By Zakiya Afzani Qatar Crisis |Blockade deepens Restrictions on Qatar will continue after the nation rejected the ultimatum made by the international community, Saudi Arabia told Al-Sahawat Times in Cairo, Egypt. The foreign ministers of four Arab countries, meeting in Cairo, said they regretted Qatar’s “negative” response to their list…
By Zakiya Afzani North Korea |Freed US prisoner flown home in coma US student Otto Warmbier has been freed from jail in North Korea, but his parents say he has been in a coma for a year. The US secretary of state said the 22-year-old was on his way…
By Amir Ahmed Syrian forces reach Iraq border for first time in two years Syrian troops and their Arab allays fighting Daesh and other insurgents have reached the Iraqi border for the first time since 2015, advancing close to a strategic area that has been at the centre of tensions…
By Rashid Al Saud Qatar left isolated as crisis deepens Egypt is just one of the latest countries to close it’s airspace to Qatari planes in a growing diplomatic row, with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain expected to do the same today. Several countries have cut ties with Qatar, accusing it…
By Muhammad Ashraf US troops have killed children in Yemen Children were killed in a US military raid in Yemen, a rights group has claimed, disputing the official report that seven al-Qaeda fighters died in Tuesday’s “counter-terrorism operation”. Local sources told London-based human rights group Reprieve that US navy Seals opened…
By Muhammad Karin Al-Sa’id Technology | Apple launches new website for iPhone photographers US President Donald Trump primarily discussed security and military deals with Gulf leaders on his second day in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he will later speak to Arab and Islamic leaders about Islam and combating terrorism. Trump…
By Muhammad Ashraf Trump has leaked top military secrets to Russia US President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former US officials, who said Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence regarding…
By Zakiya Afzani Anti-Trump joke sparks investigation into Colbert US comedian Stephen Colbert is to be investigated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over a joke about President Donald Trump. The body’s chairman Ajit Pai said it received several complaints about the monologue, which some viewers branded homophobic. …
By Musa Shabani USA | Trump to launch full and long term ground invasion of Iraq Donald Trump is pushing for a long-term deployment of US ground forces in Iraq in what could amount to a ‘repeal’ of his predecessor Barak Obama’s decision to end the American occupation of the…
By Zakiya Afzani Syria bans US planes from flying over it’s sovereign territory US-led coalition jets in Syria will not be allowed to fly over the so-called safe zones set to be established, said Alexander Lavrentyev, the head of Russia’s delegation to the Syrian peace talks, in comments carried by…
