1,420 released prisoners in Tunis over Coronavirus
Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Tuesday ordered the release on 1,420 prisoners in an amnesty to combat the spread of the Coronavirus in prisons,...
Lowest monthly death toll in 9 years in Syria
Marking the lowest monthly non-combatant death toll since the start of the conflict in 2011, the war in Syria killed 103 civilians in March,...
Former president Mubarak buried in a military funeral
Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak will be buried on Wednesday in a military funeral in Cairo.
He died on Tuesday in intensive care weeks after...
9-year Syria trauma, war crimes and suffering
UN investigators are determined to continue documenting violations and hope that one day justice will be served after nine years of chronicling war crimes...
Coronavirus poses a new threat to Algerian protest movement
The street demonstrations in Algiers and other cities take place on Fridays and Tuesdays, and protesters are watching to see whether a global epidemic...
U.S. shale investors still waiting on payoff from oil boom
U.S. oil production has topped 10 million barrels per day, approaching a record set in 1970, but many investors in the companies driving the...
Netanyahu withdraw his request for immunity on corruption charges
Hours before parliamentary proceedings were set to begin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew his request for immunity from prosecution on Tuesday.
In a statement...
Extended state of emergency amid Coronavirus crisis in Palestine
In response to the Coronavirus crisis, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has extended to June 5 a state of emergency declared in areas under his...
Why Is Pakistan Interested in Brokering Peace Between Iran and Saudi Arabia?
It’s been a particularly interesting week for Pakistani diplomacy. In a rare display, both Nawaz Sharif, the country’s prime minister, and General Raheel Sharif...
Two camps quarantined in Greece over Coronavirus
After a 53-year-old man tested positive for Coronavirus, Greece has quarantined a second migrant facility this week, the migration ministry said on Sunday.
The infected,...
