1,500 succumbed to cholera in Yemen
A rapidly spreading cholera outbreak in Yemen has claimed 1,500 lives since April and is suspected of sickening 246,000 people, the World Health Organisation [WHO]…
Man falls to his death, another gets arrested for rape in Dubai
A man jumped to his death while his friend was apprehended for raping a woman and stealing her money when her friends stormed into a…
Daesh burns own senior member on disclosing death of Al-Baghdadi
A well-informed local source in Northwestern Iraq reported that ISIS has burned Abu Qatibeh alive on charges of implying the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,…
Armenian armed forces fired 24 mortar shells at Azerbaijani positions in Karabakh
The units of Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire in various directions of the front line 124 times during the day using 60 and 82…
Oil prices rose on first drop in USA drilling in months
Oil prices rose on Monday, lifted by the first fall in U.S. drilling activity in months, although gains were capped by reports of rising OPEC…
Arab states give Qatar 48-hour extension
Saudi Arabia and three other Arab states have extended the deadline for Qatar to accept a list of demands or face further sanctions by 48…
Saudi Arabia gave Emir of Qatar an opportunity to redirect history
In the event you have noticed the hullabaloo about Qatar and wonder what it is about, it is about Al Jazeera, a news organization, established…
Iraq and Syria: Who is really fighting there?
Afghan journalist Ali M. Latifi in his long Sunday Times Review article explains how Iran is recruiting Afghan refugees into its proxy war in Syria….
Iran blames USA on shooting down of passenger plane
Foreign Ministry in a statement condemned US cowardly act in shooting down of an Iranian passenger plane on July 3, 1988 In its statement released…
2 imprisoned Azeri rights activists on hunger strike in Iran
After being detained for more than one year on unsubstantiated espionage charges, Azeri political activist Habib Sasanian began a hunger strike on June 13, 2017,…