Saudi sisters who fled to Georgia granted “new home”
AFP, Tbilisi :Two Saudi sisters who fled to Georgia saying they feared being killed if they returned home posted on social media Tuesday that they...
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India’s communists are in danger of falling off the political map in general elections
AFP, Kannur (India) :India’s once-vibrant communist parties are in danger of falling off the political map in this month’s general elections as voters lose their...
Pompeo briefs Iraqi leaders on US security concerns over Iran
Reuters, Baghdad :U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Tuesday and met Iraq’s prime minister and other top officials...
Opposition chiefs talk strategy for Istanbul vote re-run
AFP, Istanbul :The Turkish opposition candidate stripped of his mayoral post after a controversial order to re-run the Istanbul vote was holding talks with his...
First woman to land on moon will be American: Pence
PTI, Washington :The United States is planning another space mission to the moon, Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday, asserting that the first woman...
Democrats launch contempt action against US AG
US House Democrats have scheduled a Wednesday vote on whether to hold the nation’s top law enforcement official in contempt for failing to produce a...
Fighting kills 43 in Syria`s northwest
AFP, Beirut :Clashes between Syrian government forces and jihadists have killed 43 fighters in the country’s northwest, where the regime and its Russian ally have...
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Qatar allocates $480 mn in aid to PalestiniansAFP, DohaQatar said Tuesday it has allocated $480 million in aid to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority to support...
Ramzan ‘full of mortar shells’ in Yemen
AFP, Khokha :Saudi-backed Yemeni fighters watch from a destroyed building the launch ceremony by Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) of multi-million dollar...
Decade on, France Telecom goes on trial over wave of suicides
AFP :A decade after a wave of suicides at France Telecom in which 35 employees took their own lives, the telecoms giant and its former...
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Turkey to buy Russian missiles despite US ‘threats’AFP, Istanbul Turkey on Sunday dismissed US threats of sanctions if it went ahead with a Russian missile...
Israeli killed and two Palestinian gunmen dead as Gaza violence persists
Reuters , Jerusalem :A rocket fired from Gaza killed an Israeli civilian on Sunday and two Palestinian gunmen were killed in an Israeli strike as...