Arab and International

Trump Threatens to Adjourn US Congress to Make Recess Appointments

Thursday, 16 April 2020

US President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday there had been “a concerted effort” by congressional Democrats “to make life difficult” by refusing to approve his nominations for several vacant offices. The Senate is in recess until May 4, although ...

Jobless Caims in US Reach 22 Million over Four Weeks

Thursday, 16 April 2020

Americans filed 5.2 million jobless claims last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, pushing the four-week total to over 22 million as the coronavirus pandemic continued to send the workforce into a tailspin. The new report, which covers t...

Coronavirus Infections Top 2 Million Worldwide

Wednesday, 15 April 2020

The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 126,898 on Wednesday, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT from official sources. More than 2,001,200 declared cases have been registered in 193 countries and territor...

Coronavirus Updates: US Death Toll Tops 26,000

Wednesday, 15 April 2020

The coronavirus death toll in the US surpassed 26,000 Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were more than 609,000 confirmed cases in the country. The United States recorded 2,228 deaths related to the coronavirus over the past 24 h...

Zionist warships target Gaza fishermen

Wednesday, 15 April 2020

Warships of Zionist enemy targeted on Wednesday with machine gun fire Palestinian fishermen boats off the sea of the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. The news agency “Safa” quoted eyewitnesses as saying: The Zionist gunboats targeted t...

Oman reports 86 new coronavirus cases

Wednesday, 15 April 2020

The Omani Health Ministry Tuesday reported 86 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s overall infections to 813 and four deaths. The ministry confirmed that six more patients of Covid-19 have recovered, raising the number of recoveries to 130 ...

Egyptian officer, seven terrorists killed in Cairo shootout

Wednesday, 15 April 2020

Egypt’s Interior Ministry announced that a national security officer killed and another one along with several soldiers were wounded in a shootout in Cairo on Tuesday. The ministry said in a statement that the police forces exchange of fire with a t...

Coronavirus Global Death Toll Tops 120,000

Tuesday, 14 April 2020

The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 120,013 on Tuesday, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT from official sources. More than 1,923,390 declared cases have been registered in 193 countries and territorie...

UK Coronavirus Death Toll Rises by Over 800 in 24 Hours

Tuesday, 14 April 2020

UK health officials on Tuesday reported that the country’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has increased by at least 813 in the last 24 hours with England alone recording 744 more deaths. On Monday, UK health authorities reported that the t...

Curfew lifted in Jordan

Tuesday, 14 April 2020

Jordan ended a period of total curfew in the kingdom’s provinces at midnight of Monday, during which citizens were prevented from leaving their homes altogether. With the end of the 48-hour ban, citizens are allowed to leave their homes to provide s...

Libyan army shoots down Turkish drone south of Tripoli capital

Tuesday, 14 April 2020

The Libyan National Army, led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar shot down a Turkish drone plane that took off from the Maitiqa military base in the capital Tripoli, the Libyan National Army (LNA) said Tuesday. The Libyan National Army’s Military Infor...

Writer: Iraqis United to Get America out of Their Country

Monday, 13 April 2020

Lendman said, “There's no question that the Iraqis want the US out. The US has no intention of leaving. All countries it went to war against, it occupies them, it considers them permanent US sovereign territory, wants to exploit the people, wants to ...

Palestine Says Israel Abusing COVID-19 to Grab More Lands

Monday, 13 April 2020

Palestinians believe Israel is taking advantage of the disease caused by the coronavirus pandemic to grab more of their lands and to escalate aggression against the people of Palestine.   Head of the anti-settlement commission of the Palestini...