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Month: March 2021

Beached vessel in Suez Canal causes consternation

1 year ago
Efforts to dislodge a 400 m (1,312 foot) long container vessel that has choked traffic along the Suez Canal resumed at high tide on Thursday, with five tugs working to drag the vessel to deeper water, according to ship-tracking data. The Ever Given vessel ran aground diagonally across the single-lane stretch of the southern canal […]
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UN Khashoggi investigators allegedly receiving death threats

1 year ago
A senior Saudi official denied on Thursday he had threatened to harm the human rights expert who led the U.N. investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after the United Nations confirmed the expert’s account of the threat. Agnes Callamard, the U.N. expert on summary killings, has said that a Saudi official threatened at […]
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Revenge killings jeopardise Libyan peace

1 year ago
Gunmen assassinated an eastern Libyan commander wanted for war crimes on Wednesday, medics said, underscoring the risks of violent escalation on the ground that poses the biggest challenge to Libya’s new unity government. Mahmoud al-Werfalli was shot from a car outside a hospital in Benghazi alongside two of his bodyguards, military sources said, amid growing […]
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Breaking with Trump, Biden wants US anti-terror troops in Afghanistan

1 year ago
The Biden administration is looking to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan past a May 1 deadline while exploring a deal in which the Taliban would allow a U.S. counter-terrorism force to remain as they confront their Islamic State foes, a top U.S. lawmaker said on Wednesday. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith’s […]
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Saudi coalition protects international shipping in Hodeidah

1 year ago
The Saudi-led coalition has cleared four fuel ships to dock at Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hodeidah, two sources familiar with the matter said, after Yemen’s internationally recognised government said on Wednesday it had approved entry of some vessels. The move came after the Iran-aligned Houthi group, which has been battling the coalition for six […]
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The Churches are Suffering

1 year ago
Biden prays and says Rosaries, but his policies are a “stalling strategy”, which allows economic conditions to change in ways that confuse deals that were made during The Trump Administration. The “stalling strategy” also makes life more difficult for the churches, who are losing money which would normally be coming in from tourism and even […]
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Israel in another election stalemate as COVID rages

1 year ago
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s prospects for retaining power were uncertain on Wednesday after exit polls in Israel’s fourth national election in two years projected yet another stalemate. With final results not due until later in the week, the forecasts indicated that even Netanyahu’s stewardship of a world-beating COVID-19 vaccination rollout - a showcase of his […]
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Mideast quartet decides to resume Israel-Palestine peace negotiations

1 year ago
The Middle East quartet of mediators - the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations - discussed on Tuesday reviving “meaningful negotiations” between Israel and the Palestinians with the aim of a two-state solution. In a statement following their meeting, the quartet said that both Israel and the Palestinians need “to refrain […]
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Saudis wants Lebanon to settle new cabinet once and for all

1 year ago
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Beirut urged Lebanese political parties on Tuesday to quickly agree a new government to pull the country from financial crisis after months of political wrangling. A standoff between President Michel Aoun and Saad al-Hariri, who was designated as prime minister last October, has delayed a deal on a new government as […]
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France eager to reopen Tripoli embassy

1 year ago
France will reopen its embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli next Monday to show its support for the North African country’s new authorities, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. Libya’s new unity government took office on March 16 from two warring administrations that had ruled eastern and western regions, completing a smooth transition of power […]
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Saudi to launch train between two holy mosques

1 year ago
The Royal Commission for Makkah City and Holy Sites on Monday signed an agreement with the Saudi Railway Co. (SAR) for the maintenance and operations of the Haramain train in cooperation with the Makkah Region Development Authority and the Ministry of Finance. As per the agreement, SAR will be responsible for the maintenance and operations […]
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Facebook shuts down pages that spread fake COVID news

1 year ago
Facebook Inc. said on Monday it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December last year. The company also removed more than 12 million pieces of content about COVID-19 and vaccines that global health experts flagged as misinformation, it said in a blog post. Source: Arab News
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Pakistan takes transgender world by storm with new Islamic school

1 year ago
A long white shawl on her head, Rani Khan gives daily Koran lessons at Pakistan’s first transgender-only madrasa, or Islamic religious school, which she set up herself using her life savings. The madrasa is an important milestone for the LGBTQ community in the overwhelmingly fundamental Muslim country, where transgender people face ostracism, even though there […]
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Sanctions war between West and China over Xinjiang

1 year ago
The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the first such coordinated Western action against Beijing under new U.S. President Joe Biden. Chinese territory of Xinjiang, Beijing hit back immediately with punitive measures against the EU that appeared broader, including European […]
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Saudis propose new peace initiative, Houthis not eager

1 year ago
Saudi Arabia presented a new peace initiative on Monday to end the war in Yemen, including a nationwide ceasefire and the reopening of air and sea links, but its Houthi enemies said the offer did not appear to go far enough to lift a blockade. The initiative, announced by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin […]
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