Tue, 2020-12-29 21:10 ANKARA: Turkey’s foreign minister on Tuesday slammed the threat of further US and Western sanctions on Ankara over its military cooperation with Russia as going “against our sovereign rights.” And Mevlut Cavusoglu was joined by his Russian … read more
Author: Tue, 2020-12-29 20:53 CAIRO: The historic development of Egypt’s first nuclear power plant has been discussed in a Cairo meeting between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Director-General of ROSATOM Alexey Likhachev. ROSATOM, the Russian state’s nuclear energy agency, … read more
Author: Tue, 2020-12-29 03:32 KHARTOUM: Sudan is to send troop reinforcements to the south of its Darfur region after 15 people were killed in tribal clashes, the official news agency SUNA said. The governor of South Darfur state, Musa Mahdi, … read more
Author: Tue, 2020-12-29 02:14 HAJJAR: Yemen is fighting a cholera outbreak in the southeastern province of Hadramout, with local and international health bodies carrying out an emergency vaccination campaign. Outbreaks in the remote Hajjar district usually last from April to … read more
Tue, 2020-12-29 00:27 JEDDAH: China’s parliament ratified on Sunday an extradition agreement with Turkey to boost its alleged counterterrorism efforts abroad. However, critics warn that the agreement will be used in tandem with economic and diplomatic pressure on foreign governments … read more