The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum said in astatement today, Monday, that Cairo has signed anagreementwith the US-based Apache Corporation, under which the company is committed to spendingat least $3. 5billion on exploration, development andproduction in its concession areas in Egypt‘s westerndesert. The signed agreement is part of joint developmentand modernization efforts between the two sides […]
Flights into the Houthi-held capital have been largely halted by a blockade since August 2016
Moscow previously urged Washington to start the talks as soon as possible to stop further escalation. The negotiations between Russia and the United States regarding security guarantees may take place on 10 January, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated on Tuesday. “I can confirm that these dates are being considered, but there is no final agreement”, […]
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior on Monday announced that a man had been executed in Riyadh for planning to target public civilian gatherings through a suicide mission under the direction of ISIS. The ministry said the man had an explosive belt and photographs of the target with him. The man had also sworn allegiance to […]
LONDON: The Iranian regime is secretly executing dozens of children every year in violation of international law, according to a rights group. More than 85 people are currently on death row for crimes they are accused of having committed as children, according to Human Rights Activists of Iran. In its annual report, it found that […]
AL-MUKALLA: At least 100 Houthis were killed in heavy fighting with government forces outside Yemen’s central city of Marib in the past day as the Iran-backed rebels pressed ahead with assaults to recapture the strategic city, local officials and media reports said on Monday. Backed by massive air support from Arab coalition warplanes, Yemeni government […]
A further 34 people were caught trying to cross into neighboring countries, and 27 were held for involvement in transporting and harboring violators
At his annual year-end press conference on Thursday, the Russian president slammed Washington and its NATO allies for talking about “Russian aggression” while surrounding Moscow with offensive missile systems and carrying out several waves of expansion toward Russia’s borders. “You cheated us shamelessly,” Putin said. The US and its allies have pinned Russia into a […]
RIYADH: Saudi police have arrested three people who destroyed a traffic monitoring device at Umwah governorate in the southwestern region of Asir, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday. The suspects bragged about shooting and destroying the Saher camera with a gun, and shared their criminal act on social media. Investigators later found that one […]
According to what a NATO official confirmed, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has decided to convene this council on January 12 and that the alliance is in contact with Moscow on the issue. The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that it had received the proposal, but added that it was still being studied, with the order and date of the talks still to […]