WTO sets up panel in Qatar-Saudi dispute

AFP | The World Trade Organization agreed Tuesday to establish a panel to decide if Saudi Arabia has failed to protect the intellectual property rights...

Anti-Muslim post: Facebook places ban on Israel PM’s son

News Desk | The social media giant Facebook has blocked the account of Yair Netanyahu, the eldest son of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over...

Arab refugees in sights of Berlin’s crime ‘clans’

AFP | Berlin crime gangs of Arab origin have long earned infamy with violence and brazen robberies but now, police warn, they have targeted a...

US accepts Assad staying in Syria — but won’t give aid

AFP | The United States said Monday it was no longer seeking to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but renewed warnings it would not fund...

Gulf rivalries spill onto the soccer pitch

James M Dorsey | With the 2018 World Cup in Russia behind it, the soccer world’s focus shifts to the 2022 tournament in Qatar. Politics...

1979: A pivotal year in the Arab-Muslim world

AFP | A series of dramatic events swept across the Arab and Muslim worlds in 1979, the aftershocks of which still reverberate today, 40 years...

Australia recognizes west Jerusalem as capital of Israel

AFP | Australia now recognizes west Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Saturday, but a contentious embassy shift from Tel Aviv will...

Defenders bad, aggressors good

Imran Jan | George Orwell’s Animal Farm is an absolute classic. In the story, the animals had 7 commandments distilled into the maxim “four legs...

Palestinian killed as Israel hunts West Bank shooter

AFP | A Palestinian teenager was shot dead on Friday as Israeli forces carried out fresh raids in the occupied West Bank, the health ministry...

Global pressure vital for Yemen accord: analysts

AFP | A breakthrough accord between Yemen's warring sides is the most significant step towards ending the country's devastating conflict, but analysts warn its success...

Netanyahu talks of attacking Iran

AFP | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would be prepared to attack inside Iran if the Jewish state's survival was at...

Syria air defense fire was a false alarm, reports

AFP| Syrian state media said Sunday that air defences had opened fire near Damascus airport, before withdrawing the report after what appeared to be a...
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