DUBAI: Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad received an invitation to attend the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year, even as the yearslong war in his country over his rule grinds on. Assad’s invite, late on Monday, to the … read more
RIYADH: An ongoing Saudi program to clear landmines in Yemen saw 896 devices laid by the Iran-backed Houthis dismantled in the second week of May. Overseen by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, special teams destroyed 11 anti-personnel mines, … read more
BEIRUT: A French investigative judge on Tuesday issued an international arrest warrant for Riad Salameh, Lebanon’s central bank governor, after he failed to appear for questioning on corruption charges. Salameh was supposed to appear before French prosecutors as part of … read more
TUNIS: A Tunisian judge on Monday sentenced opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, a critic of President Kais Saied, to a year in absentia on charges of incitement, his lawyer Monia Bouali said. Ghannouchi, 81, has been in prison since last April, … read more
DUBAI: Flights between Bahrain and Qatar will resume as of May 25, Bahrain News Agency reported on Monday. The resumption of flights between Bahrain and Qatar “comes within the framework of the brotherly relations between the two brotherly countries and … read more