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File Photo: Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi addresses the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on 23 April (Photo: Reuters) Egypt’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has rejected unanimously a draft bill that would grant the president of the state the right to appoint the heads of the country’s judiciary committees. The opinion of the seven-member council, which […]

Ethiopian police officers surround the site of a landslide at rubbish dump in Addis Ababa as excavators aid rescue efforts on March 12, 2017. Elias Meseret / AP Photo ADDIS ABABA // At least 46 people were killed when a mountain of rubbish gave way at a massive dumping site on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s […]

(Phocalmedia.com) Police had tracked down the suspects and monitored their movements after being notified that they dealt drugs.  Two men suspected of smuggling a huge amount of drugs including Captagon and hashish into the UAE and trying to promote them locally have been detained. The Anti-Narcotic Department at Abu Dhabi Police said it arrested the […]

NAIROBI – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is convinced that a well-facilitated Somali National Army (SNA) can effectively combat the Al Shabaab. The AU Special Representative for Somalia Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira is rooting for more resources to the SNA to enable it adequately secure Somalia. “The SNA (Somalia National Army) can be able […]

The head of Taiwan’s National Immigration Agency (NIA) on Thursday denied news reports that the son of the North Korean leader’s brother may be hiding in Taiwan after his father had been assassinated in Malaysia. Kim Han-sol did not enter Taiwan, said NIA Director-General Ho Jung-chun (何榮村). Ho added, however, that he did not know […]

US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet on Tuesday. Photo: Saul Loeb, Clemens Bilan/AFP Europe’s most powerful leader, Angela Merkel, meets for the first time on Tuesday America’s flamboyant President Donald Trump, whose arrival in the White House has sent shockwaves across the Atlantic.While former US president Barack Obama had labelled […]

Hundreds of protesters waving Turkish flags gathered outside, demanding to see the minister. Dutch police used dogs and water cannon early on Sunday to disperse the crowd, which threw bottles and stones. Several demonstrators were beaten by police with batons. They carried out charges on horseback, while officers advanced on foot with shields and armoured […]

Antonio Guterres Somalia is currently on the brink of famine with almost half of the country’s population facing acute food insecurity. As famine looms, more than 6.2 million people in the war-torn Horn of Africa country — almost half its population — are currently in need of urgent assistance. Of this number, more than 363,000 […]

AA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid an official visit to Russia on Friday, and with Russian President Vladimir Putin held a two-and-a-half-hour meeting in which economic issues, energy and military cooperation, the lifting of some travel restrictions on Turkish nationals, and import restrictions on Turkish companies and food products were the main topics. Ahead […]

JEDDAH: Security authorities in the Eastern Province killed wanted terrorist Mustafa Al-Madad in an exchange of fire in Al-Shawkia neighborhood in Qatif. Al-Madad was involved in terror activities against citizens and security men, as well as against public and private property. Asked to surrender, he began firing at security men. One security man suffered minor […]