Author: Thu, 2019-02-21 21:27 ISTANBUL: A group of lawyers on Thursday gathered outside Istanbul’s main courthouse to protest against an appeal court’s upholding the convictions of former journalists and executives from opposition daily Cumhuriyet. The court on Tuesday confirmed jail … read more
Author: Thu, 2019-02-21 21:10 RAQQA: Two feet deep, below a plot of farmland outside the Syrian city of Raqqa, lies a large and deadly legacy of Daesh: A mass grave holding an estimated 3,500 people. First responders learned of the … read more
Thu, 2019-02-21 18:55 LONDON: A Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Lagos, Nigeria was diverted to Khartoum, Sudan for unknown reasons on Thursday. According to data from the aircraft-tracking website FlightRadar24, the Qatar Airways jet — a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner — was … read more
Author: Wed, 2019-02-20 22:43 JEDDAH: The changing dynamics of terror financing and money laundering posed a growing problem for countries and organizations seeking to halt their spread, a regional conference in Cairo was warned. Saudi Arabia’s Attorney General Sheikh Saud … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1550683211224110500 Wed, 2019-02-20 16:52 AMMAN: Jordan’s Prime Minister Omar Al-Razzaz appealed on Wednesday to major donors to continue multi-billion dollar funding for Syrian refugees in the kingdom, saying most of those who had fled the eight-year conflict … read more