Author: Sat, 2019-11-23 00:04 ALGIERS: Authorities arrested more than 80 people during a night-time protest in the Algerian capital, a prisoners’ rights group said on Friday. Demonstrators have been protesting against next month’s presidential election which they allege aims to cement … read more
Author: Fri, 2019-11-22 23:48 AMMAN: It is unclear whether we are witnessing the final chapter of the era of Israel’s longest-standing prime minister but his days of glory appear to be over. Dian Butto, a Palestinian American lawyer and former member … read more
Author: Fri, 2019-11-22 23:38 ANKARA: Claims that a high-ranking member of Turkey’s main opposition had been encouraged by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to seek leadership of the party have sparked a war of words between the rival political forces. A column … read more
Author: Fri, 2019-11-22 23:30 NUR-SULTAN: Kazakhstan will host a fresh round of Syria peace talks sponsored by Russia, Turkey and Iran on Dec. 10-11, Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi said. Tleuberdi provided no details about the agenda or participants in the … read more
Fri, 2019-11-22 18:38 WASHINGTON: The US Treasury slapped punitive sanctions on Iran’s communications minister, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Friday after the Tehran regime blocked Internet communications amid violent protests triggered by a petrol price hike. “We are sanctioning Iran’s Minister of … read more