The pardon effectively ends the prospect that any of the men who killed Jamal Khashoggi will be executed. A son of the slain Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi said on Friday that he and his siblings [ More … ]
The Egyptian opposition movement, Batel (VOID), said that it has started receiving reports of injuries and deaths due to the new Coronavirus in Egypt since May 3, noting that it has received “since this date [ More … ]
Iran’s Supreme Leader on Friday denounced Israel as a “tumor” to be eliminated and hailed Tehran’s supply of arms to Palestinians, drawing swift condemnation from the United States and the European Union, reported Reuters. Opposition [ More … ]
The new coronavirus is believed to be spreading throughout Yemen where the health care system “has in effect collapsed”, the United Nations said on Friday, appealing for urgent funding. “Aid agencies in Yemen are operating [ More … ]
The US and Sudan have reached a typical understanding on the “contours” of a future bilateral claims settlement linked to the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the U.S. State [ More … ]
Lebanon’s financial meltdown could tip the country into a full-blown food crisis, as people hit by soaring prices and the fallout of COVID-19 become unable to afford even basics like bread, the prime minister warned. [ More … ]
A Democratic House committee chairman said the investigation into arms sales might have been “another reason” for the firing of the inspector general, Steve A. Linick, reported the New York Times. The US State Department [ More … ]
In an alert that appeared aimed squarely at Iran, the U.S. Navy issued a warning on Tuesday to mariners in the Gulf to stay 100 meters (yards) away from U.S. warships or risk being “interpreted [ More … ]
UN-backed GNA’s Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha says Khalifa Haftar now has ‘effectively zero’ chance of capturing capital Forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar withdrew from parts of the Libyan capital Tripoli overnight following [ More … ]
The FBI cracked the iPhone encryption of the Royal Saudi Air Force trainee who killed three American sailors in a December attack at a US naval base in Florida and found evidence linking him to [ More … ]
Yemen, already pushed to the brink of famine by a five-year war, could see a “catastrophic” food security situation due to the coronavirus pandemic and lower remittances from the Gulf, the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture [ More … ]
The World Bank Group’s board of directors approved a $50 million loan to Egypt to finance emergency response activities related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Egypt has been eligible to receive $50 million loan, the [ More … ]
An announcement by Tripoli-based UN-recognised administration comes after a month-long offensive against forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar. Libya’s UN-recognised government says it has captured the strategic al-Watiya airbase from fighters loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa [ More … ]
Mada Masr Editor-in-chief Lina Attalah has been ordered released on LE 2,000 bail by the Maadi prosecution. She remains in police custody while her release is processed. Lina Attalah was detained after interviewing the mother [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has bought minority stakes in major American companies including Boeing (NYSE:BA), Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and Citigroup (NYSE:C), a regulatory filing showed, giving it a portfolio of nearly $10 billion in U.S.-listed [ More … ]
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