Author: Fri, 2020-07-31 02:28 BAGHDAD: Nearly 2,000 Yazidi children freed from the grips of Daesh in recent years are still trapped by psychological and physical trauma, Amnesty International warned on Thursday. In a new report based on dozens of interviews … read more
Thu, 2020-07-30 23:33 CHICAGO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the UN to renew its arms embargo against Iran before it expires on Oct. 18, during testimony at Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the State Department’s annual budget. … read more
Wed, 2020-07-29 22:02 GAZA CITY: On the eve of Eid Al-Adha, cash-strapped Saeed Zeitawi bemoaned that for the first time in 20 years he had not been able to buy a sacrificial animal for the Muslim festival. The 49-year-old Palestinian, … read more
Author: Wed, 2020-07-29 21:33 AMMAN: Jordan is moving to hold elections for the House of Representatives, according to a Royal Court statement issued on Wednesday. Ali Khawaldeh, director-general of the Ministry of Political and Parliamentary Affairs, told Arab News the … read more
Wed, 2020-07-29 21:25 AL-MUKALLA: Yemenis on Wednesday expressed cautious optimism after the government and separatists accepted a Saudi-brokered proposal to accelerate the implementation of the Riyadh Agreement. Leading figures also praised the Kingdom for its pivotal role in sponsoring and … read more