Author: Associated Press ID: 1589041536402231800 Sat, 2020-05-09 15:44 BEIRUT: Syria’s oil and mineral resources ministry announced Saturday a reduction in automobile fuel subsidies, the latest government measure to tackle a deepening economic crisis. The ministry said it was revising down its … read more
Author: Zaynab Khojji ID: 1589034808352023100 Sat, 2020-05-09 17:49 LONDON: Iran has imprisoned at least 13 people since April for protesting against the shooting down of a passenger jet by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to the group Human Rights Watch (HRW). … read more
Sat, 2020-05-09 17:38 LONDON: Iraq’s new prime minister Musafa Al-Kadhimi on Satutrday chaired his first cabinet meeting since being sworn in on Thursday. “Iraqi government must secure safe conditions for upcoming elections,” he said, while also calling on the government … read more
Fri, 2020-05-08 19:24 WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel in a show of support for the new coalition government, resuming travel after a coronavirus suspension, the State Department announced Friday. The top US diplomat and staunch … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1588945795315996200 Fri, 2020-05-08 13:30 DUBAI: Kuwait will enact a “total curfew” from 4pm (1300 GMT) on Sunday through to May 30 to help to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the Information Ministry said on Twitter on … read more