2020-12-20: News Headlines

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-20). MbS, MbZ hold secret meeting on Qatar: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) — According to reports, crown princes of Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia have held a secret meeting to discuss the future of ties with Qatar.

MEE staff (2020-12-19). Yemen's STC separatists join unity government against Houthis. middleeasteye.net Yemen's STC separatists join unity government against Houthis | Saudi Arabia has welcomed the deal to end infighting in the anti-Houthi coalition | Sat, 12/19/2020 – 09: 19 | The Yemeni government and separatist forces have struck power-sharing deal to focus on fight against Houthis (AFP) | Southern Yemeni separatists have agreed to join a new cabinet with the internationally recognised government, as part of…

Online News Editor (2020-12-19). The pandemic, complicating already vulnerable lives. laprensalatina.com By Noemí Jabois Beirut, Dec 19 (efe-epa).- The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated some of the most acute humanitarian crises on the planet, from the conflicts in Syria and Yemen, food shortages in the central Sahel and southern Africa to terror activity in the Chad Basin. It is not the virus itself wreaking havoc in these …

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2020-12-18). Mass Starvation Looms as Yemen's Currency Nears Historic Freefall. mintpressnews.com TAIZ, YEMEN- — Both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates seem to be doing everything in their power to prevent an end to the suffering in Yemen. Even those living in areas under the total control of the wealthy Gulf monarchies are facing levels of devastation that harken back to the total destruction of European cities during World War II. | With no functioning government to provide residents with even basic assistance and facing a collapsed economy amid a famine that could soon beset all of Yemen according to the United Nations, the collapse of Yemen's rial, particularly in Saudi-coalition-controlled a…

Staff (2020-12-18). Faith and the fight against climate change, Part 3. therealnews.com What does the Quran say about the relationship between human beings and the natural world—and how might this message inform how faith communities participate in the wider conversation around environmental justice? Aman Azhar talks it out with Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, author of the book "Green Deen."

Areeb Ullah (2020-12-18). Pakistan returns $1bn to Saudi Arabia and turns to China for loan assistance. middleeasteye.net Pakistan returns $1bn to Saudi Arabia and turns to China for loan assistance | Cash-strapped Islamabad forced to return part of soft loan amid tensions with Riyadh | Fri, 12/18/2020 – 12: 04 | Pakistan had already made a billion-dollar payment in July and set to make a third payment next month (AFP) | Cash-strapped Pakistan has returned $1bn to Saudi Arabia as the second instalment of a $3bn soft loan, a…