Author: Tue, 2019-02-05 21:09 SANAA: Retired Danish general Michael Lollesgaard arrived Tuesday in Sanaa to head the UN observer mission in war-wracked Yemen and replace his predecessor whose ties with the rebels were reportedly strained. Lollesgaard replaces Patrick Cammaert, the Dutch … read more
Tue, 2019-02-05 20:57 KHARTOUM: Sudan’s defense minister said on Monday that young people caught up in recent turmoil had “reasonable ambition,” the second apparently conciliatory gesture in three days from a senior government figure. Students, activists and other protesters frustrated … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1549384363106078300 Tue, 2019-02-05 13:17 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Interior Ministry removed concrete security barriers in central Beirut on Tuesday that had for years choked a major road nearby, days after the long-delayed formation of a new government. The office … read more
Author: AP ID: 1549311087899497200 Mon, 2019-02-04 19:40 LOD, Israel: Nearly 100 Ethiopian Jews have landed in Israel in the first wave of new immigration since the government said last year that it would let some of the 8,000 remaining community … read more
Mon, 2019-02-04 22:06 KARBALA: The recent assassination of a writer in the middle of a street in Karbala has provoked indignation in Iraqi cultural circles. The city’s police force said several fatal shots were fired at Alaa Mashzoub in front … read more