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 The UAE has condemned the seizure of its civilian aircraft carrying millions of dollars by authorities in Somalia on Sunday. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said that the jet was seized at Mogadishu airport carrying US$9.6 million in cash that it said was allocated to support the Somali army […]

Image Credit: SuppliedThe office premises of Exential. Exential forex fraudsters get 500 years each in prison for elaborate Ponzi scheme; lawyer said sentence sends ‘very strong message’ that Dubai is not taking financial crimes lightly Dubai: Victims lauded the sentence of 500 years in jail handed down by a judge here on two scammers behind […]

A church in Muccia, pictured before the quake. Photo: Casalmaggiore Provincia/CC BY-SA 4.0 An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale hit the central Italian region of Macerata early on Tuesday morning, with the tremors felt as far away as Rome. The first tremor was felt at 5:11 am, according to Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics […]

WASHINGTON — The Russian military has been jamming some U.S. military drones operating in the skies over Syria, seriously affecting American military operations, according to four U.S. officials. The Russians began jamming some smallerU.S. drones several weeks ago, the officials said, after a series of suspected chemical weapons attacks on civilians in rebel-held eastern Ghouta. The Russian […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump threatened an imminent military strike against Syria Monday night, vowing to respond “forcefully” to Saturday’s apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians and warning that Russia or any other nation found to share responsibility will “pay a price.” As he began an evening meeting with military leaders at the […]

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho © Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that he has accepted an invitation from his North Korean counterpart to visit Pyongyang. Lavrov met with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho in the Russian capital on Tuesday. According […]

  EPA Photo President Xi Jinping promised to cut auto import taxes, open China’s markets and improve conditions for foreign companies in a speech Tuesday that called for international cooperation against a backdrop of a spiraling dispute with Washington over trade and technology. Speaking at a business conference, Xi made no direct mention of his […]

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he plans to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un next month or in early June to “hopefully” reach a deal on denuclearizing the regime. Trump made the remarks at a cabinet meeting where he also acknowledged the two sides were in talks to prepare for the meeting. “North […]

A departures board at Frankfurt Airport on Tuesday showing numerous flight cancellations. Photo: DPA Warning strikes across Germany began early on Tuesday morning, affecting everything from major airport hubs to kindergartens and local transport. Here’s what you need to know. Public service union Ver.di announced on Monday that nationwide warning strikes would take place the […]

New York, SANA- Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari, said that the Israeli aggression against Syria would not succeed in protecting Israel’s agents from terrorist organizations, pointing out that some of the United Nations Security Council’s permanent members are trying to lie to defame Syria and create pretexts for attacking it. Al-Jaafari, […]