International

Sisi wins 2nd presidential race: Egypt

A former defense minister, al-Sisi led 2013 military coup against Egypt’s first freely-elected president CAIRO: Incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi clinched a second term in office in Egyptian presidential polls conducted last week, Egypt’s official […]

Middle East

Islamic Development Bank aims to empower women

IDB introduces new initiative ‘SheCan’ in order to offer more economic opportunities to women TUNIS: The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) aims to improve women’s access to infrastructure that will offer economic opportunities through Islamic microfinance, […]

International

Tunisians exhibit in solidarity with Palestine

Demonstrations Tunis, Sfax part of Palestine’s Land Day commemoration TUNIS: Tunisian cities on Saturday demonstrated in solidarity with Palestine as part of that country’s Land Day commemorations. Protests were held in Tunisia’s capital of Tunis […]

International

Turkey arrested illegal migrants

111 kg of illegal drugs also seized, say police ANKARA: Turkish security forces held a total of 899 undocumented migrants in Turkey, according to a Turkish army statement on Sunday. In a statement, the Turkish […]

Middle East

Erdagon calls Netanyahu ‘terrorist’

‘We are dealing with terrorists, but you are not, as you are a terror state,’ says Recep Tayyip Erdogan ADANA, Turkey: Turkey’s president on Sunday criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his remarks targeting […]