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Members of powerful Ampatuan clan charged with 2009 Maguindanao massacre

MANILA: Ten years on from the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in which 57 people died — including 32 journalists and media workers — justice has finally been served. On Thursday, Judge Jocelyn Solis Reyes of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 221 found the principal accused — led by key members of the powerful Ampatuan clan based…

Ozil cut from video game in China over Xinjiang comments
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Ozil cut from video game in China over Xinjiang comments

BERLIN: Germany’s Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday calling for a national ban on the activities of Hezbollah and for the Lebanese militant group to be put on the EU’s terrorist list. Mathias Middelberg, the spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in Parliament, said the joint resolution was agreed upon with the junior coalition Social…

Foreign forces re-designing northern Syria puzzle
Middle East

Foreign forces re-designing northern Syria puzzle

BEIRUT: Lebanon has named academic and former education minister Hassan Diab as its next prime minister in a bid to end two months of political stalemate that has gripped the country. Diab, vice president of the American University of Beirut, was nominated to head the next government by President Michel Aoun’s parliamentary bloc, along with…

Hassan Diab  set to be next Lebanon PM
Middle East

Hassan Diab set to be next Lebanon PM

BEIRUT: Lebanon has named academic and former education minister Hassan Diab as its next prime minister in a bid to end two months of political stalemate that has gripped the country. Diab, vice president of the American University of Beirut, was nominated to head the next government by President Michel Aoun’s parliamentary bloc, along with…

Haftar forces to target Turkish troops entering Libyan territory
Middle East

Haftar forces to target Turkish troops entering Libyan territory

ALGIERS: Algeria’s new president pledged on Thursday to introduce presidential term limits and bring more young people into politics, as he tries to win over a pro-democracy movement that boycotted his election and forced out his long-serving predecessor. The gas-rich North African nation inaugurated Abdelmadjid Tebboune as president on Thursday in a pomp-filled ceremony. Members…

Riyadh announced to become the first Arab Digital Capital
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Riyadh announced to become the first Arab Digital Capital

RIYADH: Riyadh is set to become the Arab world’s first digital capital city. The announcement was made on Wednesday at the 23rd session of the Council of Arab Ministers of Communications and Information Technology, held at The Ritz-Carlton hotel in the Saudi capital. The ministers’ decision to bestow the title on Riyadh came as a result…

Saudi ministers host talks with leading foreign officials
Saudi Arabia

Saudi ministers host talks with leading foreign officials

RIYADH: As the largest musical festival in the Middle East, MDL Beast will host some of the biggest names in the DJ world, including an impressive lineup of Saudi musicians. David Guetta, Tiesto, Martin Garrix, Black Coffee, Solomun, Marco Carola, and Saudi DJs, Khaled Al-Khaldi, known as K.LED, Mohanned Nassar, Majid Shamsan and Hatoon Idrees are…

Saudi film ‘One, Two, Three, Action’ starts shooting in Dubai
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Saudi film ‘One, Two, Three, Action’ starts shooting in Dubai

DUBAI: Shooting for a joint Saudi-Emirati produced film has begun in earnest. The movie, called “One, Two, Three, Action,” is being produced by  UAE’s ITP Media Group and Saudi Arabia’s N Stars Studio.  The film, directed by Egyptian director, Shadi Lenin El-Ramly, features many actors from Saudi Arabia and the GCC. Also for the first…

What We Are Reading Today: Calling Philosophers Names by Christopher Moore
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What We Are Reading Today: Calling Philosophers Names by Christopher Moore

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Saudi author longlisted for 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
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Saudi author longlisted for 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction

DUBAI: It’s a noteworthy coincidence that the 16-strong longlist of books vying for the 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) have been announced in conjunction with Arabic Language Day. The novels, which were handpicked by an expert panel of five judges chaired by Muhsin al-Musawi, an Iraqi literary critic and professor at Columbia University,…

Spanish football chief praises new Super Cup format in Saudi Arabia
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Spanish football chief praises new Super Cup format in Saudi Arabia

LONDON: Anthony Joshua has offered to be Tyson Fury’s sparring partner if it helps his fellow British fighter beat WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. Joshua has been left frustrated in his attempts to lure America’s Wilder into the ring as he bids to unify the division following his victory over Andy Ruiz Jr. last weekend. The…

Saudi Arabia’s PIF gives $1bn leg-up for small firms
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Saudi Arabia’s PIF gives $1bn leg-up for small firms

ALTAMIRA: Edizangela Alves Barros believed that being forced to relocate to make way for a mammoth dam in Brazil’s Amazon would mean a brighter future for her family. Instead, their newly built settlement has more expensive electricity bills and intermittent public lighting — a cruel irony for a community just 40 kilometers from the world’s…

Japan raises economic growth forecast for next fiscal year
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Japan raises economic growth forecast for next fiscal year

US monetary official warns of risks from rapid spread of Facebook’s bitcoin Libra FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Digital currencies can be risky, but Facebook’s Libra could be a massive challenge given the potential for rapid spread and the dubious safeguards, a Federal Reserve official said Wednesday.“Cryptocurrencies already pose a number of risks to the financial system,…

Trump impeached by US House for abuse of power, obstruction of Congress
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Trump impeached by US House for abuse of power, obstruction of Congress

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump was impeached by the US House of Representatives Wednesday night, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the Constitution’s ultimate remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors.The historic vote split along party lines, much the way it has divided the nation, over a charge that the 45th…

GOP embraces Trump as never before with anti-impeachment
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GOP embraces Trump as never before with anti-impeachment

MANILA: A top Philippines general in charge of the troubled Mindanao region has said that the popularity of Daesh had diminished “significantly” as trust in the government had grown and insurgents had been crushed by a continuing military offensive. The Philippines has been concerned that Daesh supporters from the region and those fleeing Iraq and…

Daesh losing hold of southern Philippines, says top general
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Daesh losing hold of southern Philippines, says top general

KABUL: As he sifts through a pile of oranges at a market in Kabul, Shah Mahmoud expresses frustration at Washington’s failure to secure the country, despite 18 years of fighting. “We do not know what America is up to here. One day, they talk about increasing the presence of troops, then later warn about a…

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