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…
THESSALONIKI: Greek police fired tear gas at hundreds of children who protested in a packed migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Wednesday, the state news agency ANA reported.Some 300 unaccompanied minors joined the protest at the overcrowded Moria camp, demanding to be transferred.The young migrants set fire to rubbish bins before being…
FREEPORT, BAHAMAS: Rescue crews in the Bahamas fanned out across a blasted landscape of smashed and flooded homes Wednesday, trying to reach drenched and stunned victims of Hurricane Dorian and take the full measure of the disaster. The official death toll stood at seven but was certain to rise.A day after the most powerful hurricane…
BRUSSELS: Brussels on Wednesday warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson against the idea he could strike a new Brexit deal with EU leaders before Britain crashes out of the bloc next month.EU officials met a British delegation for “technical talks,” but stressed once again that London has come up with nothing that might convince them to…
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a major parliamentary defeat over his Brexit strategy on Tuesday, which could delay Britain’s exit from the European Union next month and force an early election.Just six weeks after taking office, the Conservative leader was hit by a huge rebellion among his own MPs that leaves him without a…
LONDON: British lawmakers on Tuesday began a bid to stop Boris Johnson pursuing what they cast as a calamitous 'no-deal' Brexit, a challenge that a senior government source said would prompt the prime minister to press for a snap election on Oct. 14. More than three years after the UK voted in a referendum to leave…
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a major parliamentary defeat over his Brexit strategy on Tuesday, which could delay Britain’s exit from the European Union next month and force an early election.Just six weeks after taking office, the Conservative leader was hit by a huge rebellion among his own MPs that leaves him without a…
KABUL: A massive explosion followed by the sound of small-arms fire rocked central Kabul late Monday in an apparent attack near an area that is home to several international groups.According to interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi, the blast occurred near Green Village, a large compound that houses aid agencies and international organizations.No group immediately claimed…
AMSTERDAM: Lawyers for a Syrian accused of war crimes in the Netherlands for allegedly participating in an execution during the country’s civil war denied on Monday that their client was a member of the radical Nusra Front.Ahmad al Khedr, also known as Abu Khuder, faces charges of murder and membership of a terrorist group under…
MANILA: The interim chief minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Murad Ibrahim, told Arab News on Monday that he was encouraging the international business community to consider investing in the newly established region The BARMM is the new regional and political entity established under a peace agreement between the Moro Islamic Liberation…
COTABATO CITY: Barely six months since its inception, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), led by Chief Minister Al Hajj Murad Ebrahim, continues to show positive signs of bringing genuine peace to the Philippines’ restive south. With the decommissioning process for the 40,000 combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Bangsamoro…
COTABATO CITY: Barely six months since its inception, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), led by Chief Minister Al Hajj Murad Ebrahim, continues to show positive signs of bringing genuine peace to the Philippines’ restive south. With the decommissioning process for the 40,000 combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Bangsamoro…
MIAMI: Hurricane Dorian slammed into the northern Bahamas as a monster Category 5 storm on Sunday, pummeling the low-lying island chain with torrential rains and winds of a violence unprecedented in its history.Dorian made landfall twice in the Bahamas’ Abaco Islands — tying with the most powerful landfall ever recorded in the Atlantic with winds…
LYON: An assailant in France fatally stabbed one person and injured nine others Saturday outside a subway station near the city of Lyon before police detained him. Authorities said the reason for the attack was unclear. The detained man claimed to be Afghan but also gave at least two different identities, according to a security…
WASHINGTON: Five people were killed, including a shooter, and around 21 were injured in a gun rampage in the cities of Midland and Odessa in west Texas on Saturday, police and a local television station reported.“The active shooter was shot and killed at the Cinergy in Odessa,” Midland police said on Facebook, referring to a…
LYON: An assailant in France fatally stabbed one person and injured nine others Saturday outside a subway station near the city of Lyon before police detained him. Authorities said the reason for the attack was unclear. The detained man claimed to be Afghan but also gave at least two different identities, according to a security…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan warned on Friday that war between two nuclear powers was a threat to the entire world, as thousands rallied across Pakistan in mass demonstrations protesting Delhi’s move this month to remove the special status of Indian-administered Kashmir and impose a security clampdown on the region. Tensions between India and Pakistan…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan warned on Friday that war between two nuclear powers was a threat to the entire world, as thousands rallied across Pakistan in mass demonstrations protesting Delhi’s move this month to remove the special status of Indian-administered Kashmir and impose a security clampdown on the region. Tensions between India and Pakistan…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan warned on Friday that war between two nuclear powers was a threat to the entire world, as thousands rallied across Pakistan in mass demonstrations protesting Delhi’s move this month to remove the special status of Indian-administered Kashmir and impose a security clampdown on the region. Tensions between India and Pakistan…
RABAT, Morocco: At least seven people watching a local soccer match in a southern Moroccan village have died in a flash flood that swept across the football field, the official MAP news agency said Thursday.Wednesday’s flash flood suddenly caused a nearby river to swell suddenly, pushing torrents of water over the football field in Tizert,…
