Author: Associated Press ID: 1550089451001471000 Wed, 2019-02-13 19:46 PARIS: King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain have started a two-day official visit in Morocco. The couple, guests of King Mohammed VI, arrived late Wednesday afternoon at Rabat airport, where … read more
Author: Wed, 2019-02-13 22:45 CAIRO: Egypt’s Parliament began deliberations Wednesday over constitutional amendments that could allow President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to stay in office till 2034 — 12 more years after his current, second term expires in 2022. Lawmakers are set to … read more
Author: Wed, 2019-02-13 22:21 BAGHDAD: Iraq will repatriate Iraqi members of Daesh held by US-backed fighters in Syria as well as thousands of their family members, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said. Abdul Mahdi told reporters late Tuesday that families of … read more
Author: Wed, 2019-02-13 22:15 NEAR BAGHOUZ, SYRIA: The ferocious battle for Daesh’s last bastion in eastern Syria entered its fifth day on Wednesday, as exhausted families left the ever-shrinking scrap of land where holdout militants have been boxed in by Kurdish-led … read more
Wed, 2019-02-13 20:37 WARSAW: US, Arab and Israeli leaders gathered Wednesday in Warsaw for a conference expected to pile pressure on Iran. The event is attended by about 60 countries and the agenda also covers the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the fight … read more