Tue, 2019-06-04 00:15 BEIRUT: A militant attacked a patrol of Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) in the northern city of Tripoli on Monday night, killing two police officers and one army soldier, state news agency NNA said. Two security sources … read more
Author: Mon, 2019-06-03 22:35 CAIRO: Fall armyworms have been reported in Egypt’s Aswan governorate, putting agricultural crops, particularly maize, at high risk. The announcement was made by the Agricultural Pesticide Committee (APC) of the Ministry of Agriculture, which said the insects … read more
Author: Mon, 2019-06-03 22:15 STRASBOURG: Over 500 Turkish judges and prosecutors have applied to have cases heard at Europe’s top rights court after they were caught up in the crackdown after the failed 2016 coup bid, the court said on Monday. … read more
Author: Mon, 2019-06-03 22:06 BENGHAZI, THE HAGUE: Libya’s Coast Guard on Monday said it has intercepted a rubber boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, off the country’s Mediterranean coast. Ayoub Gassim, a Libyan official, said that 85 … read more
Author: Mon, 2019-06-03 21:49 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s constitutional court ruled on Monday to halt part of a power sector reform plan that seeks to reduce state subsidies which have led to one of the world’s heaviest public debt burdens. Lebanon’s decades-old … read more