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December 2, 2018

Lebanese police clash with politician as stand-off spirals

A stand-off between Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri and a pro-Syrian politician appeared to turn violent on Saturday, with reports of gunfire when police tried to issue the politician...

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December 2, 2018

Pompeo: no intelligence directly links Saudi prince to Khashoggi killing

Reuters reports US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday he has seen all the intelligence possessed by the United States on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal...

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December 2, 2018

Yemen central bank expecting $3 billion to prop up stricken economy

Yemen’s central bank is waiting for deposits worth $3 billion from foreign sources, the state news agency SABA quoted its governor, Mohammed Zammam, as saying on Saturday. The deposits...

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December 2, 2018

US Secretary of State Pompeo condemns Iran missile test

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday condemned what he described as Iran’s testing of a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads as a violation of...

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December 2, 2018

Turkey to open visa office in Iraq’s Kirkuk city

Turkey will open a visa application center in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Ankara’s ambassador to Baghdad said Saturday. During his visit to predominantly Turkmen town Tuz Khurmatu, Fatih Yildiz said: “In...

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December 2, 2018

Istanbul Airport to become megahub of aviation sector

The new Istanbul Airport will be a megahub in the world and locomotive for the Turkish aviation sector, said Ilker Ayci, chairman of the board of directors of Turkish Airlines. “Turkey will become one of the important centers of the commercial aviation sector in the world,” he told Anadolu Agency in an exclusive...

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December 2, 2018

231 civilians killed in Syria last month: NGO

Violence killed 231 civilians in war-torn Syria in November, according to a Syrian NGO. In a statement, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said 89 children and 31 women were among those...

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December 2, 2018

Bahrainis vote in election runoff

Bahraini voters cast ballot yesterday in the second round of the country’s parliamentary and municipal election. The first round of the vote was held last week, in which only nine parliamentary seats were decided. Voters cast...

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December 2, 2018

OPCW rejects US bid for Palestine’s exclusion from Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Palestinians have aborted US attempts to exclude Palestine from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the foreign minister said Saturday. Riyad al-Malki said the Palestinian delegation...

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December 2, 2018

Demonstrators in UK demand an end to war in Yemen

Protestors gathered outside 10 Downing Street late Friday, demanding an end to the war in Yemen and the British government’s support of Saudi Arabia. The demonstrations were organised by the Stop The War Coalition and Hands Off Yemen anti-war movements. Protestors and campaigners held...

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