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Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:20:02 +0000
Three Men on Kidnap, Rape Rampage Get 45 Years in Jail in Jordan
The Criminal Court last week sentenced three men to increased prison terms ranging from 40 to 45 years in prison after convicting them of abducting and sexually assaulting women in the Kingdom in 2020...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 07:53:44 +0000
US Officials Claim Russia Almost Ready to Invade Ukraine
Russia has assembled 70% of the military personnel and weapons on Ukraine's border needed to launch a full-scale invasion of the country, according to the latest U...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 07:43:31 +0000
Moroccans to Bury ‘Little Rayan’ (AFP)
Morocco prepared Monday to bury “little Rayan,” the five-year-old boy who died trapped in a well despite a days-long rescue operation that gripped the world...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 07:42:32 +0000
Cyclone Batsirai Kills 6, Displaces Thousands
At least six people are confirmed dead in Madagascar after Tropical Cyclone Batsirai slammed its eastern coastline overnight, the country’s disaster management agency said Sunday...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 07:08:45 +0000
Palestinian President Slams Israeli Settlement Activity
The Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) kicked off its 31st session Sunday in the West Bank city of Ramallah under the shadow of a boycott by some Palestinian factions...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 07:08:30 +0000
Iraq Recovers Hundreds of Trafficked Antiquities
Iraq on Sunday received hundreds of trafficked antiquities from Lebanon. The artifacts had been in the Nabu Museum, a private institution in Lebanon’s Byblos region, and the handover took place at the National Museum with the items given to Ir...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 20:22:49 +0000
Breaking: Hoshyar Zebari Flagged From Running For Iraqi President's Post
ALBAWABA - Iraq's Supreme Court has suspended, albeit on a temporary basis, Hoshyar Zebari from running for the post of president that is to be voted on by the country's parliament, Monday on 7 February, 2022...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 13:25:02 +0000
African Union Suspends Israeli 'Observer Status' Till Further Study 
ALBAWABA - News websites on the social media have been buzzing  with many saying the African Union conference in Addis Ababa has revoked its decision to grant Israel "Observor Status"  in the pan-African organization...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 12:26:42 +0000
Arabism With 'The Israeli Enemy' is Rejected - Hezbollah's Sheikh Nabil
Hezbullah central council member Sheikh Nabil Qaouq on Sunday lashed out at what he called “the Arabism that is allied with the Israeli enemy...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 11:41:01 +0000
Egypt, UAE China Leaders Meet in Beijing
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed on Saturday held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss ways of developing ties and opportunities for increasing joint cooperation, especially in investment and economy...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 11:25:56 +0000
Violent Clashes Erupt at UNAMID Camp in North Darfur
Four people were killed following violent clashes on Saturday at the former UNAMID headquarters between government joint forces and an armed group that sought to steals several containers...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 11:04:22 +0000
Kais Saied Goes After The Tunisian Judiciary This Way! (AFP)
Tunisian President Kais Saied has dissolved a major independent judicial watchdog, he said Sunday, accusing it of bias and working for special interests...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:49:05 +0000
Lebanon: Flawed Investigations of Politically-Sensitive Murders
Multiple failures, gross negligence, and procedural violations in four politically sensitive murder investigations in the past two years reflect that generous donor funding and training to Lebanon’s security forces and judiciary have not ...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:46:17 +0000
Ottawa: Canadian Truckers Protest For The 2nd Week
Canadian truckers have descended on Ottawa and other cities for the second weekend of protests against the country's COVID-19 restrictions and mandates...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:40:05 +0000
Lebanon Pressures Israel to Demarcate Maritime Borders
In anticipation of US Envoy for Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein’s expected visit to Lebanon next week to discuss maritime border demarcation, Lebanon sent a letter to the UN “to shift negotiations on the southern maritime border from Line 23 to Lin...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:38:01 +0000
Are We Doing Enough to Stop ISIS?
The attack last month on the Kurdish-controlled Ghweyran prison in northeast Syria by 100 Daesh extremists, eerily reminiscent of the 2013 Abu Ghraib jailbreak, was the most sophisticated operation by the terroristssince their supposed defeat three y...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:18:09 +0000
Uyghur Turks in The US Protest The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Uyghur Turks in the U.S. protested the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in front of the White House on Saturday Feb...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 09:58:07 +0000
UK Halts Free Medication, Toiletries for Afghan Asylum Seekers
Asylum seekers in Britain being housed in hotels have been told by the UK Home Office to pay for non-basic toiletries themselves, a letter has revealed...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 09:22:20 +0000
Muslims Marginalized in India's Politics, Experts say
Muslim experts and politicians encouraged the community in a webinar Saturday to come together and consider why the group has been marginalized and has become untouchable in current-day Indian politics...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 09:13:44 +0000
UNICEF Meets Child Survivors of the Attack on Syria Prison
Statement by Bo Viktor Nylund, UNICEF Syria Representative Yesterday, UNICEF met with some of the children still detained in the Ghwayran detention centre, in al-Hasakah, northeast Syria...



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