Two months after Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed, his family and friends continue to fight for justice. It has been two months since columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Despite the Saudi Arabia’s lies and deception, Khashoggi’s family and friends are determined to bring the man who gave the […]

Saudi officials familiar with government-sponsored body’s work say it is unlikely to hold anyone accountable. Saudi Arabia’s human rights commission is investigating the alleged torture of women’s rights activists including accusations of electrocution and waterboarding, the Wall Street Journal reported. Citing government officials and other people familiar with the activists’ situation, the US publication said Saudi al-Qahtani, […]

Talks in Geneva on setting up a constitutional committee for Syria have ended without a clear outcome. The foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey attended the United Nations-sponsored talks to build a sustainable peace in the country, but failed to agree on the committee’s makeup. The UN says more work needs to be done […]

Sahand destroyer can sustain voyages lasting five months without resupply, according to state media. Iran’s navy launched a domestically made destroyer, which state media said has radar-evading stealth properties, amid rising tensions with the United States. In a ceremony carried live on state television on Saturday, the Sahand destroyer – which can sustain voyages lasting […]

CAIRO — An internationally backed cease-fire in the key Yemen port of Hudaydah got off to a shaky start on Tuesday when fighting erupted moments after it took effect at midnight. The clashes died down hours later, and by late Tuesday residents of the war-torn port were enjoying their first respite from a fight that […]

Muhammed Fathi Abulkasem, a 19-year-old student from Manchester, was arrested in Alexandria, his family says. Egyptian authorities have arrested a 19-year-old British tourist over a mobile phone video that showed a military helicopter in the background, according to his family. Muhammed Fathi Abulkasem’s arrest took place shortly after he arrived in Egypt’s coastal city of […]

A ceasefire in Yemen’s war was broken minutes after coming into effect, pro-government officials say. The warring sides had agreed for a truce deal to be implemented in the port city of Hudaydah at midnight local time on Tuesday. But there have been reports of sporadic clashes between the Houthi rebels and pro-government forces in […]

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Saudi Arabia lashed out on Monday at the United States Senate for holding the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, personally responsible for the murder of a Saudi dissident in Istanbul, warning against interference in what it called the kingdom’s internal affairs. The unusually strong statement aimed at a branch of the United […]

ANKARA (AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday (Dec 17) vowed Turkey would remove a Kurdish militia viewed as terrorists by Ankara from northern Syria if the US failed to ensure fighters leave the east of the Euphrates. The threat comes after Mr Erdogan spoke on the phone with US President Donald Trump on […]

Antonio Guterres says it is ‘essential to have credible investigation and to have punishment of those that were guilty’. UN chief Antonio Guterres has called for a “credible” investigation into journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul. “It is absolutely essential to have a credible investigation and to have the punishment of […]