The scenes are seared in the memory of the Rev. Ammar Altony Yako: A church that for decades has been the pride of the town of Qaraqosh, a center for Christian life in Iraq, stood badly scar... Read more

The Senate worked through the night and past sunrise Saturday on Democrats’ showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill after a deal between leaders and moderate Sen. Joe Manchin on emergen... Read more

After a long period of hesitation, the Czech Republic is now accepting offers of help from abroad as the coronavirus situation worsens in the central European nation. Germany, Poland and Swi... Read more

The German government has agreed to compensate energy companies with around 2.43 billion euros (2.9 billion dollars) for losses incurred due to the nation’s phasing out of nuclear powe... Read more

Despite a high-profile visit to China by a team of international experts in January, the world is no closer to knowing the origins of COVID-19, according to one of the authors of an open let... Read more

Hossam al-Haddad A number of human rights groups, especially the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, called on the United Nations to intervene to prevent the Iran-backed Houthi militia... Read more

Mustafa Kamel Political leaders in Libya are currently intensifying their efforts to give confidence to the new Libyan government to enable it to restore stability to the country. The new Li... Read more

Mustafa Kamel Warnings of terrorist operations by al-Qaeda and ISIS in Africa have escalated following an attack by ISIS elements on a United Nations relief center in Nigeria. In early March... Read more

The “Black Hawk Down” episode and the piracy depicted in the film “Captain Phillips” continue to shape the American image of Somalia. For years, such perceptions have been unfair. Between 20... Read more

Denmark has stripped 94 Syrian refugees of their residency permits after deciding Damascus and its surrounding regions are safe for people to return to. “We have made it clear to the S... Read more

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two key militants of the Iranian-backed Ansarallah, sometimes referred to as the Houthis, whos... Read more

The US sanctions came against the background of the Houthi’s continuing violations against civilians as well as neighboring countries, and affected Mansour al-Saadi, who holds the position o... Read more

Washington announced new sanctions on two senior officials in Yemen’s Houthi militia on Tuesday, condemning the Iran-backed group for advancing “the Iranian regime’s destabilizing agenda.” L... Read more

The UAE announced an increase in the volume of its aid to Yemen, and committed itself to providing $ 230 million in additional support to the Yemeni people, ahead of the donors ’conference h... Read more