Khokha (Yemen) (AFP) – The battle for a major rebel-controlled port in Yemen has left more than 100 soldiers and insurgents dead in less than a week, medics and military sources said Saturday. Yemeni forces are fighting to close in on the Red Sea port of Hodeida, the main conduit for humanitarian supplies into a […]
Saudi Arabia warns of new Gulf War targeting Qatar if it buys Russian Missile Defense
Paris (AFP) – Saudi Arabia has threatened military action against Qatar if it goes ahead and acquires Russia’s top of the range S-400 air defence missile system, Le Monde daily reported. Citing information it had obtained, Le Monde said Friday that Riyadh had written to French President Emmanuel Macron asking him to intervene to prevent […]
Spain: After 7 Years of Conservative Corruption, Austerity, Socialists come to Power
by Patrick RAHIR | – Madrid (AFP) – Spanish Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez will be sworn in as prime minister on Saturday, a day after ousting Mariano Rajoy in a no-confidence vote in parliament sparked by fury over his party’s corruption woes. Sanchez, a 46-year-old economist with no government experience, will take the oath of […]
Syria’s Assad gives Kurds option of Negotiation or War, Demands US Leave
Damascus (AFP) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned US-backed Kurdish forces he would not hesitate to use force to retake the third of the country they control. “The only problem left in Syria is the SDF,” Assad told Russia Today in an interview aired Thursday, referring to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces which has […]
Iran gives French Oil Giant a Deadline for Choosing between its NatGas or Trump
Tehran (AFP) – Iran’s oil minister on Wednesday gave French energy giant Total 60 days to win a sanctions waiver from Washington or it would lose its stake in a multi-billion-dollar gas project. “Total has 60 days to negotiate with the US government,” said Bijan Zanganeh, according to the oil ministry’s Shana news agency. “The […]
After arrest of Feminists, Saudi Arabia sets Harsh Penalties for Sexual Harassment
Riyadh (AFP) – Saudi Arabia is preparing to outlaw sexual harassment, officials said Tuesday, less than a month before the conservative kingdom lifts its decades-long ban on women driving. The kingdom’s Shura Council, which advises the cabinet, approved a draft law on Monday which would introduce a prison term of up to five years and […]
Palestinians in Gaza Plan to Try to Breach Israeli Sea Blockade
Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Palestinians in the Gaza Strip will try to breach Israel’s blockade by boat this week in a fresh challenge to Israeli forces following weeks of deadly protests and clashes, organisers said Sunday. Few details were given on the plans, but organisers said the boat would depart on Tuesday at […]
Israeli Supreme Court Lets Army Shoot Unarmed Protesters in Violation of anti-Nazi Geneva Accords
Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the military’s use of lethal force against Palestinians during protests and clashes on the Gaza border. In the 41-page ruling published by the justice ministry Thursday night the panel of three justices unanimously rejected a petition by Israeli and Palestinian rights groups to restrain the army’s […]
Saudis to let women drive but Jail a dozen Women’s Rights Activists
Dubai (AFP) – Saudi authorities have widened a crackdown on women’s rights advocates, detaining at least three more activists a month before the kingdom lifts its decades-old ban on women drivers, campaigners said Tuesday. Saudi authorities on Saturday announced the arrest of seven people, mostly identified by rights groups as women who have long campaigned […]
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