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Cargo Ship in Hormuz

May 3rd, 2026 - 09:03 GMT

Osama Ali

Small boats attack cargo ship near strait of Hormuz

ALBAWABA - According to the UK Maritime Trade Operations, several small boats attacked a cargo ship near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. This has raised new security worries in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. About 11 nautical miles west of the Iranian port city of Sirik, where the event happened, the ship's captain said that several small boats were coming up behind them and aiming at ...

Near the Rosh Hanikra border crossing in northern Israel, shows tractors along a new wall on the Israeli-Lebanese border. AFP

May 20th, 2020 - 08:56 GMT

Lebanese Security Arrest Two Sudanese Who Tried to Enter Israel

An aerial photo shows buildings and streets in Wuhan, China’s central Hubei province on May 20, 2020. China has largely brought the coronavirus under control within its borders since the outbreak first emerged in the city of Wuhan late last year. Hector RETAMAL / AFP

May 20th, 2020 - 12:13 GMT

China Condemns 'Illegal' Sanctions Imposed by The US on Shanghai Firm

Hassan Rouhani (Twitter)

May 20th, 2020 - 10:15 GMT

Hassan Rouhani Praises Palestinians for Standing Firm Against Israel’s Occupation

Burundi blocks social media platforms, Twitter, Whatsapp and Facebook, as the country votes in presidential, legislative and communal elections (Twitter)

May 20th, 2020 - 10:11 GMT

Burundi Voters Go to The Polls in Droves Despite Covid-19

Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen (Twitter)

May 20th, 2020 - 10:05 GMT

Taiwan Will Not Reunify With China and That's Final - President Tsai Ing-Wen in Taipei

Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem over the Temple Mount (Shutterstock)

May 20th, 2020 - 08:15 GMT

Warning: Hezbollah is Fully Prepared to Confront Israel

60-year-old Gertrud Schop lights candles arranged in the shape of a cross, with one candle dedicated to each of the more than 8,000 German Covid-19-related victims, in Zella-Mehlis, eastern Germany on May 19, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. Schop is planning to continue the project until a vaccine against Covid-19 is available. JENS SCHLUETER / AFP

May 20th, 2020 - 08:10 GMT

With 5 Million Infected Covid-19 Sweeps The World

King Abdullah Mosque in Amman Jordan (Shutterstock)

May 20th, 2020 - 07:45 GMT

Since May 5 Amman Brought Home Over 6000 Jordanians Stranded Overseas

A man clad in mask due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic walks past a graffiti reading "VIRUS" on the facade of a fortified local branch of the Bank of Beirut in the Lebanese capital on May 18, 2020. Lebanon is ready to terminate a 23-year-old dollar peg and float the pound, but only after it secures billions in aid, Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni had said on May 15. After talks started with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a plan to rescue Lebanon's crisis hit economy, he also said banking sector

May 20th, 2020 - 07:41 GMT

US Seeks to Hammer Hizbollah by Stopping Aid to Lebanon

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Twitter)

May 20th, 2020 - 07:31 GMT

Saudi Arabia Pledges Allegiance to The Crown Prince

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference following the Senate Republicans policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2020. SAUL LOEB / AFP

May 20th, 2020 - 07:09 GMT

Donald Trump Suggests Obama 'Caught' Spying on Him

Libyans sit at Martyrs square in the capital Tripoli on March 10, 2020. According to Libyan authorities, not a single case of coronavirus so far has been recorded in the country which faces Italy across the Mediterranean. Libya's centre for disease control, the Tripoli-based CNLM, said it has readied measures to be adopted if the virus infiltrates the country. "The virus has circled Libya from all sides. Our neighbours have confirmed cases so we must monitor the cross-border threat," CNLM president Badreddi

May 20th, 2020 - 07:05 GMT

The UAE Makes its Position on Libya Clear