Facing US, EU sanctions, Erdogan calls for dialogue and cooperation

Facing US, EU sanctions, Erdogan calls for dialogue and cooperation

  • We won’t accept a policy destabilizing EU member states, our regional environment, Macron says
By Arab News ·

Saudi Arabia ready to launch vaccine campaign

Saudi Arabia ready to launch vaccine campaign

  • First phase of immunization campaign will continue until March, ministry says
By Rawan Radwan ·

Update Iran executes journalist Ruhollah Zam who encouraged 2017 protests

Iran executes journalist Ruhollah Zam who encouraged 2017 protests

  • State-run IRNA news agency said that Ruhollah Zam was hanged early Saturday morning
  • In June, a court sentenced Zam to death, saying he had been convicted of “corruption on Earth”
By AFP ·

’Foreign maneuvers’ in West Sahara destablizing Algeria: PM

’Foreign maneuvers’ in West Sahara destablizing Algeria: PM

  • The Polisario had already announced last month that it regarded a 1991 cease-fire as over
  • Algeria, Morocco’s neighbor and regional rival, is the key foreign backer of the Polisario Front
By AFP ·

First foreign aid convoy reaches Tigray capital: ICRC

First foreign aid convoy reaches Tigray capital: ICRC

  • Seven Red Cross trucks brought medicines and medical equipment for 400 wounded as well as relief supplies
By AFP ·

Rocket attacks in Kabul kills one

Rocket attacks in Kabul kills one

By Reuters ·

‘Just do it’: Silicon Valley pioneer’s message to Saudi trailblazers

‘Just do it’: Silicon Valley pioneer’s message to Saudi trailblazers

  • US venture capitalist Tim Draper says he is excited by developments in the Kingdom
  • Draper advised entrepreneurs to constantly monitor technological advances and keep up to date with fast-moving advances
By ASEEL BASHRAHEEL ·

Media watchdog RSF ‘outraged’ at Iranian execution

Media watchdog RSF ‘outraged’ at Iranian execution

  • The organization said it had warned UN officials about the possible execution of Ruhollah Zam
  • It charged that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was “the mastermind of this execution”
By AFP ·