Sat, 2019-07-20 19:44 LONDON: British Airways suspended flights to Cairo for seven days starting Saturday as a precaution to allow for an assessment of security there, the airline said in a statement. “We constantly review our security arrangements at all our … read more
Sat, 2019-07-20 18:17 LONDON: The Iranian coast guard forced an Algerian tanker to head into Iranian waters on Friday before a confrontation ended, the Algerian state oil and gas company Sonatrach said. Algeria’s state-run news agency APS, quoting Sonatrach, said Saturday the … read more
Sat, 2019-07-20 16:27 ERBIL: Iraqi Kurdish authorities announced Saturday they had arrested two suspects involved in the murder of three people, including a Turkish diplomat, in the regional capital Erbil this week. The autonomous region’s security council first said its counterterrorism … read more
Sat, 2019-07-20 16:01 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia sent a crew member of an Iranian ship to Oman on Saturday. The sailor had previously been evacuated from the ship off the Yemeni port of Hodeidah for medical reasons. After receiving necessary medical … read more
Author: Zaynab Khojji ID: 1563561776064597200 Fri, 2019-07-19 21:42 BEIRUT: Retired Lebanese soldiers on Friday came close to clashing with the country’s army when weeks of protests over planned benefit cuts reached boiling point in the capital Beirut. Dressed in military … read more