Justice was “trampled” on with the death sentence meted out on Monday to five Saudis for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Paris-based media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders said. The group’s secretary general, Christophe [ More … ]
Kingdom reportedly said it would send ‘Pakistani workers back, will withdraw its $6bn deposited in SBP’! FO spokesperson says Pakistan did not participate in KL Summit to avoid possible division in Ummah!! By: Mian Abrar, [ More … ]
Unity of Islamic world is crucial in solving the Muslim communities’ problems and the quadripartite summit with Malaysia, Qatar and Iran shows the intention to achieve that end, Erdogan said Turkey will continue its cooperation [ More … ]
The UAE hired a US lobbying firm to convince Senators to impose sanctions on Turkey, according to the Anadolu Agency . The news agency said it had obtained an email sent by Charles Johnson, a [ More … ]
An email seen by Anadolu reveals a US-based firm called on legislators to impose sanctions on Turkey over Syria operation. A lobbying firm working on behalf of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been trying [ More … ]
UAE firm breached UN arms embargo over decommissioned ship, Security Council said, according to the Irish Times. The former Irish Naval Service patrol ship, the LÉ Aisling, was sold to one of the participants in [ More … ]
The United Arab Emirates has been hiring former White House executives and intelligence officials for spying missions, according to a report by Reuters on Tuesday. Following the 11 September attacks, the former American counterterrorism czar, [ More … ]
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will not attend the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, due to open in Riyadh today. Instead, he assigned his Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al [ More … ]
The UAE representative in Damascus, Abdul-Hakim Al-Naimi, reportedly hailed the “wise leadership” of Syrian regime leader Bashar Al-Assad and stressed that his country maintains “strong” relations with Syria. He hoped that “safety and security prevail [ More … ]
Parliament to meet on Sunday to decide on Iraqi PM’s fate amid continuing anti-government protests. Iraqi PM resignation would only be ‘first step’, protesters say Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi submitted his resignation to [ More … ]
At least 28 people have reportedly been shot dead by security forces across Iraq as protesters torched the Iranian embassy in the southern city of Najaf. A curfew was imposed in the city following the [ More … ]
Iran’s interior minister says hundreds of banks and government sites were torched by protesters, estimated at up to 200,000 people who have taken part in nationwide disturbances sparked by a hike in petrol prices while [ More … ]
Erdogan: Turkey-Qatar military base serves regional ‘stability’ President Erdogan says base in Qatar with 5,000 Turkish troops is now complete, calling it a ‘symbol of brotherhood’. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday the construction of a [ More … ]
A London-based Saudi rights group says the Saudi citizens were taken from their homes in Riyadh and Jeddah Saudi Arabia has detained at least eight people, including intellectuals, writers and entrepreneurs, the London-based Saudi rights [ More … ]
Tel Aviv said it carried out dozens of strikes against the Iranian elite Quds’ Force and the Syrian military near Damascus, allegedly in response to four rockets fired at Israel on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Israeli defense [ More … ]
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