Author: Thu, 2020-01-02 01:39 ANKARA: Pro-government Turkish media outlets are closing since the election of a new Istanbul mayor in June, with two surprise shutdowns earlier this week. Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, from the secular main opposition Republican People’s Party, took … read more
Author: Thu, 2020-01-02 01:24 MOGADISHU: As wounded men screaming for their mothers were brought into a Mogadishu hospital after a huge truck bomb blast on Saturday, doctors fought to save eight month-old Mohammed Hassan, whose mother was already dead. The baby … read more
Author: Thu, 2020-01-02 01:20 ALGIERS: Algeria’s richest man Issad Rebrab walked free on time served early on Wednesday after a court sentenced him to six months for tax, banking and customs offenses. Prosecutors had sought a one-year prison sentence for the … read more
Author: Wed, 2020-01-01 23:46 AL-MUKALLA, Yemen: The internationally recognized government of Yemen has sent letters to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, urging them to pressure the Iran-backed Houthis to revoke their ban on the recently-printed banknotes. The … read more
Wed, 2020-01-01 23:21 DUBAI: For all their futuristic skylines, multi-lane highways and lushly landscaped public parks, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other GCC countries cannot overcome a fundamental geographical disadvantage: They are marginal environments. Marginal environments are areas of the … read more