Saudi king relieves health minister, second in a month
Reuters, Dubai :Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has relieved Health Minister Ahmed al-Khatib of his post, removing a second minister handling social welfare issues in the...
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Ten killed in new fighting in Libya’s Benghazi: medics
Reuters, Benghazi :Ten people have been killed in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi in fighting between army forces and Islamist groups, medics said on...
NASA to discover extraterrestrial life by 2045
Agencies, Washington :NASA scientists are now convinced that extraterrestrial life is a fact, not a mere possibility, and says man will find conclusive signs of...
Jihadists attack Iraq’s largest oil refinery
AFP, Kirkuk :Islamic State militants on Saturday launched suicide attacks against the Baiji oil refinery, Iraq’s largest, a senior army officer said.The jihadist group claimed...
Russia supplying weapons, troops to Ukraine separatists
AFP, Frankfurt :NATO believes that Russia has supplied more troops and weapons to pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, a German newspaper reported on Sunday.“We have...
German author Guenter Grass dies
BBC online: Guenter Grass, German Nobel literature prize winner and author of The Tin Drum, has died aged 87. His publisher said he passed away...
Obama says partisanship over Iran deal has gone too far
AP, Panama City :President Barack Obama said Saturday that partisan wrangling over the emerging nuclear agreement with Iran and on other foreign policy matters has...
Obama meets Venezuela’s president on sidelines of summit
AP, Panama City :President Barack Obama met privately with his Venezuelan counterpart Saturday amid a bitter dispute between the two nations over recent U.S. sanctions...
Egypt Brotherhood chief, 11 others sentenced to death
AFP, Cairo :An Egyptian court confirmed death sentences for Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 11 other defendants today, and jailed a US-Egyptian citizen for...
‘Days of meddling’ in LatAm are past, says Obama
Agencies, Panama City :US President Barack Obama has told Latin American leaders that the days when his country could freely interfere in regional affairs are...
‘I don’t want to see a white man’: Mugabe
AFP, Johannesburg :Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe walked away from a group of journalists in South Africa commenting “I don’t want to see a white man”,...
Hundreds defy ban to protest Saudi Arabia in Iran’s capital
AP, Tehran :Defying a government ban, hundreds of Iranians protested against Saudi Arabia on Saturday over the alleged abuse of two Iranian pilgrims visiting the...