Author: Reuters ID: 1543953512261712000 Tue, 2018-12-04 18:45 CAIRO: Sudan’s long-serving President Omar Bashir came closer on Tuesday to another term in office after a majority of lawmakers backed a constitutional amendment to extend term limits that would have required him … read more
Author: Suadad Al-Salhy ID: 1543957397371992700 Wed, 2018-12-05 00:02 BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Parliament descended into chaos on Tuesday as MPs clashed angrily over a planned vote on the remainder of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s Cabinet. MPs boycotting the vote banged tables … read more
Author: Tue, 2018-12-04 22:33 ANKARA: Turkish police on Tuesday detained nearly 140 people in nationwide raids over alleged links to the group blamed for the 2016 failed coup, state media reported. Prosecutors across the country issued 267 arrest warrants, according … read more
Author: daniel fountain ID: 1543950529031517300 Tue, 2018-12-04 22:18 CAIRO: It was July 21, 1969, and Neil Armstrong had just taken mankind’s first steps on the moon. In Egypt, 16-year-old Wagih Subhi Baqi Sulayman was transfixed by the achievement. More in … read more
Author: Tue, 2018-12-04 22:03 GENEVA: A growing number of migrants are flocking to Yemen, even as its dire humanitarian crisis deepens, with nearly 150,000 expected to arrive in the war-ravaged country in 2018, the UN said Tuesday. Yemen remains a major … read more