Saudi Arabia calls urgent Gulf, Arab league meetings over tensions…
Saudi Arabia has called for urgent meetings of the regional Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League to discuss escalating tensions in the region, the kingdom’s [...]
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Egypt blackface sketch about Sudanese spotlights racism in region…
An Egyptian comedian has sparked anger by using blackface in a sketch and mocking Sudanese people, drawing attention to what experts say is a deeper racism problem in the [...]
Iran urges China, Russia ‘concrete actions’ to save nuclear deal…
Poornima WEERASEKARA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday urged China and Russia to take “concrete actions” to safeguard the 2015 nuclear deal [...]
Britain says shares same assessment of Iran as the United States…
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain agrees with the United States that Iran poses a heightened threat and will work closely with its ally, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt [...]
Kremlin says concerned over escalating Iran tensions despite Pompeo claims…
Moscow (AFP) – The Kremlin Wednesday expressed concern that tensions over Iran keep escalating despite assurances from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a visit [...]
Amid trade war, China’s Xi preaches openness, says no civilisation superior…
By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) – China will only be more open to the world, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, as he denounced as “stupid” those [...]
Somalia’s economy could strengthen to 3% in 2019 – IMF….
By Hereward Holland NAIROBI, May 14 (Reuters) – Somalia’s economy continues to recover, with growth expected to strengthen to 3% in 2019 from 2.8% in the previous [...]
Uber is one of the worst performing IPOs ever…
BY LUCINDA SHEN Plenty of people thought Uber was going to make history–just not this kind. Shares of Uber stalled on their first day of trading Friday, falling 7.6% to [...]
Americans’ support for impeaching Trump rises: Reuters/Ipsos poll…
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) – The number of Americans who said President Donald Trump should be impeached rose 5 percentage points to 45 percent since mid-April, [...]
Somalia to recruit 400 police officers to secure main supply routes…
MOGADISHU, May 9 (Xinhua) — Some 400 police officers are to be recruited for the regional state South West State’s police force to help secure main supply routes [...]
Here’s how much the average Uber driver earns hourly…
Yahoo Adriana Belmonte As Uber (UBER) gears up for its debut on the public markets on Friday, ride-hailing drivers’ grievances have come under heavy focus. There are [...]
Ethiopia to try ex-spy chief, Getachew Assefa, in absentia…
Ethiopia has formally charged a former intelligence chief widely reported to have superintended over systemic rights abuse during his tenure. Getachew Assefa was fired by [...]
U.S. deploying carrier, bombers to Middle East to deter Iran: Bolton…
By Matt Spetalnick and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in response to [...]
Saudi Arabia’s sudden interest in Sudan is not about friendship. It is about fear…
Nesrine Malik In the uprising against Omar al-Bashir in Sudan, the Saudi royal family see a portent of their own demise In the days following the Yom Kippur war, after the [...]
Damascus presses Idlib attack, artillery hits Turkish position…
By Tom Perry and Orhan Coskun BEIRUT/ANKARA (Reuters) – Syrian government forces and their Russian allies pounded the rebel-held northwest of Syria with air strikes on [...]
