Wed, 2019-08-14 20:22 LONDON: A meeting between a Houthi official and Iran’s Supreme Leader proves “in black and white” that the Yemeni militants are an Iranian proxy, a senior Emirati said Wednesday. State TV showed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praising the … read more
Wed, 2019-08-14 17:53 TUNIS: Tunisia’s electoral commission said on Wednesday it had approved 26 candidates including two women for next month’s presidential election and had rejected 71 other applicants. The Sept. 15 vote follows the death of Beji Caid Essebsi, … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1565713016866045700 Tue, 2019-08-13 15:50 BEIRUT: Clashes between regime loyalists and insurgents in rebel-held northwest Syria killed 59 combatants on Tuesday, a war monitor said. Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), an extremist group led by Syria’s former Al-Qaeda affiliate, … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1565684745524261600 Tue, 2019-08-13 07:47 JERUSALEM: Israel has deported a Filipino migrant worker and her Israeli-born teenage son after 11th hour legal appeals failed, a children’s rights group and authorities said Tuesday. She is among some 600 workers … read more
Author: Tue, 2019-08-13 12:43 DUBAI: The Yemeni army’s continued push has provoked the Houthi militia into spreading misleading messages via their media, the Arab coalition’s spokesman said. Col. Turki Al-Maliki said the militia falsified events, claiming victories where none had … read more