Author: AFP ID: 1541697398455194900 Thu, 2018-11-08 15:30 BAGHDAD: Two ministers approved by Iraq’s parliament may lose their jobs before the rest of cabinet is agreed, officials said Thursday, after a commission found they were members of Saddam Hussein’s regime. The … read more
Author: Associated Press ID: 1541692692674734400 Thu, 2018-11-08 (All day) CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced 65 suspected Daesh extremists to between five years and life in prison for setting up a “terrorist cell”, a court official said. The alleged cell had … read more
Wed, 2018-11-07 22:57 LONDON: The United States accused Iranian oil tankers of turning off their maritime transponders to try and hide their movements after Washington imposed a wave of sactions on Tehran this week. US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on … read more
Wed, 2018-11-07 22:25 BEERSHEBA, Israel: A Frenchman formerly employed by his country’s Jerusalem consulate and accused by Israel of smuggling guns between the Palestinian territories will argue he was “tricked,” his lawyer said Wednesday. Romain Franck, who worked as a … read more
Wed, 2018-11-07 21:47 TUNIS, CAIRO: The UN and Western powers have given up hope that Libya will hold elections in the immediate future, focusing on reconciliation first among rival factions locked in a cycle of conflict, diplomats and other sources said. … read more