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Thu, 11 Feb 2021 13:03:48 +0000Palestinian Voters Eager to Register For The Coming Elections
Palestinian poll workers fanned out across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, where they found voters eager to register ahead of elections that could serve as the first referendum on Hamas’s rule since the militant group seized power more than a decade a...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 12:29:51 +0000North Korea Faces Its 'Worst Ever' Difficulties
Kim Jong Un admitted North Korea is facing its 'worst ever' difficulties in a rare admission of failure during a Workers' Party meeting on Wednesday...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 12:23:45 +0000 Macron Refuses to Visit Lebanon Unless a Government is Formed
French President Emmanuel Macron will not visit Lebanon unless a government is formed, a source at the Elysee told Sky News Arabia on Thursday...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 12:03:05 +0000Israel Blows up The House of a Palestinian Prisoner in The Occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have blown up the house of a Palestinian prisoner in the occupied West Bank whom the Tel Aviv regime has accused of killing an Israeli settler in December last year...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:27:29 +0000US Ambassador Calls The Death of Journalist Lokman Slim an Unforgivable 'Barbaric Act'
US Ambassador Dorothy Shea Thursday called the assassination of anti-Hezbollah activist Lokman Slim an unforgivable "barbaric act," during a rare visit to a southern suburb of Beirut...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:19:11 +0000From Tripoli to Sirte! Will Libya Change Its Capital?
The pro-Haftar politician, Aguila Saleh, has proposed a change in capital. However, critics see this as yet another obstacle towards peace...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:09:02 +0000Can The EU Form a United Front Against Russia?
Despite its enormous economic power, the EU’s fractured political structure prevents the bloc from forming a united front against Russia...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 10:40:42 +0000Trump Impeachment Dominated by Terrifying, Never-Before-Seen Footage
Impeachment prosecutors have aired terrifying, never-before-seen footage of senior US politicians fleeing for their lives during the January assault on Congress by Donald Trump supporters on day two of the former president's Senate trial...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 10:37:02 +0000Germany Extends its Coronavirus Lockdown Until March 7
Germany on Wednesday extended its coronavirus lockdown until March 7 due to concerns over highly contagious variants of the virus...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 10:04:23 +0000Outrage in Japan! Tokyo Olympics Chief Set to Resign Over Sexist Remarks
Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori will resign over sexist remarks that have sparked outrage in Japan and abroad, reports say...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 07:23:35 +0000 One Thousand and One Nights! Saudi Activist Loujain al-Hathloul is Finally Free
Prominent women's rights activist Loujain al Hathloul was released from a Saudi prison after nearly three years behind bars, her family has said...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 07:17:29 +0000WHO Recommends The Oxford/AstraZeneca Vaccine For People Over 65
The World Health Organization has officially recommended the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for people over the age of 65 and said it should be used 'without an upper age limit'...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 07:12:00 +0000Houthi Drone Sets a Civilian Plane on Fire at a Saudi Airport
A drone strike launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis on Wednesday left a civilian plane ablaze at a Saudi airport, days after the US moved to delist the rebels as terrorists...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 06:57:33 +0000Joe Biden Slams Myanmar Military Leaders With Sanctions
US President Joe Biden has levied sanctions on a number of military leaders in Myanmar following the February 1 coup which overthrew the country’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 06:51:18 +0000Was Iran's Nuclear Scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Killed by Israeli Spies?
Israeli secret agents spent months smuggling a high-tech machine gun into Iran in tiny pieces to kill the regime’s top nuclear scientist, it was revealed last night...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 06:43:18 +0000After a Two-Month Stop: Probe Into The Beirut Port Explosion Resumes
The prosecutor investigating last year’s massive explosion at Beirut’s port has summoned several people, including a former army commander, for questioning in the case, judicial officials said Monday...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 06:22:36 +0000Rival Palestinian Factions Agree to 'Respect', 'Accept' Poll Results
Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas said Tuesday they had agreed on “mechanisms” for forthcoming elections and to respect their outcome, after years of bitter divisions...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 23:15:44 +0000Indian Farmers Brought Themselves to the Streets. Modi Brought Drones
The Indian state has deployed drones as surveillance tools at the farmers' protest.
The move by the state in response to almost-entirely peaceful protests illustrates the widening gap between the power of those who demonstrate for political ch...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 23:05:12 +0000UNRWA Near Financial Collapse After Gulf States Withdraw Financial Support
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is close to running out of funds...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:33:26 +0000Amnesty Urges Ethiopia's Govt to Allow Humanitarian Access to Tigray
Amnesty International has urged Ethiopia's government to honor a promise to grant humanitarian access to the conflict-stricken Tigray region in the north...