Mon, 2020-08-03 01:13 ALGIERS: Algeria’s president phoned his Turkish counterpart last month to secure the return of a fugitive military official who fled Algeria days after its powerful army chief died in December, a top Algerian security source said. Guermit … read more
Sun, 2020-08-02 23:23 LONDON: Thirty years on, we continue to endure the catastrophic reverberations of the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. This act set in motion events that would unleash a three-headed hydra of sectarianism, terrorism and Iranian militancy. The … read more
Author: Sun, 2020-08-02 23:48 KHARTOUM: Hundreds of homes were destroyed or flooded this week as a dam burst after heavy rain in Sudan’s Blue Nile state, a local official said. The dam collapsed on Thursday in the district of Bout … read more
Sun, 2020-08-02 22:15 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s confirmed cases of coronavirus have reached 5,000 despite a five-day government lockdown that started last Thursday, as one doctor warned that the health system was “beyond its capacity.” The Ministry of Health recorded 175 cases … read more
Author: Sun, 2020-08-02 00:49 BAGHDAD: Iraq will hold its next parliamentary elections nearly a year early, the premier has announced, as he seeks to make good on promises he offered when he came to power. “June 6, 2021, has been … read more