08 June 2021; MEMO: Jordanian truck drivers staged a protest in Amman yesterday against a Saudi ban on their entry to the kingdom after a decision to ban older vehicles from entering Saudi came into effect.
08 June 2021; MEMO: Israel has announced that it will not continue transferring Qatar's financial aid to Gaza the same way it did before the latest Israeli offensive on the besieged coastal enclave, Sama news agency reported yesterday.
Naypyitaw (Myanmar), Jun 8 (AP-PTI) Myanmar's military junta will begin presenting its case against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi in court next Monday, her lawyers said.
The military arrested Suu Kyi in February when it overthrew her elected government. Public resistance to the coup remains strong and in recent months has taken the form of a low-level armed insurrection.
Srinagar, Jun 7 (PTI) The Congress on Monday demanded the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, stating that the move would infuse confidence among the people.
A spokesman of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee said any delay in restoring the statehood was bound to cause more disconnect between the Centre and the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
TORONTO (AP) — A driver plowed a pickup truck into a family of five, killing four of them and seriously injuring the other in a deliberate attack that targeted the victims because they were Muslims, Canadian police said Monday.
Authorities said a young man was arrested in the parking lot of a nearby mall after the incident Sunday night in the Ontario city of London. Police said a black pickup truck mounted a curb and struck the victims at an intersection.
07 June 2021; MEMO: The central committee of Fatah called on Sunday for the public to mobilise against the far-right "flag march" planned by Israeli Jewish settlers in Jerusalem on Thursday, Al-Watan Voice has reported.
07 June 2021; MEMO: Israeli occupation forces and police carried out a detention campaign against journalists and activists in Sheikh Jarrah over the weekend, Arab48 and agencies reported.
06 June 2021; MEMO: Israeli police detained a Palestinian activist in a raid on her home in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, according to her family, reports Anadolu Agency.
Local residents said police raided the home of Muna al-Kurd, 23, and took her to an unknown destination.
Her father, Nabil al-Kurd, confirmed his daughter's detention by Israeli forces.
05 June 2021; MEMO: More than 180 French MPs and city council members have signed a letter calling for Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi to immediately release prominent human rights defender Ramy Shaath, Arab48 reported on Friday.
06 June 2021; MEMO: Israel released an Al Jazeera correspondent in occupied Palestinian territory, who, along with her team, was covering a sit-in protest in Jerusalem, the Qatar-based news channel said on Saturday, reports Anadolu Agency.
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