Close to half of the kingdom’s daily oil output has been impacted by Saturday’s drone attacks, sources say. Yemen‘s Iran-aligned Houthi group on Saturday attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia‘s oil industry, including the world’s [ More … ]
Ahmet Davutoglu quits after the party decided to send him to the disciplinary board, says will set up a new political movement. Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has announced his resignation from Turkey’s ruling [ More … ]
Tunisians head to the polls on September 15 to elect a new president in the second such vote since the 2011 revolution. When President Beji Caid Essebsi died in late July, three months before his [ More … ]
Abdullah Morsi, who was an outspoken government critic, died at the Oasis hospital in Giza. The youngest son of late Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi died of an alleged heart attack at a hospital in Cairo, sources told [ More … ]
Moscow says the US targeted the region ‘without advance notice’ to Russia or Turkey, says it ‘compromised’ ceasefire. Russia, a major backer of Syria’s government, has accused the United States of having “compromised” a fragile ceasefire in Syria’s [ More … ]
No fighting overnight as Lebanon’s prime minister calls on US and France to ‘intervene’ to prevent escalation. A cautious calm has returned to the southern Lebanese border amid international calls for restraint after Hezbollah and [ More … ]
President of Yemen’s UN-recognised gov’t says forces pulled out of Aden to avoid city’s destruction after UAE air raids. The president of Yemen‘s internationally recognised government has urged Saudi Arabia to intervene to stop the United Arab Emirates‘ [ More … ]
Erdogan condemns Syrian army offensive as Putin urges ‘terrorist attacks’ in rebel-held Idlib to end. The leaders of Russia and Turkey have held discussions about a possible expansion of defence industry cooperation, even as differences appeared [ More … ]
Sudan’s PM Hamdok says getting off US terror list and cutting military budget will revive country’s faltering economy. Sudan’s new Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has said that he has talked to US officials about removing Sudan from [ More … ]
Pilgrims gather in the mount Arafa, (12 miles) east of Mecca. , for the annual pilgrimage. Mecca, Saudi Arabia: More than 2 million pilgrims were gathered in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia [ More … ]
Five civilians among 20 people reported dead as fighting between separatists and government forces go on for the third day. Fighting between Yemeni government forces and separatists in the southern port city of Aden has [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities have again blocked the website of (Void Egypt Prisons) campaign, an electronic platform (https://batilsegnak.online/) that was launched by Egyptian opposition figures from across the political spectrum for the solidarity with political detainees, gaining [ More … ]
Accusing the US of delaying the set up of safe zones, Erdogan announces incursion into Syria to dislodge YPG militia. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has renewed a pledge to carry out a cross-border military [ More … ]
Saudi women can now travel without the permission of a male guardian and now have employment discrimination protections. Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers approved a royal decree this week put forth by Crown Prince Mohammed [ More … ]
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