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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

As pandemic rages, the faithful mourn, carry on

10:43 pm December 4, 2020

Madrid: Relief may be on the way in the form of mass-produced vaccines, but COVID-19 continues to ravage communities around the world with the global death toll reaching some 1.5 million, leaving the living to mourn them and carry on. At a Spanish mortuary, three red roses and a wooden cross graced the plain coffin of a […]

Yemen rebels claim attack on Saudi oil facility in Jiddah

3:10 pm November 23, 2020

Dubai: Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they struck a Saudi oil facility in the port city of Jiddah on Monday with a new cruise missile, just hours after the kingdom finished hosting its virtual Group of 20 leaders summit. The kingdom did not immediately acknowledge any attack as videos on social media suggested a fire at an Aramco oil facility. […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo touts Iran policy in Gulf ahead of Biden presidency

7:37 pm November 22, 2020

Dubai: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended his tour of Gulf Arab states and the Trump administration’s continued efforts to squeeze Iran, even as a new US administration led by Joe Biden prepares to enter the White House in January. Although Pompeo has not taken questions from US-based reporters traveling with him over the past 10 days, he sat down with the […]

Iran closes businesses, curtails travel amid virus surge

6:34 pm November 21, 2020

Tehran: Iran on Saturday shuttered businesses and curtailed travel between its major cities, including the capital of Tehran, as it grapples with the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in the Mideast region. Top Iranian officials initially downplayed the risks posed by the virus outbreak, before recently urging the public to follow measures like wearing masks and avoiding […]

Iran candidate tells AP: US attack risks ‘full-fledged war’

7:16 pm November 19, 2020

Tehran: An adviser to Iran‘s supreme leader who is a possible 2021 presidential candidate is warning that any American attack on the Islamic Republic could set off a “full-fledged war” in the Mideast in the waning days of the Trump administration. Speaking to The Associated Press, Hossein Dehghan struck a hard-line tone familiar to those in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary […]