BAGHDAD: Iraq’s oil minister and his Turkish counterpart did not reach an agreement to immediately resume Iraq’s northern oil exports but agreed to hold more talks in the future, said two energy sources with knowledge of the ministers’ meeting in Ankara … read more
CAIRO: About 500 children have died from hunger in Sudan — including two dozen babies in a government-run orphanage in the capital of Khartoum — since fighting erupted in the East African country in April, a leading aid group said on … read more
KUWAIT: Kuwait is seeking to boost its collaborative efforts with the World Health Organization across various services, Health Minister Dr. Ahmed Al-Awadhi said on Monday. Al-Awadhi met Dr. Hanan Balkhy, assistant director for antimicrobial resistance at the WHO, to discuss … read more
BEIRUT: The Syrian state television channel said late on Monday that Israel had attacked targets on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus. State TV did not give any more details about the targets of the attack but the semi-official newspaper, … read more
JERUSALEM: Arab local councils in Israel held a strike on Monday in protest at the finance minister’s freeze earlier this month on hundreds of millions of shekels to their municipalities, a decision that has prompted accusations of racism. Finance Minister Bezalel … read more