Author: By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR | AP ID: 1605641280287008400 Tue, 2020-11-17 19:22 WASHINGTON: The US will slash troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq to their lowest levels in nearly 20 years of war after President Donald Trump pledged … read more
Tue, 2020-11-17 22:06 LONDON: One year since anti-regime demonstrations rapidly engulfed Iran, Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday slammed Tehran for having “failed to provide any real measure of accountability for the violent crackdown” that resulted in the deaths of … read more
Author: Tue, 2020-11-17 01:17 ANKARA: The debate around peace between Turkey and its Kurdish minority has re-surfaced, hinting at possible preparations by both sides to find middle ground to restart negotiations. Political changes, shifting voting intentions and trouble along the … read more
Author: Tue, 2020-11-17 01:12 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s foreign minister has urged US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea to provide the information and documents that led to sanctions against Gebran Bassil. Charbel Wehbe, who was made minister in Lebanon’s caretaker government, met … read more
Tue, 2020-11-17 00:30 DUBAI: As second and third waves of the coronavirus pandemic sweep the globe, the human and economic costs continue to mount. One area that has been found to have especially weak immunity to a disruption of this … read more