His Excellency, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of the Republic has officially notified the President of the Constitutional Council, of his decision of terminating his term as President of the Republic as of Tuesday 26 Radjab 1440 /02 April 2019, in the following terms : I have the honour to formally notify you of my decision to […]
Continue reading …A file photo of President Trump speaking with a F-35 fighter jet pilot as he tours Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix, Arizona. (AFP) The United States said Monday it was halting all deliveries and joint work with Turkey on the F-35 fighter jet program after the NATO ally insisted on a major purchase from […]
Continue reading …Provinces, SANA- Official and popular activities on Tuesday continued to hold stands in condemnation of US President Donald Trump’s declaration on the occupied Syrian Golan. In Damascus, thousands of profs and students from Damascus University gathered in front of UN building in Damascus in protest against Trump’s declaration on the occupied Syrian Golan. In al-Rufaid town […]
Continue reading …Istanbul, Turkey – The ruling Justice and Development (AK Party) has lost mayoral electionsin the country’s three largest cities – Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir – in a stunning election setback for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan according to unofficial results published by state-run Anadolu Agency on Monday. The official results will be released after the country’s election board looks into […]
Continue reading …Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo. PHOTO | AFP Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo. PHOTO | AFP Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has had mixed success in the past two years, but has earned a fair score in the mid-term assessment, compared with his predecessors. Since his election on February 8, 2017, President Farmajo […]
Continue reading …Istanbul, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development (AK) Party and the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have both said they narrowly won Istanbul’s mayoral elections on Sunday. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, CHP-led Nation Alliance’s candidate Ekrem Imamoglu, citing his party’s data, said he had won by nearly 28,000 votes. Minutes later, the […]
Continue reading …US President Donald Trump speaks at an event focused on infrastructure at the Edgar Hoover Dike on Lake Okeechobee in Florida [Nicholas Kamm/AFP] President Donald Trump has threatened to close the southern border of the United States or large sections of it next week if Mexico does not halt undocumented immigrants from reaching the border “immediately”. “It could mean all trade” with […]
Continue reading …Names of victims of the mosque attacks are read out at the national remembrance service, at Hagley Park in Christchurch, New Zealand March 29, 2019. (Reuters Photo) New Zealand honored the victims of the far-right terrorist attack on Christchurch mosques in a commemoration ceremony on Friday. Around 25,000 New Zealanders attended the memorial service for […]
Continue reading …A Somali boy walks near blood-stains and debris on the ground after an explosion outside a restaurant in Mogadishu that left at least 15 people dead At least 15 people died when a bomb exploded on a busy street and ripped into a nearby restaurant in Somalia’s capital on Thursday, medics said. Security officials and […]
Continue reading …Police buses await migrants who arrived on merchant ship Elhiblu 1, in Valletta’s Grand Harbour, Malta, on March 28, 2019. (Reuters) A Maltese special operations team on Thursday boarded a tanker that had been hijacked by migrantsrescued at sea, and returned control to the captain, before escorting it to a Maltese port. Armed military personnel stood […]
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