Author: Fri, 2020-06-05 23:29 CAIRO: Friday prayers returned to Cairo’s Al-Azhar Mosque, 66 days after being suspended as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Ahmed Hashem, a member of the Senior Scholars Committee in Al-Azhar, was … read more
Author: Fri, 2020-06-05 23:20 ISTANBUL: Three opposition MPs in Turkey were expelled from office on Thursday night and detained on espionage and terrorism charges in a move many see as being designed to weaken opposition parties ahead of a likely … read more
Fri, 2020-06-05 22:51 WASHINGTON: An IMF team has agreed on a one-year, $5.2 billion financing package for Egypt to help the country alleviate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fund announced Friday. The IMF board must still approve … read more
Author: Thu, 2020-06-04 23:47 LONDON: The Houthis are leaving thousands of Yemeni COVID-19 patients in Sanaa and other areas under their control to die of the disease, the country’s information minister said on Thursday. With its health services decimated by … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1591300932049135700 Thu, 2020-06-04 19:46 AMMAN: Syria state media said Thursday Israeli jets flying over Lebanon hit military targets in northwestern Hama province causing only material damage, in Israel’s latest escalation of raids in the last few months. … read more