1 Million Settlers in The Occupied West Bank
One million. That is the target the Israeli regime plans to hit with regard to the additional number of its settlers in the occupied West Bank...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 09:14:54 +0000Lebanon Faces New Covid Variant Spike
Lebanon’s Minister of Interior said the country may go into another lockdown if daily coronavirus cases surge...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 09:08:34 +0000Despite Tensions Turkish-Israeli Relations is Still 'Business as Usual'
After years of minimal and sour relations between Turkey and Israel, Ankara is set to extend an olive branch to Tel Aviv and improve bilateral diplomatic ties...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 09:02:34 +0000 Biden Warns of Human Misery if Trump Continues to Stall The Covid-19 Relief Bill
US President-elect Joe Biden has warned of "devastating consequences" if President Donald Trump continues to delay signing a Covid-19 economic relief bill passed by Congress...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 08:35:05 +0000The Saudi Crown Prince Receives The First Dose of The COVID Vaccine
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman appears to have sparked a surge in the number of people registering for the coronavirus vaccine after receiving the inoculation on Friday...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 08:00:31 +0000Jordan Can Do Business With Biden
Through Trump’s presidency phase, Jordan had been facing enormous pressures causing political tension in the American-Jordanian relations, particularly those with regard to dealing with the Palestinian case, to imposing the Deal of the Century on t...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 07:07:16 +0000EU Slams Turkey For 27-Year Jail Sentence on Respected Journalist
The European Union on Friday warned Turkey that a heavy jail sentence imposed on journalist Can Dundar harmed both human rights in the country and Ankara’s relations with Brussels...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 07:02:03 +0000Netanyahu Invites Morocco's King to Visit Israel in a Phone Conversation
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu held a telephone conversation, a statement from Morocco’s royal cabinet said Friday...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 06:55:08 +0000The US to Open Consulate in Western Sahara After Trump’s Recognized Morocco’s Sovereignty Over it
The State Department said Thursday the United States will open a consulate in Western Sahara following President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Morocco’s sovereignty over the disputed region...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 06:47:25 +0000Yemen’s New Government Sworn in Riyadh
Yemen’s new government was sworn in Saturday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, before Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi...