Harvey Weinstein trial: Jury finds Hollywood producer guilty of rape
Monday, February 24, 2020 from Middle East news
Beyond Israeli Elections: Israel at the Cusp of a Bleak Era
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, must be channeling the spirit of Houdini as he continues to plot his escape from one of the most convoluted political dilemmas in Israel’s history. It is no secret that Netanyahu’s political...
Sanders: AIPAC is a platform ‘for leaders who express bigotry’
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said he will not attend the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference because it is a platform for leaders who “express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights”. In a tweet,...
Weather: Ice and snow warnings as temperatures set to plunge
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from Middle East news
Leak: Syria forces targeted fleeing elderly civilians
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
WATCH: Babies are freezing to death in Syria
Coronavirus shuts Venice's Carnival and threatens Italy's economy
Monday, February 24, 2020 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
It is unclear how the virus reached Italy. Milan, the nation's business capital, has been hit hard, as well as cities in the surrounding Lombardy region.
Climate change could pose 'catastrophic' security threat, experts warn
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from
Climate change could become a “catastrophic” threat to global security, as people lose their livelihoods, fall ill and battle over scarce water and food, a host of US security, military and intelligence experts warned on...
50 dead as coronavirus hits Iran’s Qom
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
Fifty people have died in the Iranian city of Qom from the new strain of the coronavirus so far this month, Iran’s news agency ILNA reported today. On Friday, Iranian officials reported 12 deaths from a total of 47 cases, according to...
More than 79,000 people globally infected with COVID-19 coronavirus: in pictures
Monday, February 24, 2020 from Middle East news
Fourth prisoner dies of medical negligence in Egypt
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
Ahmed Abdel Moneim Qandil, 35, has become the fourth person to die in an Egyptian prison this month from medical negligence. Qandil, a social and psychological education specialist with two children, who had previously been detained in...
Coronavirus Pandemic Could Sicken Global Economy
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from Middle East - Voice of America
The growing spread of the coronavirus has rattled stock markets in every continent
Turkey: Pilot arrested for skidding off plane on runway
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
An airline pilot was arrested on Monday after the Turkish passenger plane he was flying skidded off the runway at an Istanbul airport earlier this month, according to judicial sources, Anadolu reports. Prosecutors in the capital Ankara...
Coronavirus: Iran denies cover-up as death toll rises to 12
Monday, February 24, 2020 from BBC News - Middle East
A minister rejects a claim that 50 people have died in Qom, the centre of Iran's Covid-19 outbreak.
As Hay festival opens in the UAE, authors condemn free speech abuses
Monday, February 24, 2020 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
Stephen Fry, Noam Chomsky and more than 40 NGOs say the country’s support for the event is at odds with its record on human rights As bestselling authors from Jung Chang to Bernardine Evaristo prepare to gather in Abu Dhabi for the first...
Israel has no moral high ground after violating a Palestinian corpse in Gaza
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
Restoring its lost “power of deterrence” has been always Israel’s pretext for using excessive force against Palestinians, especially in the besieged Gaza Strip. “Changing the rules of engagement” is another term that we hear from Israeli...
Israel shuts Erez crossing in occupied Gaza
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from
Israel has closed the Erez crossing located in the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, local media reported yesterday. “The Erez crossing will be closed until a further announcement,” the Coordinator of Israeli Government...
US, ROK Militaries May Scale Back Exercises Amid Outbreak
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from Middle East - Voice of America
As of Sunday, 13 members of South Korea’s armed forces had tested positive for the coronavirus
Turkey to continue drilling in eastern Mediterranean with UK ship
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
Turkey has purchased its third offshore drilling ship which will arrive in the country in the next two weeks, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Monday. “We ordered a new drilling ship from Britain called Sertao,” Donmez told an energy...
North African countries mull 'curtailing Turkey’s influence in region'
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from
Egyptian intelligence chief, Abbas Kamel, yesterday kicked off a tour around the Arab North African countries, including the eastern region in Libya, led by the rebel general Khalifa Haftar, to discuss “limiting the Turkish role in the...
Knesset speaker: Next government will annex West Bank territory
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
Israel’s Knesset Speaker yesterday vowed that the government will proceed with the annexation of territory in the occupied West Bank, regardless of the election result. According to pro-settler news outlet Arutz Sheva, Yuli Edelstein...
‘Recipe for a Massive Viral Outbreak’: Iran Emerges as a Worldwide Threat
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from NYT > Middle East
Long a regional crossroads, Iran is spreading the new coronavirus to a host of neighboring countries. Many are ill-equipped to cope.
What time is the Feb. 25 South Carolina Democratic debate and who is onstage?
Monday, February 24, 2020 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
The Democratic debate in South Carolina is one of the last (free) chances presidential candidates have to make their case to voters in that state.
Likud moves ahead of Blue and White in the polls a week before Israel election
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
The Likud party moved narrowly ahead of the Blue and White opposition list in the polls for the first time, reported Haaretz, a week before Israel’s third election in a year. According to two polls published yesterday by Channel 12 and...
Tripoli requires halting Haftar’s attack to participate in Geneva talks
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from
Chairman of the Libyan High Council of State, Khaled Al-Mishri has expressed his readiness to participate in the Geneva talks scheduled for 26 February, provided that the forces of retired Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar stop their attacks...
Outrage as Ryanair chief exec says Muslim men should be profiled at airports
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
Ryanair’s chief executive has sparked outrage after saying Muslim men should be profiled at airports because “bombers” will “generally be of a Muslim persuasion”. In an interview with the Times published on Saturday, Michael O’Leary...
