Ramallah : The Palestinian Authority (PA) told the United States that if the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act 2018 comes into force, it might as well stop sending the security aid money. US President Donald Trump signed the act into law in October which is expected to...
Baghdad : An Iraqi scientist has claimed that he supervised the manufacture of lethal toxins for the Islamic State (IS) terror group for a period of 15 months, The Washington Post reported. In 2014, the IS seized Mosul, the country's second largest city, and made...
Washington : US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed "ongoing cooperation in Syria as American forces begin to withdraw" during a phone call, just a day after Trump threatened to "devastate Turkey economically" if...
Abu Dhabi : The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development signed here on Sunday a $25 million agreement with the Mauritanian Deposit and Development Fund. The agreement, signed in the presence of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed...
Amman : King Abdullah II of Jordan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi stressed the importance of intensifying international efforts to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and to reach a just and lasting peace, based on the two-state solution and the Arab...
Abu Dhabi : The United Arab Emirates on Saturday signed a $25 million worth agreement to provide support for micro, small and medium enterprises in the Republic of Mali. Emirates news agency WAM reported that the agreement was signed in Abu Dhabi between the Khalifa...
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia's Media Minister Turki bin Abdullah Al-Shabanah met the editors-in-chief of Saudi newspapers at the headquarters of Saudi Press Agency (SPA) in Riyadh. During the meeting, they discussed media-related subjects and means to support and develop...
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has granted 2.664 million visas for pilgrims to perform Umrah this year, a 2.79 per cent up over the corresponding period last year, according to official statistics released on Friday. Up till now, 2.250 million pilgrims have entered the kingdom...
Cairo : The 49th meeting of the Committee of Senior Arab Officials on Nuclear and other Weapons of Mass Destruction started at the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo on Wednesday. The two-day meeting will discuss a number of issues, most notably the Arab move to...
Jerusalem : Rafael Advanced Defence Systems, a state-owned Israeli technology company, announced on Wednesday that it has sold the US military "Trophy" protection systems for vehicles in a deal worth $200 million. In June 2018, the US purchased for the first time...