Egyptian passersby east of Cairo recently noticed a young girl in her 20s wearing worn-out clothes and sleeping under the Abbasiyah bridge. They thought she was homeless, only to find out later that she hails from a wealthy family in El Mahalla. The surprise came when a passerby published a photo of the girl on […]
Continue reading …Swede Johan Gustafsson, who was recently freed after being held hostage by al-Qaeda in Mali since 2011, has spoken publicly for the first time since his release. “A few days ago I was alone and isolated in the Sahara. Today I am here together with my family. I am home,” he says in a video […]
Continue reading …Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations, Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, has said that Qatar is still insisting on destabilizing the security of Saudi Arabia and the region and to support terrorism, which poses threats to the entire world. “Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt made a sovereign decision to boycott Qatar […]
Continue reading …Riot police stepped in to break up clashes among some 100 African migrants armed with sticks and rocks in the northern French city of Calais on Saturday, local police said, following similar brawls the night before. The fighting pitting Eritreans against Ethiopians left 16 migrants injured and around 10 have been arrested, police official Etienne […]
Continue reading …Non-Muslim couples will be able to get married and divorced through churches of their own faith, rather than Abu Dhabi courts and Sharia. Couples will be able to have one of their religious leaders carry out mediation out of court, after which they reconcile or divorce. Christian leaders are in talks with the Abu Dhabi […]
Continue reading …Officials attribute incident to warring drug gang members responsible for recent violence in Sinaloa state. At least 19 people have been killed in clashes involving armed men and security forces in the gang-plagued northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, authorities said. Sinaloa has seen a dramatic spike of homicides following the capture and extradition of convicted drug […]
Continue reading …SEOUL, South Korea — Five North Koreans crossed into South Korean waters in a boat on Saturday, sailing across a heavily guarded maritime border between the two nations in what appeared to be an attempt to flee the North, South Korean Coast Guard officials said. The North Koreans — four men and one woman — […]
Continue reading …The interior ministers of France, Germany and Italy will meet in Paris on Sunday to discuss a “coordinated approach” to help Italy deal with hordes of migrants arriving in its ports, a source said. Italy on Wednesday threatened to suddenly stop vessels from other countries disembarking migrants at its ports after rescuing them in the […]
Continue reading …European leaders joined with former US president Bill Clinton at an emotional tribute in Strasbourg on Saturday for former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, the father of German reunification and a founder of modern-day Europe. “A giant of the post-war period has left us,” European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said in an oration in French and […]
Continue reading …Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Turkey, Walid al-Khuraiji, has said that the Turkish base in Qatar “complicates the situation.” He also expressed Riyadh’s hope that Ankara would take a “neutral” position on the crisis with Doha. Members of Saudi security forces take part in a military parade, September 5, 2016. (Reuters) “Any regional forces are mistaken […]
Continue reading …