Author: Jim Mannion with Mike Smith in Jerusalem | AFP ID: 1553451541410160500 Sun, 2019-03-24 16:54 WASHINGTON: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington Sunday, looking for an electoral boost from Donald Trump amid expectations the US president will formally … read more
Sun, 2019-03-24 19:36 WASHINGTON: The United States clinched a strategic port deal with Oman on Sunday which US officials say will allow the US military better access to the Gulf region and reduce the need to send ships through the Strait of Hormuz, … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1553437837868960500 Sun, 2019-03-24 13:12 CAIRO: The Arab League said Sunday it was not planning to discuss reinstating Syria’s membership at a summit later this month, more than eight years after suspending it as the country descended into … read more
Sun, 2019-03-24 15:59 LONDON: Stopping escalation of Israeli violence in Jerusalem and violations against the Al-Aqsa mosque is necessary, Egypt and Jordan said in a joint statement Sunday. A further statement issued by Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq said that the … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1553431396518426200 Sun, 2019-03-24 12:41 BAGHDAD: Three suspected Daesh group suicide bombers blew themselves up Sunday in northern Iraq, the army said, a day after the extremists’ “caliphate” was wiped out in neighbouring Syria. Army spokesman Yahya Rassoul … read more