LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry will make a poignant visit to Angola this month to visit the land mine clearance project that featured in some of the most famous photographs of his late mother Princess Diana.The pictures of Diana wearing protective gear as she walked among red skull-and-crossbone signs in 1997 won vital publicity for the…
ISTANBUL: A prominent Turkish opposition official was sentenced by a court on Friday to nine years and eight months in prison for insulting the president and spreading terrorist propaganda, a lawmaker from the main opposition party said.The Republican People’s Party (CHP) said Canan Kaftancioglu, head of its Istanbul branch and one of the strongest opposition…
BAGHDAD: Iraqi journalists, activists and researchers are facing a wave of accusations and threats by shadowy online groups they suspect are linked to powerful pro-Iran factions.Parties, armed groups and even officials in Iraq benefit from legions of supporters dubbed “electronic armies,” which take to social media to anonymously sing their praises or mock their detractors.These…
GAZA CITY: Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians and wounded dozens during protests along the Gaza-Israel border on Friday, Palestinian health officials said.They named one of the dead as Ali Al-Ashqar, 17, but the second man remained unidentified. Seventy others were wounded, 38 of them by live fire, medical officials said.An Israeli military spokesman…
RIYADH: King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), represented by the Badir Program for Technology Incubators and Accelerators, has organized a graduation ceremony in Riyadh to celebrate 20 technological innovations produced by the second inventions transfer accelerator for 2019. The accelerator aims to activate patents across a variety of services aimed at speed up…
AMMAN: The Eager Lion 2019 military exercise concluded in Amman on Friday in the presence of the commander of US Central Command, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, and the heads of delegations participating in the exercise from 30 other countries.8,000 took part in the exercise at various locations across Jordan.Personnel from the Saudi army, navy, air force…
RIYADH: “This (Houthi aggression) is something that I think unfortunately is not well understood in the US. Certainly, the administration understands it, but the fact that Saudi Arabia is under attack on a daily basis is not something that is widely covered in the US,” said the US Assistant Secretary of Near Eastern Affairs David…
LONDON: The much-anticipated book by historian and journalist Justin Marozzi — “Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities That Define A Civilization” — was launched in London on Wednesday. Marozzi’s task might appear daunting — tracking a millennia-and-a-half of history across the vast geographical space and varied populations and cultures that make up the center of the Islamic…
What We Are Reading Today: Islamic Empires — Fifteen Cities That Define A Civilization LONDON: The much-anticipated book by historian and journalist Justin Marozzi — “Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities That Define A Civilization” — was launched in London on Wednesday. Marozzi’s task might appear daunting — tracking a millennia-and-a-half of history across the vast geographical…
What We Are Reading Today: Islamic Empires — Fifteen Cities That Define A Civilization LONDON: The much-anticipated book by historian and journalist Justin Marozzi — “Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities That Define A Civilization” — was launched in London on Wednesday. Marozzi’s task might appear daunting — tracking a millennia-and-a-half of history across the vast geographical…
NEW YORK: Rafael Nadal will play Italy’s Matteo Berrettini in the US Open semifinals after the 18-time Grand Slam champion defeated Argentine 20th seed Diego Schwartzman 6-4, 7-5, 6-2.Second seed Nadal — a winner at Flushing Meadows in 2010, 2013 and 2017 — beat a spirited Schwartzman for the eighth time in as many meetings…
RIYADH: Boxing history will be written in the sands of Saudi Arabia as Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua promise the colossal “Clash on the Dunes” will go down as one of the most iconic fights of all time. Ahead of the first-ever heavyweight world title fight to be held on Dec. 7 as part of…
RIYADH: Boxing history will be written in the sands of Saudi Arabia as Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua promise the colossal “Clash on the Dunes” will go down as one of the most iconic fights of all time. Ahead of the first-ever heavyweight world title fight to be held on Dec. 7 as part of…
SHANGHAI/DETROIT: Ford Motor Co. has scrapped a plan to create a unified national sales company for China that stoked mistrust of the automaker at its joint venture partners and contributed to a spectacular collapse in sales in the world’s biggest car market.On the face of it, the plan announced by Ford in June last year…
NEW YORK: Glencore Inc’s penchant for risk has long been mining industry lore, but the company is quickly expanding into a part of the world that would have been improbable just a few years ago: Minnesota.The Swiss-based commodity trader took majority control last June of PolyMet Mining Corp, which is developing a mine in the…
Apple said on Thursday it had sold $7 billion of bonds at yields ranging up to 103 basis points over the equivalent US Treasury on maturities of up to 30 years, its first such debt issues since November 2017.The company had said on Wednesday it was offering the five sets of notes, the first of…
MANILA: An American woman who attempted to carry a 6-day-old baby out of the Philippines hidden inside a sling bag has been arrested at Manila's airport and charged with human trafficking, officials said Thursday.They said Jennifer Erin Talbot was able to pass through the airport immigration counter on Wednesday without declaring the baby boy but…
KABUL: NATO said two of its servicemen — a Romanian and an American — were among 12 people killed on Thursday after a Taliban suicide bomber detonated a vehicle outside a checkpoint near a heavily fortified part of the Afghan capital.“Two Resolute Support service members were killed in action … in Kabul,” NATO said in…
KABUL: NATO said two of its servicemen — a Romanian and an American — were among 12 people killed on Thursday after a Taliban suicide bomber detonated a vehicle outside a checkpoint near a heavily fortified part of the Afghan capital.“Two Resolute Support service members were killed in action … in Kabul,” NATO said in…
BEIRUT: Waving Palestinian and Canadian flags, hundreds of Palestinian refugees gathered outside the Canadian Embassy in Beirut on Thursday requesting asylum in the North American country.Many among the group lamented the deteriorating economic and living conditions in Lebanon, which is going through a severe economic crisis, and said they wanted a more dignified life.There are…
