France calls for ‘independent probe’ into killing of Palestinians receiving aid in Gaza
Paris, France--France wants an independent inquiry into the deaths of scores of Palestinians during an aid delivery in the northern Gaza strip, Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne said Friday. "We will ask for explanations, and there will have to be an independent probe to determine what happened," Sejourne told the France Inter...
Iran police break up protests over women’s death with force
Tensions spiked in northwest Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, sparking off protests in the region. She was on a visit with her family to Tehran when she was detained by the police unit entrusted with the job of enforcing the country's strict dress code for...Lebanon arrests five agents suspected of killing Syrian detainee
Shocked at the death of a Syrian detainee in custody of security officials, Lebanon has arrested five State Security agents on suspicion of torturing to death Bashar Abdel Saud. The arrests were made on the orders of the government’s commissioner to the military courts who had ordered an investigation into...Upsurge in violence leaves 21 dead in Syria
Violence has intensified on Syria’s northern border with Turkey leaving 21 civilians dead, many of them children. The bloodshed comes amid growing enmity that pits the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against Turkish troops and their Syrian proxies.Iran forest ranger killed outside court in revenge attack
The attacker, the father of the victim that forest ranger had allegedly killed, fled from the scene with his accomplice. Shortly before the killing, another relative of the victim attacked the prison guard accompanying the forest ranger with an axe, wounding him in the hand.22 die in a bus crash in southern Egypt
At least 22 people were killed and 33 injured in southern Egypt on Tuesday when the bus they were traveling in smashed into a parked truck, officials said.Teenager killed by Israeli forces in West Bank: Palestinian sources
A Palestinian teenager died from his wounds hours after being shot by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian sources said Saturday.Two Turkish soldiers killed in military operation in Iraq
Another two Turkish soldiers have been killed during military operations against Kurdish militants in the north of Iraq, Turkey's defense ministry and media said Sunday.Iraq battles with outbreak of deadly nose-bleed fever
Spraying a cow with pesticides, health workers target blood-sucking ticks at the heart of Iraq's worst detected outbreak of a fever that causes people to bleed to death. The virus has no vaccine and onset can be swift, causing severe bleeding both internally and externally and especially from the nose.Iran police tear-gas protestors after building collapse
Iranian police fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse protesters in the southwestern city of Abadan where a tower block collapse killed 28 people. It was the third night of protests in Abadan and other cities of the province which borders Iraq, local media reported.Iran protestors demand justice as toll rises in building collapse
Hundreds of people took to the streets in southwestern Iran demanding justice after a tower block collapse killed 24 people, news outlets in the Islamic republic said on Friday.UAE President Sheikh Khalifa passes away at 73
The UAE has announced 40 days of mourning with flags at half-mast from Friday, with work suspended in the public and private sector for the first three days.Courts in Iraq sentence eight to death
Eight people have been sentenced to death in Iraq, half of them over a 2020 car bombing in the city of Ramadi, the judiciary said on Thursday. The men who carried out the September 2020 attack that wounded six people had been "working with the terrorist gangs" of the Islamic...A stabbing kills a cleric, wounds two others in Iran
An attacker stabbed to death an Iranian Shiite Muslim cleric Tuesday and wounded two others, one of them seriously, in the shrine city of Mashhad, said officials and state media.‘Hybrid immunity’ is best Covid protection
Two new studies have highlighted the importance of getting jabbed for those who have natural immunity after recovering from the disease.Ukraine blames Russia-backed rebels of killing a soldier
Ukraine's army on Saturday reported the first death of a soldier in weeks and accused Moscow-backed rebels of sharply escalating attacks that have redoubled fears of an imminent Russian invasion. Ukraine's emergency service said two of its staff were wounded during a wave of attacks on Friday.Over 330 killed since IS attacked Syria prison: monitor
More than 330 people have been killed in heavy fighting since Islamic State group militants first attacked a prison in northeast Syria, a war monitor said on Sunday.11 die in air-strikes on Yemen, a day after Abu Dhabi attack
Eleven people were killed in air strikes on Yemen's rebel-held capital, a witness and medical sources told AFP on Tuesday, as the Saudi-led coalition hit back after a deadly attack on Abu Dhabi.Fat causes chronic diseases, which kill 73% Saudis: SFDA
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority has issued a guide explaining what fats are, their benefits, their sources and types, and the recommended amount for each.Violence marks Soleimani’s death anniversary in Iraq
Gunmen in Iraq on Saturday shot and wounded two protesters who disrupted an anniversary commemoration of the death of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, a security source said.Tributes pour in as UAE businessman Majid Al Futtaim passes away
Tributes pour in as the death of the leading Emirati businessman Majid Al Futtaim was announced on Friday. Al Futtaim, who founded Majid Al Futtaim Holding in 1992, expanded it across the Mideast with malls and other ventures. The company also runs over 300 Carrefour supermarkets and hypermarkets across Africa,...Jordan jails hospital chief over Covid deaths
A Jordanian court on Sunday sentenced to three years in jail the director of a state hospital over the deaths of 10 patients at the facility which treated coronavirus patients.Tunisian town up in arms against trash
As tear gas and protest cries filled the air in the Tunisian city of Agareb, Mabrouka Ben Ibrahim vowed to demonstrate for her daughter, whose death she blames on a nearby rubbish dump.10 years since Kadhafi death, stability still eludes Libya
A year-long ceasefire and a UN-led peace process have barely papered over deep divisions, and upcoming elections are unlikely to resolve the crisis.10 die from Covid in Saudi Arabia
Covid shows no signs of relenting as ten people died in Saudi Arabia on Friday, and 681 were infected with the virus.12 die in Saudi Arabia from Covid as infection lingers
Twelve people have died in Saudi Arabia from COVID-19, taking the total count of people having succumbed to the disease until now to 8,212. Â Nearly 1,300 people have tested positive for the Covid infection on Thursday.Tunisia hit by a record number of Covid deaths as 317 perish
The North African country struggles to cope with the surge as hospitals fill up and vaccination can't keep up paceThree die, 1,521 test Covid positive in UAE
Despite being proactive on vaccination and testing, the UAE's death count from Covid-19-related complications go up to 1,913 and the total caseload increases to 668,601.Â