Thu, 2020-10-22 21:47 BEIRUT: The decision to name Saad Hariri as Lebanon’s next prime minister on Thursday was met with anger, derision and ridicule from jaded Lebanese. Hariri will hold the position for the fourth time despite months of widespread … read more
Author: Thu, 2020-10-22 21:18 ANKARA: Turkey on Thursday officially confirmed the fears of its NATO allies that it had carried out testing of its controversial Russian-made S-400 missile defense system. Trials of the $2.5 billion anti-aircraft weaponry bought last year … read more
Thu, 2020-10-22 17:14 LONDON: Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi and his British counterpart Boris Johnson discussed security challenges in the Middle East on Thursday. A-Khadimi met the UK leader at Downing Street as part of an a European tour. Johnson … read more
Author: Thu, 2020-10-22 01:28 CAIRO: Sudanese protesters took to the streets in the capital and across the country on Wednesday over dire living conditions and a deadly crackdown on demonstrators in the east earlier this month. The protests came on the … read more
Author: Thu, 2020-10-22 02:01 TEHRAN: Jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been moved to a women’s detention center outside the capital Tehran instead of receiving the hospital treatment she needs, her husband said on Wednesday. The UN has called … read more