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Lebanon’s banking association said Thursday it might withdraw from talks with IMF owing to rows over the scale of the country’s vast financial losses, Zawya reports. “The atmosphere that prevailed at a meeting today at the finance ministry brought matters Read more
An Ethiopian Airline cargo plane caught fire in China, an aviation news tracking portal reported on Wednesday morning. The incident involved Ethiopian Airlines 777F which was parked at the Shanghai Pudong Airport. The blaze was centralized in the fuselage area. Read more
A supply convoy to US troop in Iraq was hit Wednesday in two roadside bomb attack in the southern province of Dhi Qar province, reports say. The attacks which occurred on the Al-Bathaa road targeted trucks carrying logical support for Read more
Kuwait’s ruler Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah is to travel today July 23 to the U.S for medical treatment after being admitted to hospital late last week. State-run news agency KANU Wednesday said the medical team of 91-year old leader advised Read more
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi Tuesday pledged to protect Iran’s sovereignty as he made his first foreign visit to the Islamic Republic. The US ally met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in capital Teheran. The Iranian leader according to the Read more
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped in the Iraqi capital a German activist affiliated to the Goethe Institute, reports say. Hella Mewis according to the Iraqi police was abducted near her office on the Abu Nuwas Street at the evening hours. She Read more
California-based media and tech service provider Netflix has denied rumors it is exiting Turkey after it came under attack over a controversial Turkish TV series to feature a gay character. The company in statement issued Monday re-assured its members that Read more
Sudan’s army has announced legal actions against journalists and activists for insults and accusations that have crossed the “bounds of patience”. The announcement made Saturday came following massive demonstrations in capital Khartoum last month against the ruling coalition over slow-paced Read more
An Istanbul-based court Thursday sentenced German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yucel to two years and nine months in prison in absentia for spreading propaganda for PKK that Ankara considers terror group, reports say. Yucel who lives in Germany and works for several Read more
Algeria Thursday re-imposed a partial lockdown in 29 governorates in a move to curtail a spike in covid-19 cases. The North African country has witnessed in recent days a steady increase in number of cases. An average of 500 cases Read more