Fri, 2019-07-05 19:07 VIENNA: The UN’s nuclear watchdog said Friday it will hold an emergency meeting on Iran’s nuclear programme next week, days after Tehran breached one of the limits set in a 2015 deal with world powers. The meeting … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1562334240033637500 Fri, 2019-07-05 13:33 ATHENS: Greek authorities have seized what they described as the world’s largest single haul of super-charged amphetamine Captagon pills from Syria worth more than half a billion euros. Coast Guard and drug enforcement … read more
Fri, 2019-07-05 16:57 BAGHDAD: UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee voted on Friday to list the sprawling Mesopotamian metropolis of Babylon as a World Heritage Site after three decades of lobbying efforts by Iraq. Iraq had been trying since 1983 to have the … read more
Fri, 2019-07-05 14:36 TUNIS: Tunisia’s premier on Friday banned the niqab face covering for women in government offices, citing security concerns after attacks in the North African country. Prime Minister Youssef Chahed signed a government circular “banning access to public … read more
Author: daniel fountain ID: 1562266195416400700 Thu, 2019-07-04 21:49 AMMAN: Palestinians welcomed the initiative made by Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono in the exclusive interview he gave to Arab News about his country’s interest playing the role of an “honest broker” … read more