Jerusalem : United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator Jamie McGoldrick has called on the Israeli authorities to immediately allow the entry of UN-purchased emergency fuel into the Gaza Strip. “Restricting the entry of emergency fuel to Gaza is a dangerous practice, with...
Jerusalem : An over 2,000-year-old golden earring adorned by the image of a horned animal was discovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Wednesday. The earring was discovered in the City of David National Park encircling the old city...
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia announced that it was expelling the Ambassador of Canada and froze new trade deals with the country after Ottawas criticism of human-rights violations in the Islamic Kingdom. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday that it it was...
Washington : US President Donald Trump's administration will reimpose the first batch of Iran sanctions on Monday since Washington withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal. The more significant tranche of sanctions, including on oil sales, won't however, come into force...
Tripoli : The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that nearly 680,000 illegal immigrants arrived in Libya in May. "In May 2018, IOM Libya identified 679,897 migrants in Libya from 42 nationalities, 8 per cent of them are minors," Xinhua news agency...
Sanaa : At least 20 people were killed and 50 others injured on Thursday when a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a popular fish market in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, a medical official told Xinhua. The market is just about five meters away from the main...
Istanbul: The new building at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport’s domestic terminal -- representing a €26 million ($30.5 million) investment -- will boost the airport's annual passenger capacity to over 40 million, Istanbul’s governor said on Tuesday. "It started with...
Aden : The United Arab Emirates grant to support the "Yemen: Humanitarian Response Plan 2018" of the UN has benefited over 20,000 Yemeni families, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said. The remarks came during a meeting between UAE Humanitarian...
By Vishnu Makhijani, It would seem rather presumptuous on the part of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to declare that he would take oath as the Prime Minister on August 11, after addressing the nation and sort of laying down his policies for the...
Washington : US President Donald Trump announced that he was willing to meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani without preconditions and "whenever they want", a sharp departure from his threats against Tehran last week. "I would certainly meet with Iran if they...