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  • September 17, 2015

    Mexico demands ‘thorough’ investigation into killing of countrymen in Egypt

    Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu arrived in Egypt yesterday and demanded a “thorough” and “transparent” investigation into the incident in which the Egyptian army killed eight Mexican tourists...

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  • September 17, 2015

    One million Yemeni fighters prepare to invade Saudi Arabia

    A million Yemeni tribal fighters are gathering near the border with Saudi Arabia in preparation to invade the Kingdom, Iran’s Kayhan newspaper has reported. The newspaper quoted what it...

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  • September 17, 2015

    Iraqi deficit to reach $25bn in 2016

    The Iraqi finance ministry has proposed a budget for 2016 worth 113.5 trillion Iraqi dinars (99.65 billion dollars), with a deficit of 29.4 trillion dinars ($25.81 billion). Deputy Finance...

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  • September 17, 2015

    UN envoy urges Libyan parties to return to dialogue

    The UN envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon,  on Wednesday called on Libyan parties to return to the negotiating table of peace talks taking place in the Moroccan town of...

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  • September 17, 2015

    8 Brotherhood members sentenced to death in Egypt

    An Egyptian court sentenced eight defendants to death on Tuesday on charges of belonging to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group and handed 77 others life terms, a judicial source...

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  • September 17, 2015

    Jordanian MP calls on Kingdom to dismiss Israeli ambassador

    In response to the Israeli violence against Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jordanian Member of Parliament Hind Al-Fayiz yesterday urged her government to call off the peace agreement signed with Israel and...

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  • September 17, 2015

    Two released Turkish workers on their way home from Iraq

    Two of the 18 kidnapped Turkish workers in Iraq are on their way back to Turkey on Thursday, a Turkish official said. Turkey’s Baghdad Ambassador Faruk Kaymakci said that...

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  • September 17, 2015

    Tourism to Turkey falls this year

    Turkish government has incentives to tackle the losses in tourism, says minister. The number of tourists coming to Turkey has dropped in 2015, said Culture and Tourism Minister Yalcin...

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  • September 17, 2015

    French authorities clear refugee camps as France accepts 24,000 fresh refugees

    French authorities cleared more than 500 refugees from two makeshift camps in Paris on Thursday, moving them to temporary homes, local media said. Social workers and charity staff escorted...

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  • September 17, 2015

    Libya Dawn stops Al-Thani from travelling

    Libya’s internationally-backed Tobruk government yesterday accused the Libya Dawn Air Force Commander Brigadier General Saqr Jeroshi of giving orders to militants to prevent Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thani’s airplane from...

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