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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 ...

Women wear protective face masks sitting near the Sultanahmet Mosque also known as the Blue Mosque as the nation tries to contain the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in Istanbul on March 17,2020. OZAN KOSE / AFP

March 18th, 2020 - 06:38 GMT

First Death From Coronavirus Announced in Turkey

Sudan (Twitter)

March 17th, 2020 - 12:27 GMT

UN Could be Withdrawing From Darfur Raising Fear Among Rights' Groups

UN Security Council (Twitter)

March 17th, 2020 - 12:05 GMT

Covid-19 Crisis: Security Council's Chinese Presidency Cuts Final Two Meets

A man walks along a bridge over the Moskva river in front of St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin in downtown Moscow on March 13, 2020. Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP

March 17th, 2020 - 11:20 GMT

Russian Media Blames Britain for The Global Coronavirus Pandemic

Iraq (Twitter)

March 17th, 2020 - 10:52 GMT

Iraq President Calls on Adnan Al-Zurfi to Form New Cabinet

A Sudanese baker sells bread at a bakery in Omdourman on March 11, 2020. Sudan's economy has sunk into a deep crisis since the fall of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir almost a year ago, risking collapse and social unrest in a country in political transition. Anti-government protests erupted in Sudan in late 2018 against a government decision to triple bread prices. Bashir's ouster last April led to months of talks, also against a backdrop of mass protests, that eventually produced a transitional government

March 17th, 2020 - 10:46 GMT

Sudan Closes Airports, Ports and Land Crossings to Stop Covid-19 Spread

US President Donald Trump listens to a question during a COVID-19 pandemic briefing at the White House March 16, 2020, in Washington, DC. The first human trial to evaluate a candidate vaccine against the new coronavirus has begun in Seattle, US health officials said, raising hopes in the global fight against the disease. Brendan Smialowski / AFP

March 17th, 2020 - 10:42 GMT

In a Jibe at Beijing Trump Labels Covid-19 as The 'Chinese Virus'

Gholamhossein Esmaili (Twitter)

March 17th, 2020 - 10:33 GMT

Iran Briefly Frees 85,000 Prisoners Including Political Detainees

A worker at an information desk wearing protective gear as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus looks on at a nearly empty arrivals area at Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing on March 16, 2020. China tightened quarantine measures for international arrivals as the country worries about a rise in imported cases of the deadly coronavirus and anger rages online at how Europe and the United States are handling the pandemic. NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP

March 17th, 2020 - 10:10 GMT

Although Covid-19 is Tapering in China Deaths Stand at 3262

New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Twitter)

March 17th, 2020 - 08:25 GMT

US Hospitals Feel The Pinch of Medical Shortages as Covid-19 Deepens

A health worker disinfects the Enahli amusement park on March 16, 2020 at Ariana near Tunis, which has been closed to the public from today during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. A decision was made today by the authorities to ban parties, parks, weekly souks and all sporting activities. FETHI BELAID / AFP

March 17th, 2020 - 08:20 GMT

Four New Victims Increase The Covid-19 Number to 24 in Tunisia

Rohingya refugees (Twitter)

March 17th, 2020 - 08:17 GMT

WHO: No Coronavirus Among The Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh