Bedouin coming-of-age drama competes for Oscar nod
A coming-of-age drama set among Bedouin tribesmen roaming the desert emerged as the first potential Oscar contender produced by Jordan's nascent film industry.
"Theeb" (Wolf),...
Syria, Yemen, Libya — one factor unites these failed states, and it isn’t religion
As world leaders gather in Paris this week to address climate change, they will labor under the shadow of recent attacks by Islamic State....
KSA blames world silence for Assad’s killing spree
Saudi Arabia has expressed dismay over international community's utter ignorance of the lives of Syrians battered by Bashar Assad’s regime and its inability to...
Iran plans to launch new satellite amid Washington concerns
On February 1, the head of Iran's space agency said the 113-kilogramme Zafar, "Victory" in Farsi, would be launched into orbit 530 kilometres above...
Lebanese MPs relocated to a theater amid protests and Coronavirus
Lebanese MPs were sprayed with sanitizer as they arrived for a legislative session on Tuesday that was relocated from the Beirut parliament building to...
First reported Coronavirus death amid Yemen rebels
Stoking new fears of a major outbreak in the war-torn country, Yemen's Huthi rebels Tuesday announced the first Coronavirus death in the capital Sanaa,...
Politics plague Israeli virus response ahead of holidays
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long cultivated a symbiotic relationship with the country’s ultra-Orthodox parties, doling out generous...
Warnings of a new spike in infections in Iran
The COVID-19 respiratory disease has killed 6,640 people in Iran since the first two fatalities were reported in the city of Qom on February...
War between Saudi Arabia and Iran could send Oil Prices To $250
The rift between Saudi Arabia and Iran has quickly ballooned into the worst conflict in decades between the two countries.
The back-and-forth escalation quickly turned...
Over 15 million locked down in Italy over Coronavirus
In a drastic step from the government to stop the spread of the deadly Coronavirus, a quarter of the Italian population was in lock-down...
