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German woman kidnapped in Baghdad: security source
A German national was kidnapped late Monday outside her office in central Baghdad, a security source and a friend told AFP. ...
Minister: Lebanon is nearing critical stage in virus cases
Lebanon's health minister says the financially troubled Mediterranean country, which has so far managed to contain the coronavirus, is sliding toward a critical stage with a new surge in infections after lockdown restrictions were lifted and the airport reopened. ...
Iran arrests ‘perpetrators’ of last week’s protests
Iranian police said Monday they had arrested people behind protests that broke out last week in the southwest of the country, state news agency IRNA reported. ...
Opposition chiefs blast ‘charade’ of Syrian vote
Syrians voted for a new parliament on Sunday in elections denounced by exiled opposition leaders as a farce and a charade. ...
Dialogue needed over issue of Lebanon's 'neutrality' in region
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab said on Saturday dialogue was needed over the country’s stance on regional conflicts, after meeting with a top Christian cleric who has urged Lebanon to remain neutral to help it out of its crisis. ...
Iran sends black box of Ukrainian plane to France
Iran has sent the black box of a Ukrainian passenger plane which was accidentally downed in Tehran earlier this year to France. ...
Iranian hackers accidentally leak hack-training videos
Iranian hackers accidentally leaked videos showing themselves teaching junior hackers how to break into email accounts and siphon data from them, it has been revealed. ...
Minister: Iraq to face severe water shortages as river flows drop
Iraq’s minister of water resources says his country will face severe water shortages if agreements are not forged with neighboring Turkey over Ankara’s irrigation and dam projects that have decreased river inflows to Iraq’s parched plains. ...
US, Gulf states impose sanctions on Daesh financiers in Turkey, Afghanistan
The United States and the Gulf Arab states have imposed sanctions on six targets they believe are associated with the terror group Daesh and its financing, the US announced yesterday. ...
Lebanon: Protesters launch the ‘National Civil Front’ in efforts to continue revolution
A coalition of Lebanese protesters, including activists, academics and lawyers, have joined forces to create the “National Civil Front” in hopes of pushing forward the aspirations of the 17 October uprising. ...
Iran executes man convicted of selling missile information to CIA
Iran says it has executed a former defence ministry employee convicted of selling information to the US. ...
"despite US sanctions": Iran want to develop oil industry
Iran is determined to develop its oil industry in spite of US sanctions imposed on the country, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said in a televised speech on Saturday. ...
Negotiations between Lebanon government and IMF suspended
Negotiations between representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Lebanese government have been suspended in the middle of the worst economic crisis that the country has endured. Tens of thousands of Lebanese citizens have lost their jobs amid a severe collapse of the economy. ...
UN: 700 people died recently in Syria camps holding Daesh families
The United Nations has revealed that 700 people have recently died in two camps in north-east Syria, in which around 70,000 family members of Daesh fighters are currently being detained. ...
Turkey fireworks: Army removal hit by second deadly blast
Three Turkish soldiers have died in the explosion of an army truck while removing explosives from a fireworks factory that blew up last week. ...
Syria condemned at toxic arms watchdog over sarin attacks
Member countries of the global chemical weapons watchdog voted overwhelmingly Thursday to take action on a probe that explicitly blamed Syria for nerve gas attacks for the first time, diplomats said. ...
UN chief warns foreign interference in Libya conflict at 'unprecedented levels'
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the Security Council on Wednesday that the conflict in Libya has entered a new phase “with foreign interference reaching unprecedented levels,” Reuters reports. ...
Lebanon jails Sunni scholar for life over alleged Daesh affiliation
A Lebanese court sentenced a Sunni scholar to life and hard labour after finding him guilty of being affiliated with Daesh, local media outlets reported. ...
Iraq security expert shot 20 times in Baghdad
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi yesterday pledged to bring the assassins of a leading political and security expert to justice, after Hisham Al-Hashim was shot to death by unknown gunmen who fled on a motorbike, outside his home in Baghdad’s Ziyouna district last night. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Al-Hashimi was hit by more than 20 bullets according to sources. ...
Iran blasts: What is behind mysterious fires at key sites?
Just after midnight on 30 June, an email dropped into my inbox. It claimed to be from an unknown group calling itself the Homeland Cheetahs. ...
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