Author: Tue, 2019-02-05 22:04 WASHINGTON: The US urged other countries Monday to bring home hundreds of Daesh fighters captured in Syria, a delicate issue for allies such as France and Britain as President Donald Trump withdraws troops. Washington drew a line … read more
Tue, 2019-02-05 21:17 TRIPOLI: At least 69 municipal councils out of 120 in Libya may not hold elections in March due to a lack of funding by the UN-backed government, the head of the elections committee said. Libyan authorities allowed municipal … read more
Author: Tue, 2019-02-05 21:09 SANAA: Retired Danish general Michael Lollesgaard arrived Tuesday in Sanaa to head the UN observer mission in war-wracked Yemen and replace his predecessor whose ties with the rebels were reportedly strained. Lollesgaard replaces Patrick Cammaert, the Dutch … read more
Tue, 2019-02-05 20:57 KHARTOUM: Sudan’s defense minister said on Monday that young people caught up in recent turmoil had “reasonable ambition,” the second apparently conciliatory gesture in three days from a senior government figure. Students, activists and other protesters frustrated … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1549384363106078300 Tue, 2019-02-05 13:17 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Interior Ministry removed concrete security barriers in central Beirut on Tuesday that had for years choked a major road nearby, days after the long-delayed formation of a new government. The office … read more