Month: March 2018

There was no claim of responsibility for the attack SANAA, Yemen: Four people were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern Yemen on Wednesday, according to a local security official. An explosive device exploded […]

Next week’s poll will see incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi face off against leader of small liberal party CAIRO: Egypt’s Interior Ministry has declared a state of “high alert” in the run-up to presidential polls […]

Warplanes took off from Khmeimim Airbase in Latakia province, according to opposition sources IDLIB, Syria: Russian airstrikes have killed at least 20 civilians in the opposition-held Saraqib district of Syria’s Idlib province, according to local […]

Libyan, Algerian, Palestinian, Iraqi, Pakistani, Afghan, Bangladeshi, Eritrean, and Syrian nationals held EDIRNE/VAN, Turkey: At least 1,028 undocumented migrants were held across Turkey on Wednesday, according to security sources. In Basciftlik in the eastern Van […]

Moscow will not recognize results of OPCW investigation if Russian experts do not take part in it MOSCOW: Russia considers the attack on Sergey Skripal and his daughter an act of terrorism against its citizens, […]

Incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won 97 percent of the vote in 2014 election, according to ‘official’ figures CAIRO: The Addis Ababa-based African Union will send 40 observers to monitor next week’s presidential election in […]

African Continental Free Trade Area will cover a market of 1.2 billion people and a combined GDP of $2.5 trillion Representatives of 44 African nations signed an agreement Wednesday to set up a free trade […]

US reportedly drops contentious demand on vehicle parts TRENTON, Canada: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday a new trade agreement with the U.S. and Mexico is “eminently possible” in the near future. The remarks about […]