Author: Zaynab Khojji ID: 1572724663294121900 Sat, 2019-11-02 22:57 BAGHDAD: The mass demonstrations in Iraq have heightened tensions between Najaf’s supreme religious authority, led by Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Al-Sistani, and Iran’s supreme religious leader Ali Khamenei, sources close to Sistani … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1572721582973901300 Sat, 2019-11-02 18:42 BEIRUT: The television station of Lebanon’s powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah protested Saturday that most of its Twitter accounts had been suspended. Al-Manar accused the US-based social media platform of giving in to “political … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1572714751813288100 Sat, 2019-11-02 15:57 ALGIERS: Five candidates will run in Algeria’s presidential election next month, including two former prime ministers, the head of the election authority said on Saturday, amid mass protests rejecting the vote. The authorities … read more
Sat, 2019-11-02 00:55 WASHINGTON: The US said on Thursday it had imposed sanctions on the Iranian construction sector and trade in four materials used in its military or nuclear programs, even as it waived sanctions to let foreign firms continue … read more
Author: Sat, 2019-11-02 00:43 BAGDHdad: Iraqis have defied a crackdown to stage their biggest protests yet after the country’s leading Shiite cleric warned the government against the use of violence to curb demonstrations. The number of protesters on the streets … read more