Middle East

Top Waqf official returns to Al-Aqsa after 40-day ban

JERUSALEM, April 8 (NNN-Ma’an) — Following a 40-day ban order from Israeli authorities, Waqf Council chairman, Sheikh Abd al-Athim Salhab,…

PPS: Israel detained over 6,000 Palestinian children since 2015

RAMALLAH, April 8 (NNN-Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained more than 6,000 Palestinian children since 2015, according to the Palestine Prisoner’s…

Palestinian prisoners shelve planned mass hunger strike in Israel’s jails

RAMALLAH, April 8 (NNN-WAFA) — Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails Sunday shelved their planned mass hunger strike in protest of…

Israel to impose general closure on West Bank during election

RAMALLAH, April 08 (NNN-WAFA) — Israeli occupation authorities said they will impose a general closure of the West Bank and…

UN envoy arrives in Yemen’s rebel-held capital to offer new plan for salvaging peace deal

SANAA, April 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths arrived in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Sunday for crisis…

Iraqi forces capture IS militants in operations in eastern Iraq

BAGHDAD, April 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Iraqi forces dismantled three Daesh sleeper cells and arrested a number of militants, including a…

UN-backed Libya gov’t jets strike Haftar’s airbase

Photo courtesy of Anadolu. TRIPOLI, Libya, April 8 (NNN-ANADOLU) — Fighter jets of UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) on Monday…

Yemen expects Kuwait’s contribution to help economic recovery: FM

Yemeni Foreign Minister Khaled al-Yamani KUWAIT CITY, April 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Yemen hopes that Kuwait could contribute to its economic…

UAE-backed Yemeni security forces raid al-Qaida hideouts in south Yemen

ADEN, April 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Yemeni security forces carried out on Sunday an anti-terror operation against hideouts of the al-Qaida…

Syria war: More civilians leave rebel-held Rukban camp

DAMASCUS, April 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Another batch of civilians reached a crossing point in the Syrian desert on Sunday from…