LONDON: European Union ambassadors agreed Friday that the bloc should grant Britain’s request for another extension to the Brexit deadline but they have not yet figured out how long that delay should be.Speaking Friday in Brussels after EU ambassadors met with the EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said ambassadors…
RIYADH: Yemen’s southern separatists have struck a power-sharing deal with the internationally-recognized government aimed at ending the conflict between the two sides, sources said Friday.The deal would see the secessionist Southern Transitional Council (STC) handed a number of ministries, and the government return to the southern city of Aden, according to officials and reports in…
RABAT: Moroccan security services have broken up a suspected Daesh cell, arresting six members near Casablanca and in the northern towns of Chefchaouen and Ouazzane, a police spokesman said on Friday. Compared with other North African countries, Morocco has been largely insulated from militant attacks. Its most recent took place in December 2018, when militants…
ANKARA: Turkey on Friday warned Washington that any meeting with the leader of a US-backed Syrian Kurdish-led force risked “legitimizing terrorists.”US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had talked with Mazlum Abdi, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) which fought against extremists in Syria, and that he had “really enjoyed” the conversation.In a…
RIYADH: The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced the transfer of seven European destinations to Terminal 1 at the new King Abdul Aziz International Airport. The flights will be operating from Jeddah to Athens, Rome, Milan, Geneva, Vienna, Munich and Frankfurt, starting on Oct. 28. The flights will be handled by the national carrier…
KSRelief highlights humanitarian aid efforts in Yemen despite Houthi obstructions ROME: Saudi Arabia is keen to provide humanitarian aid transparently and impartially throughout Yemen, despite all the difficulties posed by violations by Iran-backed Houthi militias, said the general supervisor of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief).Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah was speaking at a…
KSRelief highlights humanitarian aid efforts in Yemen despite Houthi obstructions ROME: Saudi Arabia is keen to provide humanitarian aid transparently and impartially throughout Yemen, despite all the difficulties posed by violations by Iran-backed Houthi militias, said the general supervisor of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief).Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah was speaking at a…
RIYADH: People in Riyadh have been enjoying a lavish new rendition of the beloved musical “The Wizard of Oz” for the last week. The show — a celebration of the classic 1939 movie starring Judy Garland as the young heroine Dorothy Gale — is being performed for the first time in the Kingdom in the…
RIYADH: People in Riyadh have been enjoying a lavish new rendition of the beloved musical “The Wizard of Oz” for the last week. The show — a celebration of the classic 1939 movie starring Judy Garland as the young heroine Dorothy Gale — is being performed for the first time in the Kingdom in the…
On Feb. 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic televised debate between James Baldwin, the leading literary voice of the civil rights movement, and William F. Buckley Jr., a fierce critic of the movement and America’s most influential conservative intellectual. The topic was “the American dream…
DUBAI: Diriyah Circuit will host the sixth season of the Formula E championship on Nov. 22 and 23. The track has been called as one of the most iconic tracks of the Formula E by drivers and officials of the championship. Thousands of engineers worked to build the street racing circuit within months last year,…
DUBAI: Diriyah Circuit will host the sixth season of the Formula E championship on Nov. 22 and 23. The track has been called as one of the most iconic tracks of the Formula E by drivers and officials of the championship. Thousands of engineers worked to build the street racing circuit within months last year,…
DUBAI: Diriyah Circuit will host the sixth season of the Formula E championship on Nov. 22 and 23. The track has been called as one of the most iconic tracks of the Formula E by drivers and officials of the championship. Thousands of engineers worked to build the street racing circuit within months last year,…
WASHINGTON: Twitter shares plunged on Thursday after reporting glitches that impacted its ad-targeting ability, pulling down revenue growth in the past quarter. Profit for the third quarter was $37 million, a sharp drop from last year when the online messaging platform was helped by a large tax benefit. Revenue rose 9 percent from a year…
