Tag: Al Arabiya

AFGHANISTAN – Next round of Afghan peace talks will begin on January 5 in Doha: Official (Al Arabiya)

The next round of negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government will be held in Qatar from next month, a top official said...

UAE – UAE prohibits posting video of recent rape attack on media platforms: Report (Ismaeel Naar, Al Arabiya)

The UAE’s Attorney-General has said he has ordered a ban on the posting of a recent rape attack video on all media platforms in...

LEBANON/SYRIAN REFUGEE CAMP – Syrian refugee camp in Northern Lebanon set on fire following fight with local family (Al Arabiya)

A Syrian refugee camp in northern Lebanon was set on fire Saturday night following a fight between members of the camp and a local...

IRAN – Iran executes ethnic Baluch militant for shooting death of two IRGC guards (Al Arabiya)

Iran executed an ethnic Baluch militant on Saturday for the shooting death of two Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) guards five years ago, the...

AFGHANISTAN – Series of explosions in Afghanistan target police in Kabul; at least 2 dead (Al Arabiya)

A series of explosions hit the Afghan capital on Saturday morning, killing at least two police officers and wounding another two plus a civilian,...

USA – Nashville explosion: Possible human remains found near site, everything else we know (Al Arabiya)

A motor home parked on a street exploded in downtown Nashville at dawn on Friday, moments after a recorded message emanating from the vehicle...

RUSSIA – Top associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny detained (Al Arabiya)

A top associate of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained Friday after doorstepping an alleged security operative who has inadvertently revealed details of...

ETHIOPIA – Toll from attack in western Ethiopia region rises to 222, Red Cross says (Al Arabiya)

The death toll from a Wednesday attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia has risen to 222 people, a volunteer from the country’s...

TURKEY – Turkey debates draft law that would increase oversight of NGOs (Al Arabiya)

Turkey’s parliament began debating a draft law on Friday that would increase oversight of non-governmental organizations and which, according to rights campaigners, risks limiting...

CHINA/EUROPE – China will conduct talks on investment pact with EU ‘at its own pace’ (Al Arabiya)

China will conduct talks on an investment pact with the European Union “at its own pace”, its foreign ministry said on Friday, raising doubts...

LEBANON – Lebanon celebrates Christmas with trees commemorating Beirut port explosion victims (Al Arabiya)

Lebanon celebrated Christmas with a set of Christmas trees that commemorated the victims of the Beirut port blast this past August. https://englishbeta.alarabiya.net/en/features/2020/12/25/Lebanon-crisis-Lebanon-celebrates-Christmas-with-trees-commemorating-Beirut-port-explosion-victims-

IRAN/USA – Iranians created website threatening US election officials: Security agencies (Al Arabiya)

US security agencies said on Wednesday they had highly credible information indicating that Iranian cyber actors were responsible for creating a website earlier this...

ARAB SPRING – A decade of darkness since the Arab Spring (Mohammed Al Rumaihi, Al Arabiya)

A decade has passed since the so-called Arab Spring, which began sometime between December 2010 and January 2011. The time has come to look...

NETWORK EXTREMISTS/ALGORITHMS – Network extremists and the power of algorithms (Mansour Al-Shammari, Al Arabiya)

In our usual approach to the phenomenon of extremism, we have become accustomed to seeing it as an ideological deviation or extremism, studying its...

UN/DARFUR – UN agrees to end Darfur peacekeeping mission (Al Arabiya)

The United Nations Security Council has agreed to end the UN and African Union’s long-running peacekeeping mission in Darfur when its mandate ceases on...

RUSSIA – Russian opposition deputy handed suspended sentence for multiple protest violations (Al Arabiya)

A Russian court on Wednesday handed a two-year suspended sentence to Moscow city councilor and opposition activist Yulia Galyamina for repeatedly violating rules on...