A candidate for the Interpol presidency has had torture accusations formally filed against him Interpol | Human Rights | Torture This article contains no opinion from either Al-Sahawat Times nor any journalist. All accusations are quoted from filed complaints. Ahmed al-Raisi, the UAE candidate for the Interpol presidency has had…
Bahrain announced new regulations to tackle COVID19 Middle East | GCC | Bahrain | COVID19 BNA is the state run news service from Bahrain Bahrain has announced strict regulations to deal with the COVID19 pandemic, including closing most commercial activities and schools and implementing remote work from home for 70%…
Iran says IAEA access to nuclear sites has ended Middle East | Iran | Nuclear Programmes FACT CHACK: The three month monitoring deal between Iran and the IAEA always had a natural expiration date. International Atomic Energy Agency is the UN’s nuclear watchdog. The three month long monitoring deal between Iran and…
Leaders from across the world have reacted to Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque amid growing tensions in Jerusalem Middle-East | Israel |Palestine More than 200 Palestinian civilians were wounded last night (Friday night) at Al-Aqsa mosque during Taraweeh in the month of Ramadan. Al-Aqsa mosque is the third most holy…
UK to pay Iran £400 million to free prisoner, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, British prisoner in Iran. UK citizen, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was sentenced to 5 years in prison in Iran back in April 2016. She was found guilty of being a British spy trying to over throw the Iranian government….
Stranded Syrian sailor returns home after 4 years on abandoned boat Stranded Syrian sailor, stranded on an abandoned boat off the coast of Egypt for four years, finally allowed to return home. Syrian, Mohammed Aisha joined his “cursed” ship, the MV Aman, almost 4 years ago, on 5 May 2017….
COVID-19 | OMAN suspends travel from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh COVID | Sultanate of Oman – Travel Regulations – Travel suspended from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Oman has announced today that entry into the Sultanate of Oman will be barred, for those travelling from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The travel…
UAE woman, Areej Al-Hammadi, breaks soccer trick Guinness World Record for Hotstepping Guinness World Record – Soccer Trick – Hotstepping, new world record set by woman from UAE Shattering sports gender preconceptions, Areej Al-Hammadi, a young woman from the United Arab Emirates, has shattered the Guinness World Record for the…
UK courts expose British SAS in nightly atrocities against Afghan civilians British SAS exposed in UK Courts for nightly atrocities against Afghan civilians A British High Court case launched by a young man whose entire family was murdered brought evidence of a horrifying pattern of nightly raids filled with killings,…
Oman to end lockdown in Muscat Middle-East | GCC | OMAN to end lockdown in Muscat Oman’s Supreme Committee for COVID19 announced today that lockdown will end in the whole of the capital city, Muscat as well as the entire Muscat Governorate on Friday. Additionally a special messure that allowed…
