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The Houthi spokesperson told Al Masirah that the rebels’ drone had attacked a refinery and oil storage facility (AFP) Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed they had attacked the Shaybah oil field in Saudi Arabia, according to a spokesperson speaking to its Al Masirah television channel on Saturday. The Houthi spokesperson told Al Masirah that the drone had attacked […]

The signing ceremony was attended by international dignitaries including Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (AFP) Sudan’s main opposition coalition and the ruling military council on Saturday signed a landmark “constitutional declaration” paving the way for a transitional government. The deputy head of the Transitional Military Council (TMC), Mohamed Hamdan […]

Muftia Tlaib, the maternal grandmother of U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, walks with her son Bassam (R) outside their home in the village of Beit Ur al-Fouqa, in the occupied West Bank on August 15, 2019. (AFP Photo) Israel’s interior minister said Friday he has received and granted a request by Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib to […]

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire. | M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO MANCHESTER, N.H. — Even as markets show signs of a coming recession, President Donald Trump told New Hampshire voters Thursday that they had to support his re-election campaign or suffer the economic consequences. “I won the election, the markets […]

The Gibraltar Government on Thursday released the Iranian supertanker Grace 1, which was seized on July 4 on suspicion it was shipping 2.1m barrels of crude oil to Syria in breach of EU sanctions. Gibraltar said it had evidence the ship was bound for Syria when it was detained, but that Iran had now provided […]

This photo released by North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Aug. 10 shows North Korea test firing a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) which resembles the U.S. Army’s tactical missile system. North Korea again fired two projectiles speculated to be SRBMs Friday, Seoul’s JCS said, six days after the previous launch. KCNA-Yonhap North […]

Passengers are seen at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, south China, Aug. 14, 2019. Airport Authority Hong Kong said earlier Wednesday that it has obtained an interim injunction to restrain persons from unlawfully and willfully obstructing or interfering with the proper use of the airport. (Xinhua/Wang Shen) HONG KONG, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) — […]

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian Army continued its mop-up operations to purge the demilitarized zone in Northern Syria of terrorists, and regained full control of over 30 regions there. Idlib, Hama The Syrian Documents Center news website reported that the Syrian Army has liberated 34 towns and villages covering an area of 1000 square kilometers in […]

File Photo There is a relation between a person’s blood group and the possibility of developing cancer, a recent study by Swedish scholars has revealed. Scientists from the Karolinska Institute of Sweden have evaluated and analyzed the data of more than one million people over a period of 35 years, a report said. The findings […]

President Donald Trump has ignored advice from national security adviser John Bolton and others on China. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Donald Trump’s top aides are urging him to back Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters, but the president isn’t interested, multiple people familiar with the administration’s internal debates say. In recent days, national security adviser John Bolton, […]