ISTANBUL (AA) – The UAE has suspended exports of Indian wheat for four months, the Economy Ministry said on Wednesday. “The decision is applicable to all varieties of Indian wheat (hard, normal and fine) in addition to wheat flour,” the ministry said on Twitter. The state-run Emirates News Agency said the decision was made in […]...
PARIS (AA) – As France began the withdrawal of its forces from Mali, the French military announced the arrest of a senior Daesh leader on Wednesday. Oumeya Ould Albakaye, a senior leader of the Daesh was captured during an operation between June 11-12 involving air and ground units of the Barkhane force, according to a […]
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP): Dozens of Afghan women wearing thick green shawls were married off in a mass wedding in Kabul on Monday in a ceremony attended by hundreds of guests including Taliban fighters. Marriage is a costly affair in deeply impoverished Afghanistan, traditionally involving huge dowries, expensive gifts and lavish parties. Hist...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA): Saudi Arabia has lifted all precautionary measures imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, including the requirement to wear face masks in closed places. An Interior Ministry statement said the decision to drop the restrictions was based on the follow-up of the epidemiological situation of the COVID-1...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): At least 30 families in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been left homeless due to flooding caused by heavy rains. According to the officials, more than 400 homes and businesses have been flooded while 30 houses became unusable in the northeastern municipality of Celic. Dozens of families were left homeless after the overflow...
GENEVA (AA): UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet has said that she will not stand for a second four-year term for the position she has held since 2018. “I will not be seeking a second term after my mandate expires on the 31st of August this year,” Bachelet told journalists outside the chamber where the Human […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli settler leaders have prepared a plan to establish a huge “national park” in the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli media. The park will extend between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, and stretches between several Israeli settlements around occupied East Jerusalem, which will eventually separate ...
LONDON (AA): Britain’s Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a High Court decision that asylum seekers can be flown to Rwanda in a controversial scheme. The decision means the first deportation flight to Rwanda can go ahead right away. In April, the UK announced plans to send some of the people who seek […]
JERUSALEM (AA): A member of the Knesset (Israel’s Parliament) has announced that he will stop supporting the government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett pending the extension of a bill related to settlers in the occupied West Bank. Nir Orbachis, a member of Bennett’s Yamina Party, said he “decided to stop voting with the government coal...
WASHINGTON (AA): The US has vowed to maintain diplomatic pressure on North Korea “until the regime in Pyongyang changes course” after repeated ballistic missile tests and a nuclear threat. “Unless and until the DPRK (Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea) is engaged with us, and with partners and allies in diplomacy, an...
