CAIRO: A meeting in Cairo between Egyptian, Jordanian and Palestinian officials on Monday discussed ways to enhance relations, developments related to the peace process, and efforts to strengthen Palestinian unity. The participants were the country’s intelligence chiefs, the foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan, and Hussein Al-Sheikh, a member of the central committee of the Palestinian […]
EU diplomat Enrique Mora, who is chairing the talks, says all sides were showing ‘a clear will to work toward the successful end of this negotiation’
MOGADISHU: Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed said on Monday he had suspended the powers of the prime minister amid a corruption probe in what the assistant information minister said amounted to an “indirect coup.” Mohamed accused Roble of looting public land owned by the Somali National Army and of interfering with a defense ministry investigation. […]
The bitter cold of Afghanistan’s winter has small children huddled beneath blankets in makeshift camps. Sick babies in hospitals lie wrapped in their mothers all-enveloping burqas. Long lines at food distribution centers have become overwhelming as Afghanistan sinks deeper into desperate times. Since the chaotic August 15 Taliban takeover of Kabul, an already war-devastated economy […]
RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman instructed Riyadh city planners to continue with implementing its ambitious 2030 strategy to make it one of the best global cities. The Crown Prince’s instruction followed a board meeting of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City, known as RCRC, to review the strategy that aims to place the Saudi capital among the top […]
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's cabinet voted in favour of the plan that aims to build 7,300 settler homes
Qayed was honoured with Hamdan Award for distinguished work in health care
More than 8,000 minted Arab and Islamic coins are being showcased with exhibits dating back to the Umayyad, Abbasid, Andalusian, Fatimid, Ayyubid, Atabeg, Seljuk, Mamluk, and Ottoman periods
Based on what diplomatic sources told Anadolu Agency today, Turkey and Qatar have agreed to jointly operate Kabul‘s Hamit Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan. Following talks between committees from both countries, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Turkish and Qatari companies to operate the airport in cooperation on the basis of equal partnership, the sources told Anadolu Agency. According to the sources, the […]
Report says US secretary of state raised the idea last week with senior officials, but Israeli sources expect no immediate breakthrough
