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Tue, 29 Jun 2021 08:33:13 +0000Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid Lands in The UAE
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid landed in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday morning for the first state visit by an Israeli minister and the first since Israel and the UAE entered the Abraham Accords...
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 07:18:38 +0000Two Jailed Women Activists Freed From Saudi Jail
Saudi Arabia has released two women activists detained nearly three years ago, rights groups said on Sunday...
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:54:23 +0000US's Blinken Discusses Iran, Gaza with Israel's Yair Lapid
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israel’s new Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Sunday, in the US’ first face-to-face meeting with the freshly installed government...
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:46:43 +0000Ethiopia Declares Unilateral Ceasefire in Tigray
Ethiopia’s government declared a unilateral cease-fire Monday as unconfirmed reports came in that after months of fighting, forces of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) claimed to have captured Mekele, the capital of the restive northern r...
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:39:29 +0000US-controlled Syrian Oil Field Attacked by Iran-backed Militias
A missile attack was carried out Monday on the US-controlled Al-Omar oil field from Mayadin district in Syria's Deir-ez-Zor province, which is under the control of the Bashar al-Assad regime and Iran-backed militia groups...
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:32:20 +0000A Senior Hezbollah Leader Killed in Syria
A prominent Hezbollah-affiliated official was assassinated in southern Syria on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported...
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:32:10 +0000Analysis: Ebrahim Raisi and Iran's Nuclear File
Welcome Judge Raisi! Welcome to the hectic world of Iranian politics; It’s no more the theoretical turban of a theologian legalist, but a cool-headed politician and a diplomat about to make his footprints on international affairs as the new Islamic...
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:16:45 +0000UN Makes Landmark Call to Address Systemic Racism
United Nations member countries at the UN Human Rights Council should take decisive action to carry out the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ recommendations on systemic racism and police violence against Africans and people of African descent...
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:14:06 +0000Lebanon: Blast Hits Office of Lawyer Sakher El-Hachem
An explosion went off in the building that houses the office of lawyer Sakher El-Hachem on Monday afternoon, in the Nakhle Center in Furn El-Chebbak, Beirut...
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 16:55:39 +0000In Ireland Palestinian Flags Are Everywhere!
Walking along one of Dublin’s main thoroughfares one notices a Palestinian flag fluttering in the afternoon breeze, raised high and standing alongside its Irish counterpart...
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:58:49 +0000Somalia: Thousands Displaced Amidst Violence
The UN on Monday said that besides casualties, thousands of people were displaced due to Sunday's violence in the town of Wisil, Mudug region in north-central Somalia...
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:34:33 +0000Time For The Truth: Canada's Dark School Secrets Out!
The world view of Canada as a nice, decent country populated with polite people was recently shattered with the recent discovery of nearly 1,000 unmarked graves of First Nations children...
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:22:18 +0000Bennett, Sisi Discuss Bilateral Issues, Want to Meet Very Soon
The Israelis held captive in Gaza must be returned, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi when the two men held their first conversation on Monday as efforts continued toward a permanent cease fire between the ID...
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:51:06 +0000A 'Needled' Spike: Is The Covid Curve Set to Flatten in Asia?
Coronavirus deaths and cases are trending down in Asia, where the outbreak began 1 1/2 years ago in Mainland China and spiked most recently in India, as the global toll nears 4 million people...
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:38:44 +000033 Days of Torture: Palestinian Tells of Her Interrogations at Israeli Hands
In a long corridor, Israeli intelligence operatives were standing and clapping sarcastically as jailers were taking handcuffed Mays Abu Ghosh to a military interrogation cell...
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 08:48:52 +0000Assad Regime Imposes Full Siege on Daraa
Videos and photos emerged on social media showing the Syrian regime with Russia's assistance totally blocking Daraa Al-Balad city banning the entry of food or drinks to the area...
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 08:48:04 +0000Bangladesh: Hold Security Forces Accountable for Torture
The Bangladesh government has failed to address widespread allegations of torture and ill-treatment by its security forces, ten rights groups said on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture...
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 08:27:16 +0000Will Khartoum be Upset by Cairo's Wau Dam Deal in South Sudan?
The Egyptian and South Sudanese ministries of water resources and irrigation signed a cooperation protocol that includes a project to prepare feasibility studies for the construction of the multipurpose Wau Dam in South Sudan...
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 08:17:37 +0000Two Million or 395K: What is India's True Covid Death Toll?
India's true coronavirus death toll could be closer to 2 million compared to the official 395,000 fatalities reported, experts have warned...
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 08:12:44 +0000Miami Building Disaster: 9 Dead as 152 Disappear in The Rubble
Nine people have been confirmed dead in the aftermath of the collapse of a condominium complex in South Florida three days ago, Miami-Dade Mayor Danielle Levine Cava announced Sunday...