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May heads to EU to push for Brexit breakthrough

SANAA, Feb. 20 (YPA) -  British Prime Minister Teresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will meet in Brussels on Wednesday to continue their efforts to find a way to get their Brexit deal through Britain’s parliament…

Iraqi forces free five hostages from ISIS in Anbar

SANAA, Feb. 19 (YPA) - Iraqi authorities on Tuesday announced the liberation of the five citizens kidnapped by ISIS in the north of the country. "A special unit of the army forces were able today to free the five citizens of the judiciary…

IOF arrests 22 Palestinians in West Bank

SANAA, Feb. 19 (YPA) - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn on Tuesday launched a campaign of arrests and raids in several areas of the occupied West Bank, arresting 22 Palestinians.  According to the Israeli army spokesman, the army…

Man blows himself up in old Cairo neighborhood

SANAA, Feb. 19 (YPA) - A man blew himself up in an old Cairo neighborhood on Monday evening, without mentioning whether there were any injuries, local newspapers and a resident said on a social networking site. Al-Watan and Al-Shorouq…

Religious scholars start strike in Saudi prisons

SANAA, Feb. (YPA) – Saudi prisons have witnessed the first hunger strike after nearly two years from arrests of religious scholars and rights activists. In a statement from inside the prison, Saudi Sheikh Abdullah al-Hamid announced the…