Author: By NABIL AL-JURANI | AP ID: 1604690317066286800 Fri, 2020-11-06 19:00 BASRA: Iraqi security forces opened fire during clashes with hundreds of protesters in the southern city of Basra on Friday, killing one demonstrator and wounding several others as tensions … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1604678640745283600 Fri, 2020-11-06 15:56 BRUSSELS: The EU on Friday added eight ministers from the new Syrian government formed in August to its sanctions blacklist for their role in President Bashar Assad’s violent repression of civilians. The decision … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1604682510005670400 Fri, 2020-11-06 16:48 RAMALLAH: A Palestinian on Friday ended a 103-day hunger strike against his detention without charge by Israel after being assured his four-month detention would not be extended, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said. There … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1604640138173268000 Fri, 2020-11-06 05:18 CHICAGO: Lebanese political leader Gibran Bassil has been hit by US sanctions, with Secretary of State Michael Pompeo accusing him of being “notorious for corruption.” Bassil, who has held various ministerial roles and … read more
Author: Zaynab Khojji ID: 1604609446317959000 Fri, 2020-11-06 00:12 JEDDAH: In the aftermath of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Izmir last Friday that killed at least 110 people, pressure is growing on the Turkish government to explain what happened to billions … read more