Section: United Arab Emirates
IRGC commander Abolfazl Sarlak killed in Aleppo
Abolfazl Sarlak, a commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has been killed in Syria, Iranian state media reported. Iran’s state news agencies have given conflicting reports on how Sarlak was killed. The semi-official Mehr news agency said he was killed by an explosive trap set up by ISIS in eastern Aleppo on...
Iran sentences young Christian woman to 10 lashes, three months in prison
Iran has sentenced a young Christian woman to 10 lashes and three months in prison for allegedly demonstrating against the military’s :Iraq Christians fear future holds ‘total extinction,’ ISIS resurgenceCoronavirus: Iran reopens mosques against Iranian medical expert adviceMuslims ‘immune to coronavirus’ some imams in Somalia...
Do not fly over Iran: Families of shot down Ukraine airliner victims launch petition
The families of the victims of the Ukrainian airliner :Iran says it ‘unintentionally’ shot down Ukrainian plane due to human errorDoubts linger over Iran’s explanation of plane missile attack: ExpertUkraine plane struck by two Iranian missiles: New York Times …read more Source:: Al...
FM, Canadian minister discuss Covid-19 fight
HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani received Friday a telephone call from Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne. During the call, they reviewed bilateral relations and co-ordination of efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), in addition...
Coronavirus: Senators question Trump’s intelligence nominee in confirmation hearing
The US senators pressed Donald Trump’s nominee to lead US intelligence on Tuesday on whether he would act independently of the president on hot-button issues like the origins of the coronavirus in China, as lawmakers held the first socially-distanced hearing during the coronavirus pandemic.Both Republicans and Democrats at the Senate...
Washington names new ambassador to EU
The United States on Tuesday named a new ambassador to the European Union, after the previous envoy was sacked following his testimony in President Donald Trump’s impeachment hearing.The US ambassador to Belgium, Ronald Gidwitz, will take on the role of acting envoy to the EU in addition to his current duties, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...
Business owners protest to demand easing of lockdown
Several hundred small business owners protested in Kyiv yesterday, demanding the authorities ease anti-virus measures to save them from bankruptcy.Wearing surgical masks, demonstrators briefly blocked traffic outside a government building in the city centre in defiance of rules against public gatherings, an AFP journalist reported.“One more day...
Trump, Putin issue rare joint statement to mark the anniversary of World War II
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin issued a rare joint statement on Saturday commemorating a 1945 World War Two link-up of US and Soviet troops on their way to defeat Nazi Germany as an example of how their countries can cooperate.The statement by Trump and Putin comes amid deep strains in US-Russian ties over a...
Coronavirus: ‘Cave-dwelling’ foreign tourists in India ordered into quarantine
Six foreign tourists who tried to sit out the coronavirus pandemic in a cave in India have been sent to quarantine at an ashram near a town made famous by the Beatles after running out of money, police said Sunday.The four men and two women — from France, the US, Ukraine, Turkey and Nepal — had been living in the cave near Rishikesh...
Lebanon looks to India to satisfy its wheat demands
With coronavirus threatening global wheat supply chains, the Lebanese government is looking further afield for wheat, a key import.Lebanon is reliant on imports for around 80 percent of its food needs – of these, wheat is by far the most important, required to make widely-consumed Arabic flatbread. The vast majority of wheat imports to Lebanon...
