Palestinian President: Conflict with Israeli is Against Occupation Not Judaism
Dortmund, Germany, March 26 (QNA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas underlined that the conflict with Israel is not against Judaism but against the occupation that controls the people of Palestine and their land. Addressing a ceremony to receive the prestigious Steiger’s Hope in Peace Award in the German city of Dortmund last night, President Abbas […]
Hungarian Parliament Speaker Meets Qatari Ambassador
Budapest, March 26 (QNA) – Hungary’s Parliament Speaker Laszlo Kover has met with HE Qatar’s Ambassador to Hungary Mohammed bin Hamad Al Khalifa. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations and ways of developing them, in addition to issues of common concern. (QNA)
Russian opposition leader arrested amid wave of anti-corruption protests
Author: HOWARD AMOS and JIM HEINTZ | APSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490533591200032300MOSCOW: Thousands of people crowded into Moscow’s Pushkin Square on Sunday for an unsanctioned protest against the Russian government, part of a wave of demonstrations taking place throughout the country.Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption campaigner who is leading the opposition to President Vladimir Putin, was arrested while walking from […]
Egyptian court jails 56 over migrant boat shipwreck
Author: ReutersSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490533591240032600RASHID, Egypt: An Egyptian court sentenced 56 people to prison terms of up to 14 years on Sunday over the capsizing of a boat that killed over 200 people, one of the deadliest disasters in the dangerous Mediterranean crossings of migrants to Europe.The boat capsized off the Egyptian coast on Sept. 21. Rescue workers […]
Egypt’s last Jews aim to keep alive heritage
Author: Emmanuel Parisse | AFPSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490501093448002600 CAIRO, Egypt: Once a flourishing community, only a handful of Egyptian Jews, mostly elderly women, remain in the Arab world’s most populous country, aiming at least to preserve their heritage. Egypt still has about a dozen synagogues, but like many of the country’s monuments they need restoration. Part of the […]
Iran imposes sanctions on 15 US companies
Author: NASSER KARIMI | APSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490522479518948100TEHRAN, Iran: Iran said Sunday it has imposed sanctions on 15 American companies over their alleged support for Israel, terrorism and repression in the region.A Foreign Ministry statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency said the companies are barred from any agreements with Iranian firms and that former and current […]
Iraqi military says 61 bodies pulled from collapsed Mosul site
Author: ReutersSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490516855878565400 BAGHDAD: Iraqi’s military said on Sunday 61 bodies had been recovered from a collapsed building that was boobytrapped by Daesh in Western Mosul, but there was no sign it had been hit by a coalition strike though a large vehicle bomb was discovered nearby. The statement was a response to reports by eyewitnesses […]
Hamas shuts Gaza crossing, blames Israel for assassination
Author: Agence France PresseSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490512134088322400GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Hamas shut the crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel on Sunday after blaming the Jewish state for the assassination of one of its officials in the Palestinian enclave.A statement from the interior ministry in Gaza, run by Islamist movement Hamas, said it was shutting the Erez crossing […]
Decline of ancient trade route deepens Yemeni food crisis
Author: Maha El Dahan and Michael Georgy | ReutersSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490512134078322300 SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates: Captains of small wooden dhows are carrying food and wares from the United Arab Emirates to war-torn Yemen. But supplies are falling even from this centuries-old Arabian sea route that is one of the last lifelines to a country on the brink […]
Airstrike kills 16 Syrian civilians
Author: AFP, REUTERSSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490476571834231200BEIRUT: At least 16 civilians were killed and dozens wounded on Saturday in an airstrike on an opposition-held area outside Syria’s capital Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. It said it was not immediately clear who was responsible for the strike on the town Hammuriyeh in the opposition bastion of […]
