Author: Fri, 2019-02-08 22:26 BEIRUT: A Lebanese man set himself on fire in a schoolyard in Bkeftine in northern Lebanon after a dispute over unpaid tuition fees. George Zureik doused himself in gasoline and set himself alight following a meeting … read more
Fri, 2019-02-08 18:44 WASHINGTON: Palestinian officials will not attend next week’s US conference hosted by Poland, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Friday after a US official said they had been invited. “Regarding statements that we have been invited, we can say … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1549636535039030800 Fri, 2019-02-08 14:26 KHARTOUM: Sudanese protesters rallied after Friday prayers in an eastern town against the death in custody of a teacher arrested in connection with anti-government demonstrations sweeping the country, witnesses said. An investigator on … read more
Author: By EDITH M. LEDERER | AP ID: 1549569766822301100 Thu, 2019-02-07 19:37 UNITED NATIONS: Yemen’s warring parties reached a preliminary compromise on a plan for the redeployment of opposing forces from the key port of Hodeida, the United Nations said … read more
Author: Shounaz Mekky ID: 1549568456542205000 Thu, 2019-02-07 22:40 DUBAI: Jean-Pierre Lacroix, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, has praised the launching of a military and peacekeeping program for Arab women in the United Arab Emirates. Lacroix hailed the program as … read more