Only in apartheid Israel can an app offer option not to be picked up by Arab cab drivers
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
An Israeli taxi-hailing app, offering its Jewish customers the option which guarantees that they will not be picked up by an Arab cab driver, is being sued by human rights lawyers. Gett, a global firm with users in most major cities, is...
Coronavirus border closures is last thing Iran’s regime expected
Monday, February 24, 2020 from JPost.com - Middle East
Amid sanctions, floods and other pressures, the regime faces a real emerging crisis. ;
Sources: US Wants Afghan President to Postpone Inauguration
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from Middle East - Voice of America
Ghani claimed victory last week in a disputed Sept. 28 election and plans to take the oath of office on Thursday, an Afghan official says
Julian Assange put informants' lives at risk, U.S. says in extradition hearing
Monday, February 24, 2020 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have gathered outside a London courthouse where a judge is hearing a U.S. extradition case against him.
Egypt abolishes jail terms for businessmen to support economy
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
Egyptian parliament has announced that laws which allow investors to be imprisoned have been scrapped over fears that imposing jail terms on businessmen affects investment in the country. According to Arab News, parliamentary speaker Ali...
Libya: UAE sent 100 arms shipments to Haftar
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has dispatched some 100 shipments of weapons to renegade Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar since last month, the internationally recognized government said Monday, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the media...
Hard-line Iranian students threaten to destroy Jewish sites
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from JPost.com - Middle East
A hard-line student group in Iran has threatened to destroy the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in the north of the country in revenge for the Trump administration’s peace plan. ;
Israel MK: Database of settlement-complicit companies is ‘ethical stain’ on UN
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
Israeli opposition parliamentarian Yoaz Hendel assailed the United Nations-mandated list of companies complicit in West Bank settlements at an international conference in Vienna, describing the database as an “ethical stain” on the UN....
Kuwait Suspends Flights to S.Korea, Thailand, Italy Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
Monday, February 24, 2020 from Sputnik International
DOHA (Sputnik) - Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended flights to and from South Korea, Thailand, and Italy in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
'Words won’t save lives': Will Germany wake up after terror attack?
Monday, February 24, 2020 from JPost.com - Middle East
Members of Kurdish minority worry after attack by far-right terrorist, link attack tor rising hate crimes and antisemitic attacks. ;
Germany: Memorial for Turkish victims of racist attack
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
A memorial ceremony was held Monday honoring three of four Turkish nationals slain in last week’s racist mass shooting in Germany, Anadolu reports. The ceremony for Fatih Saracoglu, Gokhan Gultekin, and Sedat Gurbuz was held in Hanau,...
Egypt executes ex-officer Hisham Al-Ashmawy, family not notified
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
The family of former Egyptian officer Hisham Al-Ashmawy said today that they have not been formally notified about his execution, his lawyer Khaled El-Masry told Reuters. Earlier, the online website of state newspaper Al-Ahram, and the...
Egypt: media denies execution of Hisham Ashmawi
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from
Egyptian media denied yesterday what was published about implementing the death sentence against a former army officer Hisham Ashmawi after a military court convicted him of carrying out “terrorist attacks” against Egyptian...
U.S. court upholds Trump's rule involving abortion cases
Monday, February 24, 2020 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision Monday overturned decisions issued by judges in Washington, Oregon and California.
Israel Closes 2 Gaza Strip Border Crossings Following Rocket Attacks
Monday, February 24, 2020 from Sputnik International
TEL AVIV/GAZA (Sputnik) - Israel is closing the crossings of Erez and Kerem Shalom at the Gaza Strip border as well as its fishing zone due to continuous rocket attacks, the Israeli Ministry of Defense's Coordination of Government...
Israel competes in UAE cycle event for the first time
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
An Israeli cycling team will be taking part in this week’s UAE Tour event for the first time despite there being no formal diplomatic relations between the two countries. Known as Start-Up Nation, the Israeli team is owned by...
Coronavirus: a quick guide to the outbreak sweeping the world
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from Middle East news
Iraq confirms first case of coronavirus
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
Iraq on Monday confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in the country’s Najaf city, Anadolu reports. Ridvan Kindi, the head of the Health Department in Najaf city in south of capital Baghdad, said an Iranian student has tested...
More than 30 injured after car 'driven into crowds' at carnival parade in Germany
Monday, February 24, 2020 from Middle East news
Hamas is a beacon of hope in the Arab nation
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
The thirty-third anniversary of the founding of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, known by its acronym Hamas, has passed without much fanfare, apart from a festival in the Gaza Strip at which officials shared enthusiastic...
UN-backed government in Libya suspends participation in Geneva talks
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has announced the suspension of its participation in the Geneva talks scheduled to begin on Wednesday. The UN aims to broker ceasefire talks in Geneva, but the GNA said in a press...
Jewish ‘hero’ in US Hanukkah attack refused $20,000 reward over Zionism
Monday, February 24, 2020 from
An Orthodox Jewish man hailed as a hero for stopping a machete-wielding man from causing further harm, having stabbed five people during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, has refused to accept a $20,000 reward...
Iran's Deadly Virus Outbreak Disrupts Daily Life, Heightens Public Anxieties
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from Middle East - Voice of America
Iranians' anxieties about the spread of the virus and difficulties in finding medical supplies were on display in several videos filmed Monday in Iran and sent to VOA Persian
Haiti Cancels Mardi Gras Festivities in Port-au-Prince
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from Middle East - Voice of America
Decision follows gunfight between protesting police officers and armed forces, which exacerbated security concerns
Death toll from coronavirus in Italy raises to 7, WHO warns of ‘potential pandemic’
Monday, February 24, 2020 from Middle East
A seventh person has died in Italy after being infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the number of deaths recorded on Monday to four and to seven the number of deaths reported in the peninsula, Ansa news agency has reported on Monday.