LONDON: Late on Tuesday last week, 20-year-old art student Ceren Ozdemir left her ballet class in the Black Sea province of Ordu to start her walk home. She was followed. The man keeping up with her went undetected. When Ozdemir reached her front door, he stabbed her several times. Left to die in the street, she…
DUBAI: Construction of King Salman International University in Sharm Al-Sheikh is in progress and scheduled for completion in March 2020, Egypt’s local press reported on Saturday. Construction of the university started in July 2017, which when built will house 10 colleges including tourism, languages, architecture, arts and design. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi inspected the university…
BEIRUT: Attackers in northern Lebanon set fire to the offices of two major political parties on Sunday, the state-run National News Agency said.The assaults came just hours after the capital Beirut was rocked by the most violent government crackdown on protesters since nationwide demonstrations began two months ago. Lebanese security forces fired rubber bullets, tear…
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday warned Iran of a “decisive†response if US interests are harmed in Iraq, after a series of rocket attacks on bases.“We must … use this opportunity to remind Iran’s leaders that any attacks by them, or their proxies of any identity, that harm Americans, our allies or…
KHARTOUM: A court in Sudan convicted former President Omar Al-Bashir of money laundering and corruption on Saturday, sentencing him to two years in prison. That’s the first verdict in a series of legal proceedings against Al-Bashir, who is also wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and genocide linked to the…
WASHINGING: The rise and consolidation of the Turkish-Qatari alliance poses “a growing threat†to the interests of the United States and the Middle East, a US think tank said in a report on Thursday. The governments of Qatar and Turkey work together to “shelter terror financiers, promote hateful ideology, and prop up violent extremist groups†throughout…
TRIPOLI: Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar announced a “decisive battle†for the capital Tripoli on Thursday, eight months after he launched an offensive to wrest it from the unity government.“Zero hour has come for the broad and total assault expected by every free and honest Libyan,†he said in a speech aired by the pro-Haftar…
ANKARA: Turkey on Thursday sent its accord with Libya on a maritime boundary between the two countries to the United Nations for approval, a Turkish diplomatic source said, despite objections from Greece that the agreement violates international law. Two weeks ago, Libya’s internationally recognized government and Turkey signed the maritime delimitation agreement, in a move…
SUR, OMAN: “We have water, and it’s the most important thing in a house,†says Abdullah Al-Harthi from the port city of Sur in Oman, a country that relies on desalination plants.But for Oman and the other Gulf countries dominated by vast and scorching deserts, obtaining fresh water from the sea comes at a high…
Israel parliament moves for third election as talks falter On Wednesday morning the Israeli parliament passed 50-0 a preliminary reading of a bill immediately dissolving parliament and setting a new election for March 2 New elections would add to the political challenges facing Benjamin Netanyahu Updated 11 December 2019 AFP December 11, 2019 10:52 JERUSALEM:…
