Wed, 2020-07-15 20:36 TUNIS: Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh resigned on Wednesday, according to two official sources who did not want to be named, after a row with the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party. Fakhfakh, who is under investigation over allegations of … read more
Wed, 2020-07-15 19:17 CAIRO: Egypt has asked Ethiopia for urgent clarification on whether it had started filling its Grand Renaissance dam on the Blue Nile, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. It was Cairo’s first official reaction after Ethiopia’s water minister … read more
Wed, 2020-07-15 17:58 LONDON: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian national imprisoned by Tehran on charges of espionage, is running out of time if she is to have another child, according to her husband Richard Ratcliffe, who has appealed to Iran’s Foreign Minister … read more
Wed, 2020-07-15 17:41 LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for dialogue to resolve tensions over the proposed annexation by Israel of parts of the occupied Palestinian territories. Johnson spoke with Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, over concerns … read more
Wed, 2020-07-15 16:52 LONDON: Internet access was restricted across Iran on Tuesday after widespread anger on social media over death sentences handed to three protesters. A Farsi hashtag translated as #DontExecute began trending globally on Tuesday evening according to Radio … read more