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  Abdulhafid Yusuf Ibrahim The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is devastated by the loss of one of its staff, Abdulhafid Yusuf Ibrahim, in Mogadishu. He passed away Wednesday night after succumbing to injuries from an improvised explosive device, which detonated while Mr. Ibrahim was in his private car leaving the ICRC office […]

A German police handout showing Berlin attacker Anis Amri. Photo: BKA Police arrested five people believed to have connections to the Tunisian Isis militant who killed 12 people at a Berlin Christmas market in 2016, in a series of raids across central and southern Italy on Thursday. Warrants were issued for one Palestinian national, who […]

2018 presidential elections vote count starts in polling station in Cairo, Egypt, March 29, 2018 (Photo: Ahram Arabic news website) Initial results of Egypt’s presidential elections show that incumbent President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is garnering a sweeping majority, with a vote share of around 90 percent, Ahram Arabic and state news agency MENA reported. Vote counting […]

Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters have handed over a border crossing with Syria to the Iraqi army, a newspaper has reported as Turkey eyes an invasion of northern Iraq against the group. London-based, Qatar-owned The New Arab said the […]

The agreement was made during high-level talks between the two countries at the border truce village Panmunjom. Under the agreement, South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un in the Peace House on the southern side of Panmunjom, according to Seoul’s unification ministry that handles inter-Korean affairs. Both sides also […]

Anguished relatives of inmates outside a detention facility in Valencia, Venezuela, where a deadly fire broke out during a riot on Wednesday. CreditCarlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters CARACAS, Venezuela — At least 68 people died when a fire erupted during a riot at a jail in the northern Venezuelan city of Valencia, the attorney general said late Wednesday. […]

A judge in the US state of Maryland allowed the filing of a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, which claimed that he had violated the constitution emoluments clause, banning US officials from receiving gifts or payments from foreign states. US President Donald Trump has been issued a summons in a lawsuit, filed by the attorneys […]

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed on Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding with SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son. (Supplied) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed on Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding with SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son to create the world’s largest solar power generation company in Saudi Arabia. At a press conference in New […]

© Lior, Ramplifellbg / Instagram Two passenger planes collided on the tarmac of Ben-Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv on Wednesday, leaving both aircraft stuck together by the tail. No passengers were injured, but both planes were badly damaged. The Germania airline and El Al aircrafts smashed into each other before take-off. The German plane, a Boeing […]

  A man casts his ballot in Egypt’s 2018 presidential elections (AFP) Egyptian citizens headed to polling stations across the country on Wednesday for the third and final day of voting in Egypt’s 2018 presidential elections. Voting started from 9am in 13,706 polling stations in all 26 governorates, with the process due to end at […]